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PHILOSOPHY DIALOGUE SERIES SPRING 2012
Dialogue Room Psy 132 “…our material progress is only the foundation on which we will build a richer life of mind and spirit.” –LBJ (Texas State Alumnus, ’30)
WEEK 1
LOVE, FREEDOM, AND EDUCATION
Monday, February 13, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Love and Wisdom
W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
Anglo American University of Prague
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Are Humans Unfit for Love?
Tammey Rogers and Kathryn Slaughter
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Plato's Phaedrus as a Critique of the Consumerist Student
Rebecca Raphael
Religion
Thursday, February 16, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Freedom to Learn
Kenneth See and Jenna Twardowski
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Thursday, February 16, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Consumertopia: Resisting the Student as Consumer Metaphor
Miguel Martinez-Saenz
Associate Provost, St. Cloud State
Friday, February 17, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
Craig Hanks
Philosophy
Friday, February 17, 2012
1:00 p.m.
*Talk of the Times
Led by Phi Sigma Tau
WEEK 2
METAPHYSICAL FREEDOM
Monday, February 20, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Rational Animals
Bryan Register
Philosophy
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Free to Be You and Me: Freedom and the Self
Ethan Jones and Crystal Luther
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Hinduism, Metaphysics, and Freedom
Catherine Hawkins
Social Work
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
11:30 a.m.
Animistic & Naturalistic World Views
Gilbert Fulmer
Philosophy
Wednesday, February 22. 2012
2:00 p.m.
A Defense of Radical Freedom
Jeffrey Gordon
Philosophy
Thursday, February 23, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Negative and Positive Freedom
Max Davis and Matt Loya
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Friday, February 24, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
James McWilliams
History
Deborah Harris
Sociology
Friday, February 24, 2012
1:00 p.m.
The Introspection Problem Revisited: Evidence From Neuroscience,
Epidemiology and Medical Cognitive Science
Owen McNally, PhD (Medical Cognitive Science)
WEEK 3
PUSHING THE LIMITS: PORNOGRAPHY, HATE SPEECH, AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Monday, February 27, 2012
3:30 p.m.
First Freedoms: Why Does Democracy Need Nazis, Pornographers, and Cranks?
Rebecca Robertson
ACLU-Texas
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Tolerating Intolerance
Trong Phan and Max Thaxton
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Positive Rights Require Duties without Informed Consent
Eli Kanon
Philosophy
Thursday, March 1, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Does Pornography Silence Women?
Madelyn Martin-Buhrdorf and Amie Sprayberry
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Friday, March 2, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Talk of the Times - Lyrical Pornography: Choice, Ignorance, and Apathy in Pop Music
JD Hill
Philosophy
WEEK 4
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: OLD AND NEW MEDIA
Monday, March 5, 2012
12:00 noon
Media and the Muslim World
Parish Conkling
Philosophy
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
12:30 p.m.
The Challenge of New Media
Ryan Pierce and Sam Sohmer
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Conservative & Liberal Biases in the Media
Paul Wilson
Philosophy
Thursday, March 8, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Social and Political Implications of the New Media
Prof. Jeremy Littau
LeHigh University
Friday, March 9, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Led by Phi Sigma Tau
WEEK 5
THE ROLE OF A UNIVERSITY IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Are Universities Suffering from Mission Drift?
Ian Loyd-Tristan and Chad Miller
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Education & Democracy
Anthony Stephenson
Philosophy
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: The Role of a University in a Democratic Society
Ivan Marquez (Moderator)
Philosophy
Thursday, March 22, 2012
12:30 p.m.
How “Corporate Reforms” are Undermining Universities and Democracy
Jo Ann Carson
Philosophy
Cody Chumbley
Philosophy Dialogue Student
Thursday, March 22, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
Annalisa Turner
Philosophy Student
Friday, March 23, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
Dianne Rahm
Political Science
Friday, March 23, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Led by Phi Sigma Tau
WEEK 6
FREEDOM, RESPONSIBILITY, AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Monday, March 26, 2012
11:00 a.m.
The Challenge of Technological Determinism
Craig Hanks
Philosophy
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Neuroscience and Personal Responsibility
Ty Lasater, Tommy Newman, and Marie Pierre
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Science, Technology and Ethics
Vincent Luizzi
Philosophy
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Freedom, Responsibility, and Technological Change
Vivek Sharma, LEED AP (Moderator)
Construction Science and Management, Department of Engineering Technology
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
2:00 p.m.
