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April 2012
Tuesday, April 24th
- Philosophy Senior Simone Childs-Walker to present comps talk
- Simone Childs-Walker presents her Philosophy comps talk: "The Cosmological Argument, or What I Mean When I Say the Word "God".
- 12:00 pm, Leighton 304
Thursday, April 26th
- Philosophy Senior Steven Aviram to present comps talk
- Steven Aviram presents his Philosophy comps talk: "Material Consumption and the Good Life".
- 12:00 pm, Note location: Leighton #305
May 2012
Tuesday, May 1st
- Philosophy Senior Rebekah Frumkin to present comps talk
- Rebekah Frumkin presents her Philosophy comps talk: "Caritas ad mundum: Love of the Particular in St. Augustine".
- 12:00 pm, Leighton #304
Thursday, May 3rd
- Philosophy Senior Nicholas Alexander Ickovic to present comps talk
- Nicholas Alexander Ickovic presents his Philosophy comps talk: "What Could Modal Claims Be?".
- 12:00 pm, Leighton 304
Tuesday, May 8th
- Philosophy Junior Pedro Fernandez to present comps talk
- Pedro Fernandez presents PHIL comps talk: "The leaves and the fruits: On the sovereignty of right action in Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein".
- 12:00 pm, Leighton 304
Thursday, May 10th
- Philosophy Senior Hai Ngo to present comps talk
- Hai Ngo presents his Philosophy comps talk: "The Relationship Theory & Finally Valuable Relationships".
- 12:00 pm, Leighton 304
Friday, May 11th
- Convocation speaker - Peter Ubel '84
- Physician and behavioral scientist explores the role of values and preferences in health care decision-making.
- 10:50 am, Skinner Chapel
Monday, May 14th
- Philosophy Majors picnic
- Philosophy Dept. picnic FRONT PATIO of Leighton Hall (inclement weather - 3rd floor Phil Lounge).
- 4:30 pm, Leighton - FRONT PATIO
Tuesday, May 15th
- Visiting Cowling Prof. Ken Walton:"Thoughtwriting-in Poetry and Music"
- Professor Kendall Walton to give public talk- "Thoughtwriting —in Poetry and Music"
- 12:00 pm, Leighton 305
Thursday, May 17th
- Martha Perez '09 to talk w/Philosophy Majors - Listen & have pizza too
- PHILOSOPHY MAJORS ONLY. Martha will discus the neuroscience research done on empathy and how it impacts the altruism-egoism debate. Pizza!:)
- 12:00 pm, Leighton Philosophy Lounge, 3rd floor
Wednesday, May 23rd
- Healthcare as a Human Right: Access & Barriers
- PANEL DISCUSSION, Part of the Humanities Center at Carleton’s “Perspectives in the Humanities” series.
- 7:00 pm, Weitz 236
Thursday, May 24th
- Philosophy Senior Dinner
- A catered dinner is planned for Philosophy Seniors with faculty in Hill Lounge from 5:30-7:30 pm. Celebrate your upcoming graduation - yeah!
- 5:30 pm, Sayles Hill Lounge
June 2012
Friday, June 8th
- Philosophy Reception for Seniors, Families, Friends and Faculty
- Philosophy Department faculty has a reception for graduates and their friends and families on the day before Commencement.
- 2:30 pm, Leighton front lawn; Rain location is Leighton main floor
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
