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September 2012
Wednesday, September 12th
- Philosophy Department welcomes 2 new faculty members at reception
- Faculty Welcome Reception for Michael Loux, Cowling Distinguished Visiting Professor and Sarah Jansen, Visiting Instructor in Philosophy.
- 4:30 pm, Philosophy Suite and Lounge, Leighton #306
Thursday, September 27th
- Perception and Isomorphism: Aristotle's Theory
- Visiting Professor Michael Loux will give a public talk on the works of Aristotle. Enjoy PIZZA courtesy of the Philosophy's Cowling Fund.
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #305
October 2012
Tuesday, October 23rd
- Common time lunch
- Discussion on Chronicle article - lunch provided by Paula Hart fund. For Philosophy majors.
- 12:00 pm, Philosophy Lounge/Leighton #301
Thursday, October 25th
- Thinking the World: Aristotelian themes
- Cowling Visiting Professor Michael Loux to give public talk. Enjoy lunch courtesy of Philosophy's Cowling Fund.
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #305
November 2012
Thursday, November 1st
- The Paradox of the Dialectic, a talk by Abe Graber '08, Univ. of Iowa
- Abe Graber '08 is on campus to give a talk. He is currently finishing his PhD. in Philosophy (University of Iowa). Pizza will be served!
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #402
Wednesday, November 7th
- Humane Treatment of Animals: Phil 243 students give class @ Just Foods
- Carleton Animal Ethics students will give class at Just Foods Coop in Northfield on the humane treatment of farm animals.
- 7:00 pm
January 2013
Tuesday, January 8th
- Philosophy Job Candidate Talk
- Philosophy Candidate to give talk titled: The Irrational Part of the Soul: Reflections on Spirit, Appetite & Tragedy
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #402
- Casual conversation with Philosophy Job Candidate
- Enjoy some delicious cookies and wonderful conversation with one of our Philosophy job candidates.
- 3:00 pm, Philosophy Lounge - Leighton #306
Thursday, January 10th
- Philosophy Job Candidate Talk
- Philosophy Candidate to give talk titled: "A New Look at Spinoza's Causal Metaphysics"
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #402
Friday, January 11th
- Lunch with Philosophy job candidate
- PHIL majors to have lunch w/Philosophy job candidate. See Sandy for lunch ticket if not on meal plan. Meet in PHIL lounge at noon.
- 12:00 pm, Meet in Phil lounge
Tuesday, January 22nd
- Philosophy Job Candidate Talk
- Philosophy job candidate to give talk titled "How Plato Theorizes Emotion"
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #402
- Lunch with Philosophy job candidate
- Philosophy Dept. provides lunch for you w/Philosophy job candidate. Meet in PHIL lounge(Leigh#306)at 1:00 PM. RSVP to Sandy!!! (ssaari)
- 1:00 pm, Philosophy Lounge - Leighton #306
Thursday, January 24th
- Philosophy Job Candidate Talk
- Philosophy Job Candidate talk will be on "Thomas Reid on the Power of Imagination and Its Nonexistent Objects"
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #304
Friday, January 25th
- Lunch with Philosophy job candidate
- PHIL majors to have lunch w/Philosophy job candidate - meet in PHIL lounge(Leigh#306)at noon. See Sandy for lunch ticket if not on meal plan
- 12:00 pm, Meet in Phil lounge
February 2013
Thursday, February 7th
- Owen Flanagan, Jr. of Duke University to give talk
- "What Do Cognitive Science and Comparative Philosophy teach Us About Human Flourishing?" is the title of Owen Flanagan's talk.
- 7:30 pm, Boliou #104
Tuesday, February 19th
- PHIL Major Rachel Levit Ades: Her research on Cochlear Implants
- Her paper's title: "Sound, Silence, & Something Else: Cochlear Implants & the Value of Hearing". RSVP Sandy Tokyo Grill choice by Fri.noon.
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #301
Monday, February 25th
- Philosophy Interest - Ice Cream Social
- Interested in Philosophy?? Come join Philosophy faculty and Philosophy majors for some delicious ice cream!
- 4:00 pm, Leighton #304
Thursday, February 28th
- Senior Elissa Walter (Bio/Phil) to give presentation
- Talk title "Is the Preservation of Biodiversity a Justified Conservation Target?" Lunch provided.
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #303 (NOTE ROOM CHANGE)
March 2013
Thursday, March 7th
- Philosophy Majors Bowling Night
- Come join Philosophy faculty and majors in "non-competitive" games of bowling! More details to follow.
- 7:00 pm, Meeting place - in front of Sayles
April 2013
Tuesday, April 9th
- Senior Philosophy Major David McNeil to give comps talk
- Title of comps: Is it Bad to Die? Life, Death, and the Mirror of Nonexistence
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #304
Tuesday, April 16th
- Senior Philosophy Major Dave Abel to give comps talk
- Dave Abel '13 comps talk: Toward the Defense of Hypercomputation: Investigating the Liar Paradox and Fuzzy Logic through Minds and Machines
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #304
Thursday, April 18th
- Senior Philosophy Major Zoe Suche to give comps talk
- Zoe to give comps talk "The Heaviest Burden: Selfhood, Unity, and Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence."
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #304
Thursday, April 25th
- Senior Philosophy Major Rachel Levit Ades to give comps talk
- Rachel to give talk "Bridging to Elsewhere: The Giver and the Explanatory Gap in Plato's Republic".
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #304
Tuesday, April 30th
- Senior Philosophy Major Marika Christofides to give comps talk
- Senior Marika Christofides to give comps talk "Honest Illusion: Nietzsche and Moral Fictionalism"
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #304
May 2013
Tuesday, May 7th
- Senior Philosophy Major Guan Guan to give comps talk
- Senior Guan Guan to give comps talk "Social Fact: An Investigation into Durkheim’s and Searle’s Account"
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #304
Thursday, May 9th
- Senior Philosophy Major Elissa Walter to give comps talk
- "Utilitarianism & the Futility Problem: Can Utilitarianism Avoid Problems of Collective Action & Serve as a Satisfactory Ethical Framework?
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #304
Monday, May 13th
- PHIL Majors Picnic
- Majors/faculty picnic - Come enjoy Hogan Brothers sandwiches, ice cream sundaes/floats; good conversation.
- 4:30 pm, CHANGE: Rain Location - Leighton #303
Tuesday, May 14th
- Nabina Liebow '11 Philosophy alum to give talk
- Nabina Liebow '11 gives talk: Activism and Philosophy: How Theories of Power and the Mind Can Lead to Strategies for Combating Oppression
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #304
Wednesday, May 29th
- Philosophy Department Senior Dinner
- Philosophy faculty celebrate and honor the senior Philosophy students! Go to Philosophy website for a link to the menu.
- 6:00 pm, The Ole Store Restaurant
June 2013
Friday, June 14th
- Philosophy Reception for Seniors, Families and Faculty
- Reception for graduating seniors, their parents, friends, families and Philosophy faculty. (If rain: 2nd floor Leighton)
- 2:30 pm, South lawn of Leighton Hall