Microcosm vs. Macrocosm: Mayan and Hindu Calendar: Predictions for 2012
Linda Mackey
Religion and Philosophy
Thursday, March 29, 2012
12:30 p.m.
AI, Genetic Engineering, and the Blurring of Personhood
Luke Davis and Lauren Redding
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Friday, March 30, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
Ronald Hagelman
Geography
Friday, March 30, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Led by Phi Sigma Tau
WEEK 7
BEYOND THE FIRST AMENDMENT: FREEDOM AND THE WORLD
Monday, April 2, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Freedom and the State According to Engels & Lenin
Patrick Moore
Philosophy Graduate Student
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Patriots and Cosmopolitans
Erik Ford and Patrick McGinnis
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
2:00 p.m.
Beyond the First Amendment: Complementary and Competing Concepts of Freedom
Elizabeth Bishop
History Wednesday, April 4, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Bob Dylan’s Social Conscience
Paul Cohen
English
Thursday, April 5, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Inclusive Values and Global Solidarity
W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz
Visiting Professor (Philosophy)
Anglo-American University of Prague
Thursday, April 5, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Individual Freedom and Society
Brenda Alejo, Jackie Bolding, and Rose Rickhoff
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Thursday, April 5, 2012
7:00 p.m.
“Patriocracy”
Film and Panel Discussion
Alkek Teaching Theatre
Brian Malone
Producer/Writer/Director
Friday, April 6, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
Audrey McKinney
Philosophy
Friday, April 6, 2012
1:00 p.m.
The Deliberative Perspective
Bryan Register
Philosophy
WEEK 8
DOES FREEDOM HAVE A FUTURE?
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Philosophy and Freedom
Will Sharp
Philosophy Dialogue Student
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Liberty in the Age of Information
Clay Stevens
English and Philosophy
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Social Freedom Meets Professional Conduct: Social Media, Free Speech and the Workplace for New Graduates
Kim Nelson
Career Services
Thursday, April 12, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Real and False Freedom According to Simone de Beauvoir
Amelie Benedikt
Philosophy
Friday, April 13, 2012
8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Philosophy Student Symposium
All dialogues are free and open to the public.
*Talk of the Times, an activity of the American Democracy Project at
Texas State, is a weekly open forum on current events and issues led
by members of Phi Sigma Tau, the philosophy honor society. Daily
copies of the New York Times are provided near the Dialogue Room (PSY
132) to promote informed dialogues.
Co-sponsors of the Philosophy Dialogue Series are American Democracy
Project, College of Liberal Arts, Common Experience, Gina Weatherhead
Dialogue Fund, New York Times, National Endowment for the Humanities,
Phi Sigma Tau, University Seminar, University Honors Program, Provost
and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Vice President for
Student Affairs.
For additional information contact: Beverly Pairett, Department of
Philosophy, philosophy@txstate.edu, (512) 245-2285 Daily copies of the New York Times are provided near the Dialogue Room (PSY 132) to promote informed dialogues.
PHILOSOPHY DIALOGUE SERIES
WEEK 1
LOVE, FREEDOM, AND EDUCATION
Monday, February 13, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Love and Wisdom
W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
Anglo American University of Prague
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Are Humans Unfit for Love?
Tammey Rogers and Kathryn Slaughter
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Plato's Phaedrus as a Critique of the Consumerist Student
Rebecca Raphael
Religion
Thursday, February 16, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Freedom to Learn
Kenneth See and Jenna Twardowski
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Thursday, February 16, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Consumertopia: Resisting the Student as Consumer Metaphor
Miguel Martinez-Saenz
Associate Provost, St. Cloud State
Friday, February 17, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
Craig Hanks
Philosophy
Friday, February 17, 2012
1:00 p.m.
*Talk of the Times
Led by Phi Sigma Tau
WEEK 2
METAPHYSICAL FREEDOM
Monday, February 20, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Rational Animals
Bryan Register
Philosophy
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Free to Be You and Me: Freedom and the Self
Ethan Jones and Crystal Luther
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Hinduism, Metaphysics, and Freedom
Catherine Hawkins
Social Work
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
11:30 a.m.
Animistic & Naturalistic World Views
Gilbert Fulmer
Philosophy
Wednesday, February 22. 2012
2:00 p.m.
