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2007-2008 Events

 

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  • August 31      
    Henry Teloh (Philosophy, Vanderbilt)
    “The Drama/Philosophy Distinction and Distorted Interpretation of Plato”
    Furman 109, 3PM

    September 1      
    Philosophy Department Reception
    Calhoun Portico, 7PM

  • October 12          
    Catherine Elgin (Philosophy, Harvard)
    "Fiction: The Laboratory of the Mind"
    Furman 109, 3PM

    October 19-20      
    Anita L Allen (Law, University of Pennsylvania)
    Keynote Address, Collegium of Black Women Philosophers
    TBA

    October 25      
    Arthur Danto (Philosophy, Columbia)
    Keynote address, Robert Penn Warren Center's Word and Image Symposium
    "Before and After: Two Decades After the Sistine Chapel Controversy"
    Wilson 103, 4:10PM

  • October 26      
    John Lachs
    Keynote address, Tennessee Philosophical Association
    "The Social and the Individual"
    Furman 109, 7:30PM

  • November 2      
    John Llewelyn (Philosophy, University of Ediburgh)
    "Laying Down the Law: Modern Versions of an Ancient Trope"
    Furman 109, 3PM

  • November 30      
    Book Session: David Wood's Time after Time
    Gregg Horowitz (Philosophy, Vanderbilt)
    Michael Bess (History, Vanderbilt)
    David Wood (Philosophy, Vanderbilt)

  • December 7      
    Thérèse-Anne Druart (Philosophy, Catholic University)
    TBA
    109 Furman, 3PM

  • February 8      
    Bonnie Honig (Pollitical Science, Northwestern University)
    "Antigone's Anachronism: Homeric Mourning in Democratic Athens"
    109 Furman, 3PM

  • February 15      
    Vincent Colapietro (Philosophy, Penn State)
    "The Psyche and its Discontents"
    109 Furman, 3PM

  • February 22      
    Jesse Prinz (Philosophy, UNC Chapel Hill)
    "The Emotional Basis of Morality"
    109 Furman, 3PM

  • March 28      
    Cheshire Calhoun (Philosophy, Colby/Arizona State)
    "Hope Matters"
    109 Furman, 3PM

  • April 4      
    Angela Davis (History of Consciousness, UC Santa Cruz)
    TBA
    109 Furman, 3PM

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