Philosophy News
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August 23, 2017Philosophy professor Daniel Groll's students have been using simple stories to teach philosophical concepts to first- and third-graders at Northfield’s Greenvale Park Elementary School.
Carleton junior Bomi Johnson discusses her Philosophy comps.
ACE Students Teach Philosophy through Children's Literature
November 10, 2015Carleton students teach philosophy through children's literature at Greenvale Park Elementary School.
Teaching Philosophy to First Graders
May 18, 2015Nick Lorenz ’17 talks about his experience engaging local first-graders in philosophical discussions about children's books.
Jansen presents at the Annual Philosophy Mountain Workshop
February 16, 2015Celebrate Roy O. Elveton's upcoming retirement with a symposium on cognitive science and philosophy.
Phil 243 students to give class at Just Foods Coop
November 7, 2012Students in Professor Jansen's Philosophy 243 class Animal Ethics: The Moral Status of Animals, will give a class on the humane treatment of farm animals at Just Foods in Northfield. Having visited local farms, interviewed local farmers and taken an animal ethics course, Carleton students will present their proposals and invite discussion on what stance and guidelines The Real Food Challenge should adopt with regard to meat and, in particular, the treatment of farm animals.
Thinking the World: Aristotelian themes
October 25, 2012Cowling Visiting Professor Michael Loux to give public talk to faculty and students. Come here his talk and have lunch courtesy of the Cowling Endowed Fund.
Perception and Isomorphism: Aristotle's Theory
September 27, 2012Visiting Professor Michael Loux will give a public talk to faculty and students on the works of Aristotle. Come listen to a stimulating talk and enjoy pizza courtesy of the Cowling Endowed Fund.
"Understatement, Overstatement, and Irony"
May 9, 2012Faculty Seminar talk given by Professor Kendall Walton for Carleton and St. Olaf Philosophy Department faculty only.
Sayles Hill Lounge at 5pm, dinner to follow at location TBD.
Appetizers to be served in lounge.
"Empathy, Imagination and Phenomenal Concepts"
April 25, 2012Faculty Seminar Talk in Sayles Hill Lounge at 5pm.
Kendall Walton to give seminar talk for Carleton and St. Olaf Philosophy Department faculty.
(Appetizers will be served in lounge).
Defining Identity
July 14, 2011Four Carleton students—Lorenzo Najt ’13 (New York), Daniel Peck ’13 (Olathe, Kans.), Sarah Pinkham ’12 (Wooster, Ohio), and Jabir Yusoff ’11 (Singapore)—are working on an experimental philosophy project to discover how people’s intuitions about personal identity vary based on demographics such as education level, race, age, and religion.