A Defense of Radical Freedom
Jeffrey Gordon
Philosophy
Thursday, February 23, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Negative and Positive Freedom
Max Davis and Matt Loya
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Friday, February 24, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
James McWilliams
History
Deborah Harris
Sociology
Friday, February 24, 2012
1:00 p.m.
The Introspection Problem Revisited: Evidence From Neuroscience,
Epidemiology and Medical Cognitive Science
Owen McNally, PhD (Medical Cognitive Science)
WEEK 3
PUSHING THE LIMITS: PORNOGRAPHY, HATE SPEECH, AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Monday, February 27, 2012
3:30 p.m.
First Freedoms: Why Does Democracy Need Nazis, Pornographers, and Cranks?
Rebecca Robertson
ACLU-Texas
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Tolerating Intolerance
Trong Phan and Max Thaxton
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Positive Rights Require Duties without Informed Consent
Eli Kanon
Philosophy
Thursday, March 1, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Does Pornography Silence Women?
Madelyn Martin-Buhrdorf and Amie Sprayberry
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Friday, March 2, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Talk of the Times - Lyrical Pornography: Choice, Ignorance, and Apathy in Pop Music
JD Hill
Philosophy
WEEK 4
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: OLD AND NEW MEDIA
Monday, March 5, 2012
12:00 noon
Media and the Muslim World
Parish Conkling
Philosophy
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
12:30 p.m.
The Challenge of New Media
Ryan Pierce and Sam Sohmer
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Conservative & Liberal Biases in the Media
Paul Wilson
Philosophy
Thursday, March 8, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Social and Political Implications of the New Media
Prof. Jeremy Littau
LeHigh University
Friday, March 9, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Led by Phi Sigma Tau
WEEK 5
THE ROLE OF A UNIVERSITY IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Are Universities Suffering from Mission Drift?
Ian Loyd-Tristan and Chad Miller
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Education & Democracy
Anthony Stephenson
Philosophy
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: The Role of a University in a Democratic Society
Ivan Marquez (Moderator)
Philosophy
Thursday, March 22, 2012
12:30 p.m.
How “Corporate Reforms” are Undermining Universities and Democracy
Jo Ann Carson
Philosophy
Cody Chumbley
Philosophy Dialogue Student
Thursday, March 22, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
Annalisa Turner
Philosophy Student
Friday, March 23, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
Dianne Rahm
Political Science
Friday, March 23, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Led by Phi Sigma Tau
WEEK 6
FREEDOM, RESPONSIBILITY, AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Monday, March 26, 2012
11:00 a.m.
The Challenge of Technological Determinism
Craig Hanks
Philosophy
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Neuroscience and Personal Responsibility
Ty Lasater, Tommy Newman, and Marie Pierre
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Science, Technology and Ethics
Vincent Luizzi
Philosophy
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Freedom, Responsibility, and Technological Change
Vivek Sharma, LEED AP (Moderator)
Construction Science and Management, Department of Engineering Technology
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
2:00 p.m.
Microcosm vs. Macrocosm: Mayan and Hindu Calendar: Predictions for 2012
Linda Mackey
Religion and Philosophy
Thursday, March 29, 2012
12:30 p.m.
AI, Genetic Engineering, and the Blurring of Personhood
Luke Davis and Lauren Redding
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Friday, March 30, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
Ronald Hagelman
Geography
Friday, March 30, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Led by Phi Sigma Tau
WEEK 7
BEYOND THE FIRST AMENDMENT: FREEDOM AND THE WORLD
Monday, April 2, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Freedom and the State According to Engels & Lenin
Patrick Moore
Philosophy Graduate Student
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Patriots and Cosmopolitans
Erik Ford and Patrick McGinnis
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
2:00 p.m.
Beyond the First Amendment: Complementary and Competing Concepts of Freedom
Elizabeth Bishop
History
Thursday, April 5, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Inclusive Values and Global Solidarity
W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz
Visiting Professor (Philosophy)
Anglo-American University of Prague
Thursday, April 5, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Individual Freedom and Society
Brenda Alejo, Jackie Bolding, and Rose Rickhoff
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Thursday, April 5, 2012
7:00 p.m.
“Patriocracy”
Film and Panel Discussion
Alkek Teaching Theatre
Brian Malone
Producer/Writer/Director
Friday, April 6, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
Audrey McKinney
Philosophy
Friday, April 6, 2012
1:00 p.m.
The Deliberative Perspective
Bryan Register
Philosophy
WEEK 8
DOES FREEDOM HAVE A FUTURE?
