Dialogue Schedule
Philosophy Dialogue Series
“... our material progress is only the foundation on which we will build a richer life of mind and spirit” – LBJ (Texas State Alumnus, ’30)
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Spring 2019 Philosophy Dialogue Series
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Week One: Peace Education
Monday, February 18, 2019
3:30 p.m., Comal 116
Reducing Anger in the Workplace
Vince Luizzi (Philosophy)
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
Educating for Global Awareness
Dialogue Class
CancelledTuesday, February 19, 2019San Marcos Discovery Center5 p.m.Reverence for Nature: Discussion of Paul Woodruff’s ReverenceVince Lopes (Biology) & Vince Luizzi (Philosophy)Wednesday, February 20, 2019
San Marcos Public Library
4:30 p.m.
Making it Plain: Isn’t Peace the Ultimate Goal of Education?
Greg Moses (Philosophy)
Thursday, February 21, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
From Turbulence to Harmony in The Tempest
Brian Cottier & Joshua Williams (Dialogue Students)
February 22, 2019
1:30 p.m., Comal 116
Talk of the Times
Mock Ethics Bowl: Prep for National Competition
Phi Sigma Tau & Texas State Ethics Bowl Team
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Week Two: Imagine
Monday, February 25, 2019
2 p.m., Comal 116
The Future of Humanities Studies and Its Associated Institutions
Randall Auxier (Philosophy and Communication Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
Monday, February 25, 2019
5 – 7 p.m., Comal 116
Tau Talks: Imagination
Lillian Martinez (Philosophy Graduate Student)
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
Innovation and Imagination
Jacqueline Miles & Juan Villa (Dialogue Students)
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
2 p.m., Comal 116
Ecopsychology: Healing our Estrangement from NatureVince Lopes (Biology)
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
2 p.m., Comal 116
Imagination and Law
Jackson Gorski (Texas State Alumus & Austin Lawyer)
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
San Marcos Public Library
4:30 p.m.
Education through the Arts: Learning by Creating
Chris Hanson (Education and Philosophy)
San Marcos High School Orchestra Director
Founder of the SMART Community Orchestra
Thursday, February 28, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
Imagination and Mathematics
Dialogue Class
Special Guest: Gary Taylor (Musician and Mathematician)
Friday, March 1, 2019
1:30 p.m., Comal 116
Talk of the Times
Phi Sigma Tau
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Week Three: Technological Optimism
March 4, 2019
2 p.m., Comal 116
Techno Optimism
Craig Hanks (Philosophy)
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
Resisting the Digital Revolution: In Defense of Analog Thinking
Eric Muñoz & Tracy Perales (Dialogue Students)
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
San Marcos Public Library
4:30 p.m.
Leading a Tech Happy Life: Implications for Education
Jon Lasser (Educational Psychology, Co-author of Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World)
Thursday, March 7, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
Alexa, Tell Me the Meaning of Life
Miranda Vincent & Matthew Squires (Dialogue Students)
Friday, March 8, 2019
1:30 p.m., Comal 116
Talk of the Times
Phi Sigma Tau
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Week Four: Addiction
Monday, March 11, 2019
2 p.m., Comal 116
Sports Ethics, Addiction, & Performance Enhancing Drugs
Professional Ethics Students
Monday, March 11, 2019
5 – 7 p.m., Comal 116
Tau Talks: Addiction
Christopher Hall (Philosophy Graduate Student)
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
How We Got Here: Bad Pharma and the Opioid Crisis
Christopher Hall & Derrick Henneman (Dialogue Students)
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
San Marcos Public Library
4:30 p.m.
The Third Annual Acorn Symposium Democracy and Public Philosophy
Eric Thomas Weber (Political Science, University of Kentucky)
Thursday, March 14, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
iPhones and Skinner Boxes
Isaiah Lopez & Catherine Vargas (Dialogue Students)
Special Guest: Jon Lasser (Educational Psychology)
Thursday, March 14, 2019
2 - 3 p.m., ALK 250 Teaching Theater
DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY
Eric Thomas Weber, University of Kentucky
ericthomasweber.org
Friday, March 15, 2019
1:30 p.m., Comal 116
Talk of the Times
Phi Sigma Tau
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Week Five: Ontological Engineering
Monday, March 25, 2019
2 p.m., Comal 116
Being and Dying in Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Illich
Professional Ethics Students
Monday, March 25, 2019
5 – 7 p.m., Comal 116
Tau Talks: Engineering Collectively Constructed Spaces (RPGs)
Patrick Gonzales (Philosophy Alumnus)
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
Is Reality a Human Construction Project?
Hunter Griffith & McIntosh Woodruff (Dialogue Students)
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
San Marcos Public Library
4:30 p.m.
