Lyceum
Applied Philosophy Lyceum
The Story, in Brief...
Since 1992 the Philosophy Department has sponsored an annual lecture series devoted
to issues in applied philosophy. Conceived with Aristotle's Lyceum in mind, the Applied
Philosophy Lyceum (APL) aims to stimulate private reflection and public reasoning
on matters of human praxis, broadly conceived. Topics have ranged from issues in environmental
ethics to theories of love and friendship. The list of speakers and topics, past and
present, can be found below.
A reception typically follows each lecture.
For further information on the Lyceum go to the Contacts Page
Spring 2013 Applied Philosophy Lyceum
TBA
A flyer for each of these talks, in Adobe Acrobat Reader format, will be placed here.
From the Past...
- Bill Martin
What Can Nothing Do for Politics? Mao, Mu Badiou, Buddhism
Friday, April 6, 4:00 PM
JUB, Room 304
- John Lysaker
Coming to Terms with Selfhood
Friday, April 20, 4:00 PM
JUB Room 304
- Bart Ehrman
Misquoting Jesus: Scribes Who Changed the Bible and Readers Who May Never Know
Friday, February 18, 3:30 PM
State Farm Room, Business/Aerospace Bldg.
- Paul C. Taylor
What's a Black Artist? Philosophy, Identity, and Black Aesthetics
Friday, April 8, 3:30 PM
JUB Room 304
Spring 2010
- Hilde Hein, Brandeis University
The Responsibility of Representation
Friday, February 19th, 3:30 PM
JUB Room 304
- Scott Pratt
Creation and Liberation: The Ontology of American Indian Origins
Friday, April 16th, 3:30 PM
JUB Room 304
Spring 2009
- John Lachs, Vanderbilt University
Education in a Time of Crisis
Wednesday, April 8th, 4:00 PM
JUB Hazelwood Dining Room
- Lisa Heldke, Gustavus Adolphus College
Food Security: Three Conceptions of Access -- Charity, Rights, and Coresponsibility
Friday, April 17th, 3:30 PM, JUB 304
Spring 2008
- John J. Stuhr, Vanderbilt University
Friday, March 28, 3:30pm, James Union Building, 304
John J. Stuhr
- George Yancy, Dusquesne University
Friday, April 11, 3:30pm, James Union Building, 304
George Yancy
Spring 2007
- Charles Mills, University of Illinois, Chicago
The Racial/Sexual Contract
Friday, March, 30 2007 JUB 304
- Robert E. Innis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
An Aesthetic Encounter: Thinking about Art with Susanne Langer
Friday April 20, 2007 JUB 304
Spring 2006
- Noelle McAfee, American University
Two Feminisms
Friday April 7, 2005 JUB 304 - Karen Hanson, Indiana University
Dressing Down Dressing Up: The Philosophic Fear of Fashion
Friday April 14, 2006 JUB 304
Spring 2005
- Jessica Wahman, Dickinson College
Fleshing Out Consensus: Radical Pragmatism, Civil Rights, and the Algebra Project
Friday April 1, 2005 JUB 304 - Carolyn Korsmeyer, SUNY Buffalo
Against Pleasure: The Case of Art and Food
Friday April 15, 2005 JUB 304
Spring 2004
- Jana Craig, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Traditional Values and Contemporary Medicine
Friday April 16, 2004 JUB 304 - Thomas May, Medical College of Wisconsin
The War on Bioterrorism
Friday April 30, 2004 JUB 304
Spring 2003
- Raja Halwani, Chicago Art Institute
The Just Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Friday March 21 JUB 304
- Helen Longino, University of Minnesota
Feminism, Science, and the Politics of Knowledge
Friday April 4 at 3:30pm JUB 304 - Arthur C. Danto, Columbia University
The Body in Philosophy and Art
Friday April 25 at 3:30pm JUB 304
Spring 2002
- Erin McKenna, Pacific Lutheran University
Pragmatism and Animal Liberation
Friday February 22 at 3:30pm JUB 304 - Cynthia Gayman, Southern Illinois University
Impossible Freedom
Friday March 15 at 3:30pm JUB 304 - Vincent Colapietro, Penn State University
Allowing Our Practices to Speak for Themseoves: Peirce and Wittgenstein
Friday April 27 at 3:30pm JUB 304
Spring 2001
- John Lachs, Vanderbilt University
Immortality and Other Unintelligible Hopes
Friday March 2 at 4:00pm State Farm Lecture Hall, BAS - Christine Overall, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Aging & the Right to Life
Friday April 6 at 3:30pm JUB 304 - Donald Scherer, Bowling Green State University
How can we save the environment?
