Philosophy

Author: heldke

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Philosopher’s Guild opposes move to make Gustavus a smoke-free campus

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    Members of the Philosophers’ Guild have spoken out this fall on the proposal to ban smoking on the Gustavus campus. In addition to publishing a letter to the editor in the October 11 WEEKLY voicing their opposition, members of the Guild recently appeared on GAC-TV to further explain their position. All members of the community…

  • World Philosophy Day/Great American Smoke-Out Mashup 2013

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    The Philosophy Department again went all out to celebrate World Philosophy Day, a UNESCO-sponsored event that occurs each year on the third Thursday of November. Members of the Philosophers’ Guild did a masterful job of chalking quotations from philosophers famous and not-so-famous, and the department served cake at the Old Main Tea Trolley on Friday.…

  • And many happy(?) returns of the day, Albert….

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                      Philosophy students, led by members of Peter Shea’s Existentialism class, celebrated Albert Camus’s birthday on November 7 with pizza, Dairy Queen cake, and a spirited discussion of what members of the group found valuable, or puzzling, or disturbing or challenging about this philosopher. Camus is most…

  • The Good Life, Northern Edition

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    Students in Josh Brown’s FTS have been spending the semester pondering the question “what makes the good life?” Today, the last day of classes, they are conducting some investigations in the field. Here is Josh, demoing the study.             Following their investigations, the student researchers repaired to the Courtyard Cafe…