Bertrand Russell in Pennsylvania

Free and open to the public:

Bertrand Russell in Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 1, 2011, 12noon - 3:30pm
Ursinus College, Pfahler Auditorium
601 East Main Street, Collegeville, PA 19426

Speakers:
Chad Trainer, Chairman of the Board, Bertrand Russell Society
Tim Madigan, St. John Fisher College
David Blitz, Central Connecticut State College

Moderator:
Carlin Romano, Ursinus College

Followed immediately at 3:45pm by a visit to Little Datchet Farm, one of Bertrand Russell's residences in Pennsylvania.

For more infomation contact Carlin Romano, cromano@ursinus.edu

Desmond Lecture at La Salle

The Philosophy Department of La Salle University presents:

William Desmond
(K.U.Leuven, Belgium & Villanova University)
“The Gift of Beauty and Passion of Being”
Thursday, September, 2011
La Salle University
Holroyd Hall 190
12:30pm-2pm
This event is free and open to the public. William Desmond is a prolific scholar, and is the past winner of the J.N. Findlay Prize for Metaphysics.


For more information contact John Hymers at hymers@lasalle.edu.

Temple Philosophy Colloquia

Upcoming this fall, sponsored by Temple University's Philosophy Department:

Speakers and Times:Paul Franks - Sept 22 (4pm)
Laura Franklin-Hall - Nov 11 (3pm)
Paul Katsafanas - Dec 2 (3pm)
Susanna Schellenberg - Feb 10 (3pm)
Des Hogan - Apr 6th (3pm)
Adrienne Martin - March 16 (3pm)Titles of talks will be publicized as made available.

Location:Center for the Humanities at Temple
10th Floor, Gladfelter Hall
1115 Polett Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6089For more information contact Owen J. Ware owenjware@temple.edu.

Epistemology Working Group

A group for the discussion of work in progress in epistemology will meet to discuss a paper by Peter Baumann (Swarthmore College), "No Luck With Knowledge? On Another Dogma of Epistemology".

The meeting will take place at:Swarthmore College, Papazian Building 325
Wednesday, September 28, 5pmPlease RSVP to Peter Baumann via email: pbauman1@swarthmore.edu and he will forward an electronic copy of the paper.

If you have a paper you´d like to discuss in the group, please let Professor Baumann know.

The purpose of this group is to provide space to informally discuss work in progress among philosophers in the Greater Philadelphia area (including guests) who are interested in epistemology in a broad sense (including, for example, Philosophy of Science). The group meets approximately 3 times per semester. Papers are circulated in advance so that everyone can review them before the meetings, in order that participants can jump right into the discussion when they meet.

Driving directions to Swarthmore College: http://www.swarthmore.edu/visitordash/visitors_content_directions.php

2011-2012 Discussion Groups

The GPPC sponsors the following discussion groups:

Ethics Discussion Group
Monday, November 14, 2011

5pm-6:15pm - Lecture "Are Moral Values Nothing More than Feelings?"
Jesse Prinz, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center
The College of New Jersey, Library Auditorium

6:30pm-8:30pm - Faculty Discussion & Dinner with Jesse Prinz
On Prinz's "The New Sentimentalism" (Participants will purchase their own dinners)
Bliss Hall 101

Book details: Jesse Prinz, The Emotional Construction of Morals (Oxford University Press, 2007). (A limited number of books will be provided for participants.)

Coordinator:
Rick Kamber, The College of New Jersey, rkamber@tcnj.edu

Email for confirmation, more information, and subsequent discussion meetings.

Driving Directions: http://tcnj.pages.tcnj.edu/about/campus-info/directions-to-tcnj/
Philosophy of Religion Discussion Group
Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, 7:30-9:30pm (Sept-Dec)
Greaton Room - Barbelin-Lonergan Building, 116
Saint Joseph’s University

Participants are faculty-level from the southeastern Pennsylvania area.
Free parking at 54th and City Avenue, Philadelphia.
Light refreshments provided, courtesy of the GPPC.

