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MacKay Philosophy Colloquia Series presents: Dr. Ann Cahill, Professor of Philosophy, Elon College
Fri, 02/08/2013 - 4:00pm

The Spring 2013 Mackay Philosophy Colloquia Series presents:

 

 

Dr. Ann Cahill, Professor of Philosophy, Elon College

Title: “Recognition, Desire, and Unjust Sex”

 

Date: February 8th

Philosophy Thesis Defenses and Senior Seminar Presentations
Mon, 05/07/2012 - 1:30pm

The Philosophy Department's Thesis Defenses and Senior Seminar Presentations) will be on Monday, May 7, from 1:30-4:30 pm, in the Hannon Room in the Student Center, followed by a Philosophy Reception at 4:30 pm.

Honors Theses:

Matt Darcy
“Immersive Integration: Reclaiming the Ecological Self”

Sarah Baver
“The Existential Zombie”

Senior Seminar Papers:

Nicole Carnevale
“Cicero and Oakeshott: The Rule of Law and the Individual”

Mandy Lafond

Phi Sigma Tau Induction and Election of Officers
Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:30pm

Phi Sigma Tau, the Philosophy Honor Society, will induct new members and elect officers for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Students Presenting at Festival of Scholarship and Creativity
Fri, 04/27/2012 - 1:30pm

Two philosophy students, Sarah Baver and Matt Darcy, will be presenting poster presentations at the Festival of Scholarship and Creativity. The poster presentation schedule is April 27, 1:30-3:00 in the Winston Room of the Sullivan Student Center. Below is complete information about the entire Festival:

2012 Festival of Scholarship and Creativity


Friday, April 27, 2012

12:00pm – 7:00pm

 

**Overall Schedule**

SLU Student Philosophy Conference
Fri, 04/06/2012 - 3:00pm

On April 6 and 7 St. Lawrence students will host an undergraduate philosophy conference that includes talks by students coming from as far west as the University of Buffalo and as far east as St. Michael’s College.  (The attachments on this linked page give the full conference schedule.  The conference website also gives more information.)
 
We invite you to join us for any portion of the conference.

Niles Lecture on Science and Religion
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:00pm

2011-2012 Niles Lecture on Science and Religion

Are the Values of Science and Religion Compatible?

Monday, January 30
7:00 p.m.
Sykes Formal Lounge

Over time and across religious traditions, there have been a variety of perspectives on the relationship between science and religion.Each speaker will share thoughts from his or her discipline and/or religious tradition.
 
PANELISTS:
Michael Greenwald, Associate Professor & Chair, Religious Studies, Jewish
Karen Johnson, Associate Professor, History of Science
Final Philosophy Colloquium event of the semester: Letting Life In: Religious and Philosophical Concord through Chinese and Western Sources
Thu, 12/08/2011 - 4:00pm

Our "wakeful world-consciousness" has been in an ongoing dogmatic slumber for centuries through the advent of the ego, some displaced ideal of immortal soul, a projection of a wholly other God, and the Lebenwelt, a life-world, as an objectified other. Such tenets of this kind of worldview have had deleterious effects on the way we live together in human and nonhuman communities.

Philosophy Club - Tonight!
Mon, 12/05/2011 - 9:00pm

...continuation of discussion of Jack’s thesis, "The Morality of Profit."

Philosophy Club presents: The morality of profit, part II
Mon, 11/28/2011 - 9:00pm

Continuing the discussion of Jack's thesis from our last meeting.

Happy World Philosophy Day!
Thu, 11/17/2011 - 12:00am

UNESCO has declared today World Philosophy Day!