Ayurveda: A Holistic Perspective on Mind and Body
Hemali Patel, (University. of Washington, Yoga Practitioner)
Thursday, March 28, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
The Practice of Yoga
Dialogue Class,
Special Guest: Hemali Patel (University of Washington)
Thursday, March 28, 2019
UAC 275
2:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Yoga Class
Session I: 2:15-3:30; Session II: 3:45-5:00
Led by Hemali Patel (University of Washington)
Thursday, March 28, 2019
3:30 p.m., Comal 116
Texas State Authors Series: Appeal to the People’s Court: Rethinking Law, Judging, and Punishment
Vince Luizzi (Philosophy)
Friday, March 29, 2019
Afternoon
Philosophy Student Symposium
Philosophy Department & Phi Sigma Tau
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Week Six: Fear
Monday, April 1, 2019
2 p.m., Comal 116
Guns in the Workplace
Kyle Prunty (Philosophy)
Monday, April 1, 2019
5 – 7 p.m., Comal 116
Tau Talks: Fear
Declan Ward (Philosophy Graduate Student)
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
Political Uses of Fear
Daniel Haile & Ian McCurley (Dialogue Students)
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
San Marcos Public Library
4:30 p.m.
The Moral Values of Pain: A Critique of Hedonism
Sean Daniel Johnson (Philosophy)
Thursday, April 4, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
Fraidy Cats: Fear and the Coddled Mind
Allie Crawford & Gregory Meinhold (Dialogue Students)
Thursday, April 4, 2019
3:30 p.m., FH 230
Of Gods & Monsters Conference:
America’s Dark Theologian: The Religious Imagination of Stephen King
Douglas Cowan (University of Waterloo)
Friday, April 5, 2019
2 p.m., FH 341
Of Gods & Monsters Conference: Monsters of Texas: History, Legends, and Modern Sightings
Lyle Blackburn (Author and Musician)
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Week Seven: Intersectional Justice
Monday, April 8, 2019
2 p.m., Comal 116
Trust as the Cornerstone of Justice
Professional Ethics Students
Monday, April 8, 2019
5 – 7 p.m., Comal 116
Tau Talks: Womanism and Intersectional Justice
Nathaniel Rodriguez Sosa (Philosophy Graduate Student)
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
Women, Girls, and Environmental Justice
Matthew Mills & Brittany Okorie (Dialogue Students)
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
San Marcos Public Library
4:30 p.m.
Community Deliberative Dialogue: Equitable Housing
Community Leaders with Faculty from Texas State Philosophy Department and Applied Ethics Program
Thursday, April 11, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
In Her Shoes: An Exercise in Empathy
Led by staff from the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center
Friday, April 12, 2019
1:30 p.m., Comal 116
Talk of the Times
Phi Sigma Tau
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Week Eight: Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, and Moral Psychology
Monday, April 15, 2019
3:30 p.m., Comal 116
Reid’s Proof for Reality
James Sala (Philosophy)
Monday, April 15, 2019
5 – 7 p.m., Comal 116
Tau Talks: Philosophy of Mind
Aaron Meier (Philosophy Graduate Student)
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
12:30 p.m., Comal 116
Neuroscience and Religion
Dialogue Class
Special Guest: Will Klemm (Neuroscience & Religion, Texas A&M)
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
3:30 p.m., Comal 116
Mind: Classic and Contemporary Theories
Hunter Chambers (Philosophy, St. Mary’s University)
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
San Marcos Public Library
4:30 p.m.
Neuroscience May Lead to a 21st Century Religion
Will Klemm (Neuroscience & Religion, Texas A&M)
Thursday, April 18, 2019
10 a.m., Comal 116
Does Punishment Have a Goal?
Isaac Wiegman (Philosophy)
Thursday, April 18, 2019
3:30 p.m., Comal 116
Texas State Authors Series: Formal Dialectics
Dylan Daniel (Texas State Philosophy Alumnus)
Friday, April 19, 2019
1:30 p.m., Comal 116
Talk of the Times
Phi Sigma Tau
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# co-sponsored by #justicetalktxst
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.
The Acorn Symposium Dialogues are co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, the Philosophy Dialogue Series, and
The Acorn: Philosophical Studies in Pacifism and Nonviolence.
To continue conversations about these dialogue topics please download Philosophy Mixed Podcasts from KTSW.
Co-sponsors of the Philosophy Dialogue Series are American Democracy Project, College of Liberal Arts, Common Experience, Gina Weatherhead Dialogue Fund, Humanities Texas, National Endowment for the Humanities, Phi Sigma Tau, Domino’s Pizza, University Seminar, New York Times, Honors College, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Vice President for Student Affairs.
If you require an accommodation due to a disability, contact the Department of Philosophy at 512-245-2285.
Accommodation requests should be made at least 72 hours in advance of the program start time to ensure availability.
Texas State University is a tobacco-free campus.
San Marcos Public Library,
625 E. Hopkins St., San Marcos, Texas 78666
