Philosophy

Category: Philosophy

  • Egg-sistentialism: Sartre’s cookbook

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    Reading Sartre’s cookbook makes it clear why the man spent so much time in cafes.

  • Senior Philosophers Present

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    The six graduating members of the philosophy department presented their thesis research at the second annual Celebration of Creative Inquiry, held in the college dining rooms on Friday, May 1. Representing the department were Kate Goodpaster, Joe Hillman, Laurel Hoch, Rhea Muchalla, Jeff Nichols, Caleb Phillips.

  • How do you say “rout” in Greek?

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    The playing fields at Gustavus were busy on Saturday afternoon, April 25–so busy, in fact, that the second annual Classics-Philosophy kickball game found itself being played not on a regulation field, but on a grassy patch near Mattson Hall, using bases made out of cardboard boxes. No matter. Nor did it matter that last year’s…

  • Caught Waiting…

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    Alex Legeros has been Waiting for Godot. Check to see who else was waiting (on April 8)….

  • Speaking of the Bodhi Tree

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    It seems that several members of the philosophy department have had Bodhi Tree sightings…. Deane Curtin has shared two photos of the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya, a Buddhist pilgrimage site that he and students visited during his January, 2009 course Buddhist India. Thanks to Deane for these images. And Doug Huff reports that he…

  • The Bodhi Tree’s Swedish Offshoot

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    Even the casual student of Buddhism has probably heard the story of Siddhartha Gautama’s long sit under a fig tree, during which time he reached enlightenment. That tree, now referred to as the Bodhi Tree, was  in Bodh Gaya, India; a current descendant of it, found near the Mahabhodi Temple in that city,  is today…

  • Welcome home Sara Jane

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    The Reverend Paul Tidemann, who recently spoke at our biennial “Mom, Dad, I’m a Philosophy Major” dinner, shared with us the following remarks he wrote regarding Sara Jane Olson, who has been paroled from prison after serving a sentence for her involvement in the activities of the Symbionese Liberation Army, during the Vietnam War. Tidemann’s…

  • Calling Home: Journals From India

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    In January Term, 2009, Deane Curtin led a group of students to India, in a course entitled “Buddhist India.” Caleb Phillips, a senior philosophy member, was a part of that course, and he kept a journal while he was there. Below are some excerpts from his journal. I don’t know if I wrote about Kolkata…

  • Mark Wirbisky (’08)

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    Mark is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in Viola Performance at Illinois State University. In addition to school orchestra, he is currently a full season member of the Sinfonia da Camera in Urbana, Illinois, and also a substitute player with the Illinois Symphony and Illinois Symphony Chamber Orchestras. His orchestra’s website is http://www.sinfonia.uiuc.edu/bio.htm.

  • Ghana: Post Independence Reflections

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    On March 6, the fifty-second anniversary of Ghana’s independence, the Philosophy Department hosted a small gathering in the Courtyard Café, to celebrate that independence (and the role of its leader, the philosopher Kwame Nkrumah), and also to learn about Ghana today. We heard from three Ghanaians who are a part of the Gustavus community: Sidonia…