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2007 - 2008 Philosophy
Roundtable Schedule
Following is a list of Philosophy Roundtable
programs arranged to date (keeping in mind that
changes may occur in this schedule). Meetings
will be on Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. in Scovel 004.
| August: |
| 30 |
Welcome to Wooster!
Departmental Meeting and Photo
Senior I.S. topic presentations
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| 31 |
Scot Spirit Day — Lowry Center (Friday)
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| September: |
| 6 |
Andrea Patterson
Visiting Instructor, The College of Wooster
"Practically Justified"
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| 13 |
Senior I.S. Presentation
Addy Cary
"Happiness: What's Desire Got To Do With It?"
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| 20 |
Peter Mowrey, Department
of Music
“Music, Meaning, and Metaphysics”
Scheide Music Center, Room 203
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| 27 |
Don Hubin
Department of Philosophy, The Ohio State University
"Who's Your Daddy?"
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| October: |
4
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Senior I.S. Presentations
Christina Shiroma
Mike Doerr
“Mike's Big Liberal Tea Party Where We Will Discuss the Finer Points of Political Philosophy”
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| 11 |
Jeff Hoover
Professor of Philosophy, Coe College
"How to Objectify Subjects"
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| 18 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
Matt Jensen
"American Pragmatism: How Should We Justify Our Methods of Inquiry?"
Jonathan Martin
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| 25 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
Brett Lamb
Katie Gump
"Something about female doctors?" |
| November: |
| 1 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
Jaimy Stoll
"Fanon, Negritude and Creolite"
Lara Pfaff
"Justifying the South African TRC:
The Moral Justifications of Truth Commissions in Theory and Practice"
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Tuesday
6
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Senior I.S. Presentations
Matt Biester
Andrew Gray
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| 8 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
Deedre Turner
Seth Stuck
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| 15 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
David Albrechta
“An Investigation of Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic”
Katharine Martin
“How Should We Conceive of Ourselves to Better Cope with Disability?”
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| 22 |
No Meeting; Thanksgiving Break
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| 29 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
Jakob Meils
Aaron Schiffrik
"Should a Lawyer Defend a Guilty Client?" |
| December: |
| 6 |
Holiday Luncheon (11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) |
| January: |
| 17 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
Deb Coffman
"Capabilities and Transnational Justice"
Ben Gummoe
"A Critical Analysis of Theories of Technology"
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| 24 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
David Wigger
"Philosophy of the Dude: A Philosophical Investigation of Film"
Kate McGaughey
"Foucaultian Foundations in Contemporary Literary Theory"
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| 31 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
Aaron Patterson
"What's faith got to do with it: An Investigation into the cognitive significance of religious language"
Jameson Monroe
"Utopianism: a worthwhile enterprise?" |
| February: |
| 7 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
Jolene Poynter
“Philosophy or Social Science: Determining and Assessing The Factors that Underpin Moral and Profitable Worker Productivity”
Abby Kline
“Don't Be Deceived, This Is Not a Lie: An examination of the role of truth (or lack thereof) in our adversary System”
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| 14 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
Mark Schneider
“Nietzsche and Flamenco: An Analysis of Artistic Expression in Music”
Ryan Thomas
“Why Environmentalists Disagree: Toward an Ethical Attitude Concerning Nature”
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21 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
Ross Stevenson
"Grammatical, not Ontological: Why Davidson's Philosophies of Action and Mind Can't Work"
Trey Simmerman
"A Kantian Examination of the Capitalist System and the Employee-Employer Relationship Contained Within the Neo-Classical Business World"
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Tuesday
26
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Special Session of Philosophy Roundtable
Dale Jamieson
Director of Environmental Studies, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy & Affiliated Professor of Law, New York University
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| 28 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
Jeff Kaatz
Joe Pletcher
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| March: |
| 6 |
Senior I.S. Presentations
Erik Larson
Peterson Kuyk-White
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| 24 |
Senior I.S. Due
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| 27 |
"Individual and Institutional Racism: An Examination of the Work of J.L.A. Garcia" led by Alexander Balme, Deborah Coffman, Matthew McNaughton, and Ryan Thomas |
| April: |
| 3 |
Discussion led by Nussbaum student reading group
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| 10 |
Tom Tierney, Department of Sociology
"Foucault and Liberalism"
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17 |
Peter Jaworski, Bowling Green State University
"Criticisms of Locke's Conception of Property"
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| 24 |
Charles F. Peterson, Cultural Area Studies
"Mind Your Wants Cuz Somebody Wants Your Mind: Spectacle, Consumerism and the Pimping of the Pleasure Principle" |
| May: |
| 1 |
Mandatory Juniors Meeting
All Juniors meet to discuss Senior I.S.
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