Matyáš Havrda
Matyáš Havrda, Ph.D. (b. 1972)
havrda[at]flu.cas.cz
My main line of interest lies with epistemological issues in post-Hellenistic (Christian, medical, and Aristotelian) philosophy; I also do research on ancient ethics, psychology, and medical physiology. My present project deals with Galen and the reception history of Aristotle's theory of proof. I am also involved in the Czech translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics.
Current courses
"Vědění a důkaz: Aristotelovy Druhé analytiky," Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague, WS, once a week (in collaboration with R. Roreitner)
Recent publications
"Two projects of Christian ethics: Clement, Paed. I 1 and Strom. II 2, 4-6," Vigiliae Christianae (2019).
"Duše jako forma podle Alexandra z Afrodisiady," Reflexe 54 (2018), 3-18.
"Body and Cosmos in Galen's Account of the Soul," Phronesis 62 (2017), pp. 69-89.
The So-Called Eighth Stromateus by Clement of Alexandria: Early Christian Reception of Greek Scientific Methodology, Philosophia Antiqua 144; Leiden/Boston: Brill 2017, 373 p.
Recent talks
"Aristotle's Instructions on the Method of Scientific Inquiry," Ancient Philosophy Summer School, Ružomberok, Slovakia, July 7, 2017
"Alexander of Aphodisias on the Substance of the Soul," Ancient Philosophy Summer School, Ružomberok, Slovakia, July 9, 2017
"Aristotle: Posterior Analytics II 16," international colloquium Aristotle, Posterior Analytics II, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Charles University Prague, September 26-30, 2017
"From Problems to Demonstrations: Two Case Studies on Galen's Method,"
international conference "Galen's Epistemology," Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Villa Lanna, October 19-21, 2017
"Clement of Alexandria on Theoretical Knowledge", Workshop "Science and Religion in Late Antiquity", Princeton University, Department of Religion, May 6, 2018
"Does Aristotle Distinguish Between Common and Specific Topoi in the Rhetoric?", SEAAP Workshop "Aristotle's Rhetoric 1.1-6", Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Charles University Prague, November 22-23, 2018
