Philosophy Department Speakers Series
The Philosophy Department at Webster hosts a lively and engaging series of speakers. The series seeks to connect with all aspects of the university and of the larger surrounding community as well.
Upcoming Events
Webster University's Third Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Friday, February 29, 2008
10 a.m - 6p.m
Emerson Library Conference Room
Key Note Speaker (2:35pm) :
Richard Shusterman, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University
Topic: "Self-Knowledge and its Discontents: From Socrates to Somaesthetics"
Past Events
Webster University's Second Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Alan Schrift, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy at Grinnell College
Topic:
"Toward a Nietzschean Transvaluation of Political Discourse"
"Grounding the Mind: Where Philosophy Meets Geography," by Christopher Preston, University of Montana.
"Metaphor Will Change Your Life," Mark Johnson, University of Oregon
"Pragmatism and Postmodernism," Larry Hickman, SIU, Carbondale
"On Bacteria, Corporeal Representation, Neandertals, and Martha
Graham: A Bio-Cultural Perspective on the Bodily Foundations of Meaning," Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, Independent Scholar
"Philosophy and Race," Lucious Outlaw, Vanderbilt University
"Philosophy in the World," a roundtable discussion on how philosophy can become socially engaged with Shannon Sullivan and Vincent Colapietro from Penn State University and Erin Mckenna from Pacific Lutheran University
Philosophy Reading Group
Topic: Philosophy and Animals
Future Readings
"The Animal that I Am," by Derrida, and possibly readings from Heidegger on Animals
Past Readings
"Eating Well, or The Calculation of the Subject" and "Violence Against Animals" by Jacques Derrida.
For more information, please contact Don Morse at dmorse@webster.edu
or Karla Armbruster at armbruka@webster.edu.
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