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Philosophy and Freedom
Will Sharp
Philosophy Dialogue Student
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Liberty in the Age of Information
Clay Stevens
English and Philosophy
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Social Freedom Meets Professional Conduct: Social Media, Free Speech and the Workplace for New Graduates
Kim Nelson
Career Services
Thursday, April 12, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Real and False Freedom According to Simone de Beauvoir
Amelie Benedikt
Philosophy
Friday, April 13, 2012
8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Philosophy Student Symposium
All dialogues are free and open to the public.
*Talk of the Times, an activity of the American Democracy Project at
Texas State, is a weekly open forum on current events and issues led
by members of Phi Sigma Tau, the philosophy honor society. Daily
copies of the New York Times are provided near the Dialogue Room (PSY
132) to promote informed dialogues.
Co-sponsors of the Philosophy Dialogue Series are American Democracy
Project, College of Liberal Arts, Common Experience, Gina Weatherhead
Dialogue Fund, New York Times, National Endowment for the Humanities,
Phi Sigma Tau, University Seminar, University Honors Program, Provost
and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Vice President for
Student Affairs.
For additional information contact: Beverly Pairett, Department of
Philosophy, philosophy@txstate.edu, (512) 245-2285
SPRING 2012
Dialogue Room Psy 132
“…our material progress is only the foundation on which we will build a richer life of mind and spirit.” –LBJ (Texas State Alumnus, ’30)
WEEK 1
LOVE, FREEDOM, AND EDUCATION
Monday, February 13, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Love and Wisdom
W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
Anglo American University of Prague
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Are Humans Unfit for Love?
Tammey Rogers and Kathryn Slaughter
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Plato's Phaedrus as a Critique of the Consumerist Student
Rebecca Raphael
Religion
Thursday, February 16, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Freedom to Learn
Kenneth See and Jenna Twardowski
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Thursday, February 16, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Consumertopia: Resisting the Student as Consumer Metaphor
Miguel Martinez-Saenz
Associate Provost, St. Cloud State
Friday, February 17, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
Craig Hanks
Philosophy
Friday, February 17, 2012
1:00 p.m.
*Talk of the Times
Led by Phi Sigma Tau
WEEK 2
METAPHYSICAL FREEDOM
Monday, February 20, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Rational Animals
Bryan Register
Philosophy
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Free to Be You and Me: Freedom and the Self
Ethan Jones and Crystal Luther
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Hinduism, Metaphysics, and Freedom
Catherine Hawkins
Social Work
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
11:30 a.m.
Animistic & Naturalistic World Views
Gilbert Fulmer
Philosophy
Wednesday, February 22. 2012
2:00 p.m.
A Defense of Radical Freedom
Jeffrey Gordon
Philosophy
Thursday, February 23, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Negative and Positive Freedom
Max Davis and Matt Loya
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Friday, February 24, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
James McWilliams
History
Deborah Harris
Sociology
Friday, February 24, 2012
1:00 p.m.
The Introspection Problem Revisited: Evidence From Neuroscience,
Epidemiology and Medical Cognitive Science
Owen McNally, PhD (Medical Cognitive Science)
WEEK 3
PUSHING THE LIMITS: PORNOGRAPHY, HATE SPEECH, AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Monday, February 27, 2012
3:30 p.m.
First Freedoms: Why Does Democracy Need Nazis, Pornographers, and Cranks?
Rebecca Robertson
ACLU-Texas
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Tolerating Intolerance
Trong Phan and Max Thaxton
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Positive Rights Require Duties without Informed Consent
Eli Kanon
Philosophy
Thursday, March 1, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Does Pornography Silence Women?
Madelyn Martin-Buhrdorf and Amie Sprayberry
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Friday, March 2, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Talk of the Times - Lyrical Pornography: Choice, Ignorance, and Apathy in Pop Music
JD Hill
Philosophy
WEEK 4
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: OLD AND NEW MEDIA
Monday, March 5, 2012
12:00 noon
Media and the Muslim World
Parish Conkling
Philosophy
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
12:30 p.m.
The Challenge of New Media
Ryan Pierce and Sam Sohmer
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Conservative & Liberal Biases in the Media
Paul Wilson
Philosophy
Thursday, March 8, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Social and Political Implications of the New Media
Prof. Jeremy Littau
LeHigh University
Friday, March 9, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Led by Phi Sigma Tau
WEEK 5
THE ROLE OF A UNIVERSITY IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Are Universities Suffering from Mission Drift?