Friday April 27 at 3:30pm JUB 304
Spring 2000
- Lewis Gordon: Brown University
The Human Genome Project
Friday, 18 February at 3:30 pm, JUB 304 - Marvin Belzer: Bowling Green State University
Earth To Parfit: Forget About Fission
Friday, 7 April at 3:30 pm, JUB 304 - Alan Soble: University of New Orleans
What Did Monica and Bill Do?
Friday, 28 April at 3:30 pm, JUB 304
Spring 1999
- Bryan Norton, Georgia Institue of Technology
Toward a Universal Valuation of Nature: Beyond the Anthropocentrism/Non-Antropocentrism Debate
Friday April 23, 1999 at 3:30 pm, JUB 304 - John J. McDermott, Texas A&M
The Erosion of Moral Sensibility
March 26, 1999 at 3:30 pm, JUB 304 - James Marsh, Fordham University
Ghosts and Spirits: Marx, Derrida, and the New World Order
April 9, 1999 at 3:30 pm, JUB 304
Spring 1998
- Charles Mills, University of Chicago, Illinois
The Racial Contract
Friday March 6, 1998 at 3:30 pm, JUB 304 - Joel Kovel, Bard College
Ecology and Capitalism: A Marriage Made in Hell
Feb 20 1998 at 3:30 pm, JUB 304 - Ted Cohen, University of Chicago
Metaphors of Personal Identification
Friday April 17, 1998
Spring 1997
- David Schweickart: Loyola University of Chicago
Why Capitalism Doesn't Work
Friday, 7 March at 3:30 pm, JUB 304 - Robert Bernasconi: University of Memphis
Is Race Real?
Tuesday, 25 March at 3:30 pm, JUB 304 - Lynn Hankinson Nelson: Rowan College
Feminism and Sociobiology
Friday, 11 April at 3:30 pm, JUB 304
Spring 1996
- Bill Martin: Depaul University
Truth and Flourishing: Elements of a Communitarian Theory of Knowledge
Thursday, 29 March at 3:30 pm, JUB 304 - David Gerrold: Nebula Award Winning Science Fiction Writer
The Martian Child and the Involuntary Human
Wednesday, 20 March at 3:30 pm, Place TBA - Milton Fisk: Indiana University
Health Care as a Public Good
Thursday, 4 April at 4:00 pm, JUB 304
Spring 1995
- Alisa Carse: Georgetown University
Pornography, Subordination, and Liberty
Thursday, 16 March at 3:00 pm, Nursing 121 - John J. McDermott: Texas A&M University
Philosophy as Therapeia: A Secular Teshuvah
Thursday, 13 April at 3:00 pm, Nursing 121 - Lewis R. Gordon: Purdue University
Bad Faith, Anonymity, and AntiBlack Racism
Wednesday, 19 April at 3:00 pm, Nursing 121
Spring 1994
- Frithjof Bergmann: University of Michigan
New Work
Thursday, 24 March at 3:00 pm, Peck Hall 227 - Tom Alexander: Southern Illinois University
Incarnations of Love
Thursday, 6 April at 4:00 pm, Peck Hall 227 - Kelly Oliver: University of Texas
Save the Mother
Thursday, 21 April at 4:30 pm, Peck Hall 227
Spring 1993
- Marilyn Friedman: Washington University
Codes, Canons and "Correctness"
Wednesday, 3 March at 3:30 pm, JUB 304 - Rosemarie Tong: Davidson College
Feminine and Feminist Ethics
Monday, 29 March at 3:30 pm, Peck Hall 109 - Ron Cooper: Florida Endowment for the Humanities
Waiter, There's A Person in My Soup: Personhood, Animal Rights and Speciesism
Thursday 15 April at 3:30 pm, JUB 304
Spring 1992
- Michael Emerson: Hiram College
Thinking Nature in a World of Wounds
Thursday, 5 March at 3:00 pm, JUB 304 - Rex Martin: University of Kansas
Democracy and Rights
Thrusday, 12 March at 3:00 pm, JUB 304 - Mark Schersten: Siena Heights College
Who Should Live? Patient Characteristics in the Allocation of Health Care Resources
Thursday, 9 April at 3:00 pm, JUB 304
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