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Philosophy at Texas State
Friday, April 12, 2013, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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New Dialogue Room Plan
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For additional information contact: Beverly Pairett, Department of Philosophy, (512) 245-2285
Philosophy, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX 78666
Member, The Texas State University System
Philosophy Dialogues
WEEK 8 PHYSICS AND PHILOSOPHY
Mon., Apr. 8 | 12:30 p.m. | Marxism and Climate Change: An Appraisal | Ivan Marquez (Philosophy) |
Mon., Apr. 8 | 2:00 p.m. | Physics is My Philosophy | Heather Galloway (Physics & Dean of Honors College) |
Mon., Apr. 8 | 3:30 p.m. | Dialogue at the San Marcos Public Library: What Sounds Good? The Aesthetics and Physics of Music
| Jules Alexander, Mike Byrne. John Inmon, and Ace Pepper (Local musicians); Moderator, Paul Wilson (Philosophy) |
Tues., Apr. 9 | 12:30 p.m. | String Theory | Seth Barton & Jimmy Saucedo (Dialogue Students) |
Wed., Apr. 10 | 12:30 p.m. | Does Time Have Causal Powers? | Eric Gilbertson (Philosophy) |
Wed., Apr. 10 | 3:30 p.m. | Aristotle and the Scientific Revolution | Hammad Hussain (Philosophy) |
Thurs., Apr. 11 | 12:30 p.m. | Parallel Universes: Mathematical Constructs or Metaphysical Reality? | Christoph Bracher & James Higgins (Dialogue Students) |
Fri., Apr. 12 | 9:00 a.m.-3:30p.m. | 16th Annual Philosophy Student Symposium (click for schedule) | Sponsored by Phi Sigma Tau and the Department of Philosophy |
Philosophy . . .
where
critical thinking,
ethics, and
the big questions
are important.
From The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 1, 2013, 10:58 am
In an interview with radio talk-show host Bill Bennett, Pat McCrory, North Carolina’s governor, criticized the “educated elite” for offering courses that supposedly don’t help graduates get jobs. He specifically attacked areas of study like philosophy and gender studies, both of which are strong programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
As a matter of fact, the Chapel Hill doctoral program in philosophy is ranked ninth in the country according to the annual Leiter report on programs in the field, joining Harvard, Yale, New York, and Stanford Universities in the top 10. That particular piece of information didn’t come up in the interview, however. Speaking about these areas of study, McCrory stated, “If you want to take gender studies that’s fine, go to a private school and take it. But I don’t want to subsidize that if that’s not going to get someone a job.”
Now, I am not going to argue that there isn’t such a thing as an “academic elite.” However, if you have a problem with that, eliminating liberal-arts education in public universities is not the way to change things. McCrory says people should go to private colleges if they want a liberal-arts education. That assumes that only those who can afford private education should be allowed to study the liberal arts, an assumption that is nothing if not elite.
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Dr. Robert Fischer, Philosophy, is one of six finalists in a New York Times essay contest.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/20/magazine/ethics-eating-meat.html
Vice Provost for International Affairs, Texas Tech University
Former Deputy Ambassador in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Togo
11:00 a.m. - in the Philosophy Dialogue Room, 111 Derrick Hall
3:30 p.m. at the San Marcos Public LIbrary
Ambassador Nagy joined the Foreign Service in 1978 as a management analyst in the Bureau of Personnel. His first overseas assignment was as General Services Officer in Lusaka, Zambia from 1979-81. After that, he was assigned to Victoria, Seychelles, for two years as Administrative Officer. He served as Systems Administrator for the African Bureau in Washington from 1983-84 and then returned overseas as Administrative Officer in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1984-86. For the next eight years, he was Deputy Chief of Mission at Lome, Togo (1987-90); Yaounde, Cameroon (1990-93); and Lagos, Nigeria (1993-95).
Ambassador Nagy was born in Budapest, Hungary on April 29, 1949 and arrived in the United States as a political refugee in 1957. He received a B.A. from Texas Tech University in 1972 and an M.S.A. from George Washington University in 1978. He speaks Hungarian and French, and has received numerous awards, including the Department of State’s “Superior Honor” award, five “Meritorious Honor” awards as well as being runner-up for the prestigious “Deputy Chief of Mission of the Year” award.
Panelists:
Mon., Feb. 25,
12:30 p.m. in LBJ 4.16-1(the teaching theater)
SPECIAL LECTURE:
Awarded each April. Deadline for application is 15 February 2013.
Application deadline is 8 February 2013.
Application deadline is 8 February 2013.
PHONE | DERR HALL | DESCRIPTION | OCCUPANT |
512-245-2285 (main office)512-245-8335 (fax) | 105 | Main office | |
512-245-2282 | 201 | Academic Advisor | Craig Hanks |
512-455-2047 | 105-D | Academic Advisor | Audrey McKinney |
512-245-3142 | 105-C | Chair | Vince Luizzi |
512-245-8804 | 105-B | Admin. Asst. III | Beverly Pairett |
Instructional Assistant Office Assignments
Eros, Beauty, and the
Experience of theSacred
Professor Binita Mehta
(Department of Philosophy)
Friday, October 12
2:30 p.m. at
ELA 118
An event in the Impolite Company series on religious studies and the humanities.
Sponsored by the NEH Distinguished Teaching Professorship, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Department of Philosophy.
Our annual Alumni Banquet will be on Friday, October 12th from 6:00-10:00PM. The tickets this year will be $20.00. It is being held at The Price Center, 222 West San Antonio Street San Marcos, Texas 78666. Please contact Theresa Hickey at tf1083@txstate.edu for more information.
The Texas State University Department of Philosophy is host to two peer-reviewed student journals: PHIction: A Journal of Philosophy in Literary Arts and Texas Philosophical (previously The Philosophical Post). Deadlines for the Spring 2013 issues, along with the full Calls for Papers will be available in early Fall 2012.
Students apply ethical principles to real-life problems in business, education, medicine, government, and more...
www.liberalarts.txstate.edu/about/risingstars/ethicsbowlteam.html
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