Ian Loyd-Tristan and Chad Miller
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Education & Democracy
Anthony Stephenson
Philosophy
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: The Role of a University in a Democratic Society
Ivan Marquez (Moderator)
Philosophy
Thursday, March 22, 2012
12:30 p.m.
How “Corporate Reforms” are Undermining Universities and Democracy
Jo Ann Carson
Philosophy
Cody Chumbley
Philosophy Dialogue Student
Thursday, March 22, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
Annalisa Turner
Philosophy Student
Friday, March 23, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
Dianne Rahm
Political Science
Friday, March 23, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Led by Phi Sigma Tau
WEEK 6
FREEDOM, RESPONSIBILITY, AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Monday, March 26, 2012
11:00 a.m.
The Challenge of Technological Determinism
Craig Hanks
Philosophy
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Neuroscience and Personal Responsibility
Ty Lasater, Tommy Newman, and Marie Pierre
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Science, Technology and Ethics
Vincent Luizzi
Philosophy
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Freedom, Responsibility, and Technological Change
Vivek Sharma, LEED AP (Moderator)
Construction Science and Management, Department of Engineering Technology
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
2:00 p.m.
Microcosm vs. Macrocosm: Mayan and Hindu Calendar: Predictions for 2012
Linda Mackey
Religion and Philosophy
Thursday, March 29, 2012
12:30 p.m.
AI, Genetic Engineering, and the Blurring of Personhood
Luke Davis and Lauren Redding
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Friday, March 30, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
Ronald Hagelman
Geography
Friday, March 30, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Led by Phi Sigma Tau
WEEK 7
BEYOND THE FIRST AMENDMENT: FREEDOM AND THE WORLD
Monday, April 2, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Freedom and the State According to Engels & Lenin
Patrick Moore
Philosophy Graduate Student
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Patriots and Cosmopolitans
Erik Ford and Patrick McGinnis
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
2:00 p.m.
Beyond the First Amendment: Complementary and Competing Concepts of Freedom
Elizabeth Bishop
History
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Bob Dylan’s Social Conscience
Paul Cohen
English
3:30 p.m.
Bob Dylan’s Social Conscience
Paul Cohen
English
Thursday, April 5, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Inclusive Values and Global Solidarity
W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz
Visiting Professor (Philosophy)
Anglo-American University of Prague
Thursday, April 5, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Individual Freedom and Society
Brenda Alejo, Jackie Bolding, and Rose Rickhoff
Philosophy Dialogue Students
Thursday, April 5, 2012
7:00 p.m.
“Patriocracy”
Film and Panel Discussion
Alkek Teaching Theatre
Brian Malone
Producer/Writer/Director
Friday, April 6, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sustainability Dialogues
Audrey McKinney
Philosophy
Friday, April 6, 2012
1:00 p.m.
The Deliberative Perspective
Bryan Register
Philosophy
WEEK 8
DOES FREEDOM HAVE A FUTURE?
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Philosophy and Freedom
Will Sharp
Philosophy Dialogue Student
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
3:30 p.m.
Liberty in the Age of Information
Clay Stevens
English and Philosophy
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Social Freedom Meets Professional Conduct: Social Media, Free Speech and the Workplace for New Graduates
Kim Nelson
Career Services
Thursday, April 12, 2012
11:00 a.m.
Real and False Freedom According to Simone de Beauvoir
Amelie Benedikt
Philosophy
Friday, April 13, 2012
8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Philosophy Student Symposium
All dialogues are free and open to the public.
*Talk of the Times, an activity of the American Democracy Project at
Texas State, is a weekly open forum on current events and issues led
by members of Phi Sigma Tau, the philosophy honor society. Daily
copies of the New York Times are provided near the Dialogue Room (PSY
132) to promote informed dialogues.
Co-sponsors of the Philosophy Dialogue Series are American Democracy
Project, College of Liberal Arts, Common Experience, Gina Weatherhead
Dialogue Fund, New York Times, National Endowment for the Humanities,
Phi Sigma Tau, University Seminar, University Honors Program, Provost
and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Vice President for
Student Affairs.
For additional information contact: Beverly Pairett, Department of
Philosophy, philosophy@txstate.edu, (512) 245-2285
*Sophists and Sages are student presenters and members of the Philosophy Dialogue Class. Class discussions are open to all interested persons.
For additional information contact Beverly Pairett.
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