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Philosophy


Each semester, the Philosophy Department sponsors a series of lectures by philosophers from colleges and universities around the country. Check back here for more updates as the semester continues.


2007-08 Philosophy Colloquium Series

Thursday, September 20, 2007
Rutgers University Professor Stephen Stich will give a presentation entitled "Experimental Philosophy & the Persistence of Moral Disagreement." 4:30 PM, Canegie 06. All are welcome.

Thursday, October 18, 2007
Duke University Professor Allen Buchanan will present a lecture entitled "Human Nature & Enhancement." 4:30 PM, Carnegie 06. All are welcome.

Thursday, November 15, 2007
Trinity College Professor James Hughes will present the 2007-08 Jardetzky lecture entitled "Manimals, Cyborgs, and Gattaca: the Biopolitics of Human Enhancement Technologies." 8:00 PM, John B. Davis Lecture Hall. All are welcome. Click here for the abstract or here for the poster.

Henry West Retirement Celebration: 50 Years of Teaching

Monday, February 11, 2008
Boston University Professor of Philosophy and Law David Lyons will give a lecture entitled "Race and the Rule of Law" at 4:30 PM, John B. Davis Lecture Hall. All are welcome.

Monday, February 18, 2008
College of William & Mary Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus Alan Fuchs will give a lecture entitled "Mill's One Very Simple Pirinciple of Liberty" at 4:30 PM in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall. All are welcome. Click here for the abstract or here for the poster.

Thursday, March 6, 2008
Macalester's own Professor of Philosophy, Karen Warren, will give a presentation titled "Why does Traditional Philosophy need Feminism?" at 4:30 PM in the John B. Davis lecture Hall. All are welcome. Click here for the abstract or here for the poster.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Daniel Dennett, Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, will give the 2007-08 Jardetzky lecture entitled "Darwin, Reason, and Creativity." 8:00 PM, John B. Davis Lecture Hall. All are welcome.


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