Year: 2014
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Did you just this morning forget why you should study the humanities?
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Let Eric Liu, former speechwriter to Bill Clinton, remind you: “A humanities education offers very few skills except for those that can’t be automated. A humanities education offers very little job security except for the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.” Thanks to Paul Saulnier for forwarding this article, from which the quotation comes. In…
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Deane Curtin awarded faculty scholarship prize at Honors Day
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Congratulations to Deane Curtin! Fresh on the heels of his organization of this year’s wonderful May Day peace conference about Tibet, Curtin was awarded the annual prize given to a faculty member in recognition of their outstanding scholarship. You can find links to information about his publications and presentations here.
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The Mandala Project
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A superb photo of the mandala construction, taken by Deane Curtin, who was central to the organizing of this year’s conference. Check out this time lapse film of the creation and destruction of the mandala.
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Philosophical Geocaching: or, where philosophers go on spring break. (File under “John Dewey Groupie”)
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Imagine Lisa’s surprise and delight when her host in Burlington, Vermont led her to JOHN DEWEY’S BIRTHPLACE, on the campus of Champlain College! It doesn’t get any better than this. To heck with warm, sunny beaches and drinks with umbrellas in them.
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GAC TALKS feature two philosophy majors
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Logan Boese and Sam Hoppe were among the speakers at the premier edition of GAC TALKS, held on Saturday, March 22. The talks are archived here.
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Lexi Liston: “Fortunately, We May Not Have Time”
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Philosophy major Lexi Liston was selected to present at the Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Conference in Philosophy. Here’s the abstract of Lexi’s paper, entitled “Fortunately, We May Not Have Time”: Our perceptions and beliefs about reality do not always reflect the true nature of reality. Conceptions of time are an example of this. Are hours…
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Why study philosophy? “Plato at the Googleplex” author weighs in
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In this piece in the ATLANTIC MONTHLY, Rebecca Goldstein, philosopher and author of the recently-published book PLATO AT THE GOOGLEPLEX, offers her arguments for the study of philosophy, and also responds to scientists like Stephen Hawking, who have declared philosophy dead. Why do YOU think one should study philosophy? (Or why do you think it’s…