Philosophy
Philosophy Department 2007/2008 Important Dates & Events
Fall 2007
September
- Thursday, Sept 13: "A Supreme Court Justice, a Senator, Two Generals and a Stove Maker: Civil War Officers & Friends from Licking County." Brown Bag Lecture Series, The Works, Downtown Newark, Meeting Room: 12 pm
- Friday, Sept. 14: Colloquium, Steve Vogel: "What is Alienation from Nature?" 3:30 pm, Room 210, Samson Talbot Hall
- Monday Sept. 17: Welcome Picnic, 5 pm, Lamson Lodge
- Friday, Sept. 21: Philosophy Coffee, "Rationalism, Empiricism, and Our World," 3:30 pm, University Room, Slayer Hall
October
- Friday, Oct. 5: Parents' Weekend Coffee, "The Ethics of Eating," 3:30 pm, Welsh Hills Room, Burton Morgan Building
November
- Friday, Nov. 2: Philosophy Coffee, 3:30 pm, Philosophy Commons Room, 206 Knapp Hall
- Thursday, Nov. 29: Lecture, Peter Singer: "Extending Ethics Beyond the Species Barrier," 8 pm in Swasey Chapel.
- Friday, Nov. 30: Colloquium, Peter Singer: "Global Poverty: What are our Obligations?" 3:30 pm, Burton Morgan Lecture Hall
Spring 2008
February
- Wednesday, Feb. 27: Colloquium, Joseph Tomain, "The Conflict Between Man's Law and Higher Law: Three Responses," 4:00 PM, Samson Talbot 212. Convocation, Joseph Tomain and Michael Cioffi, "Thinking and Practicing Law: Lessons from Literature and Philosophy," at 8 PM in Higley Auditorium.
- Thursday, Feb. 28: Lecture, Joseph Tomain and Michael Cioffi, "The Justice Institute and Legal Education," 11:30 am, Burton Morgan Lecture Hall.
March
- Monday, March 17: New Deadline! Philosophy Art Competition entries due. See PDF for details. Call for Artwork [pdf]
- Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29: Senior Symposium, Burton Morgan.
April
- Tuesday, April 1: Lecture, Tony Lisska, for the Thomas More Society: "Contemporary Natural Law Jurisprudence: From Ronald Dworkin to John Finnis, with a stop in the Summa Theologiae of St. Thomas Aquinas." 7:30 pm. The Italian Culture Center, Columbus, Ohio.
- Thursday, April 3: Lecture, Martha Nussbaum,
"Compassion: Human and Animal." 8:00 PM, Slayter Auditorium.
- Friday, April 4: Colloquium, Martha Nussbaum, "'Mutilated and Deformed': Adam Smith on the Material Basis of Human Dignity." 3:30 PM, Burton-Morgan Lecture Hall.
- Saturday, April 12: Ohio Philosophical Association Meeting, Burton Morgan Building, Denison University. Registration begins at 9 am. For more information and a meeting schedule, please visit the OPA's website.
- Friday, April 25: Philosophy Coffee and
Awards Ceremony, 3:30 pm, Barney Davis Hall, Room 110