Book Details:
Johnston, Mark, Saving God: Religion After Idolatry (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009).
Available in hardcover edition only: $24.95

Contacts:
Joseph Godfrey, Saint Joseph’s University, jgodfrey@sju.edu
For further info contact Joanne Devlin, jdevlin@sju.edu - 610.660.1564
Asian and Comparative Philosophy Discussion Group
Meets at 6pm on Wednesdays.
Main Hall, Room 132 (Room 415 on Oct 5)
West Chester University

Dates:
2011
September 21
October 5
October 19
November 2
November 16

2012
January 25
February 8
February 22
March 7
March 21
April 4
April 18
Book:
Brian Van Norden, Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy (Hackett, 2011)

Directions:
http://www.wcupa.edu/visitors/directions.asp

Contact:
F. J. Hoffman, West Chester University, fhoffman@wcupa.edu - 610.436.2361
Work in Progress: Epistemology Discussion Group
Swarthmore College
Papazian, Room 325

Check the main page of this website for up-to-date details or call 610.328.8433.

Coordinator:
Peter Baumann, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, Swarthmore College, pbauman1@swarthmore.edu

Email for confirmation, more information and directions to the meeting place and information for subsequent discussion meetings.

Asian & Comparative Philosophy Discussion Group

The GPPC invites those who are interested in Chinese philosophy to join the Asian and Comparative Philosophy Group for 2011-2012. Students are welcome too.

The focus will be Brian Van Norden's Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy (Hackett, 2011). A limited number of books will be provided for participants.

Meeting dates:
The discussion group will meet on the following Wednesdays at 6pm.
2011
September 21
October 5
October 19
November 2
November 16

2012
January 25
February 8
February 22
March 7
March 21
April 4
April 18
Location:
Main 132 (Main 415 on October 5)
West Chester University
725 South Church Street, West Chester, PA
Directions: http://www.wcupa.edu/visitors/directions.asp

For further information and inquiries contact Frank Hoffman: fhoffman@wcupa.edu or 610.436.2361.

2011-2012 Program

Except where otherwise noted, all GPPC events are free and open to the public.

Bertrand Russell in Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 1, 2011, 12noon - 3:30pm
Ursinus College, Pfahler Auditorium
601 East Main Street, Collegeville, PA 19426

Speakers:
Chad Trainer, Chairman of the Board, Bertrand Russell Society
Tim Madigan, St. John Fisher College
David Blitz, Central Connecticut State College

Moderator:
Carlin Romano, Ursinus College

Followed immediately at 3:45pm by a visit to Little Datchet Farm, one of Bertrand Russell's residences in Pennsylvania.

For more infomation contact Carlin Romano, cromano@ursinus.edu

This event is sponsored by the GPPC and Ursinus College

Public Issues Forum: Philosophy For Children
Saturday, October 29, 2011, 1pm to 5pm.
University of Pennsylvania, Claudia Cohen Hall, Room 402
249 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Speakers:
Mitchell Green, University of Virginia
Thomas Jackson, University of Hawaii
Thomas Wartenberg, Mount Holyoke College

Chair:
Frank J. Hoffman, West Chester University, Chair, GPPC

Commentators:
Dominic Sisti, Penn Center for Bioethics
Igor Jasinski, The Pingry School

Coordinator:
Steve Esser, GPPC Board of Governors

For further information and to register (optional), contact Steve Esser at steve.esser@permitcap.com or 610.941.5030

This event is co-sponsored by the GPPC and the Penn Center for Bioethics.

Aristotle and the Philosophy of Action
Saturday, March 24, 2012, 1pm to 5:30pm.
Haub Center, 5th Floor, McShain Hall
Saint Joseph's University, 5600 City Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19131

Speakers:
Ursula Coope, Oxford University, "Aristotle on Action and Teleology"
Scott Sehon, Bowdoin College, "Teleology and Free Will"

For further information contact Andrew Payne, apayne@sju.edu

This event is sponsored by the GPPC and Saint Joseph’s University.

2012 Philosophy on Film Series: Estrangements
Location: Bryn Mawr Film Institute
824 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

Dates, Films, and Speakers:

Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7pm - 10pm.
Michael Tolkin’s The Rapture (1991)
Presenter: John Carvalho, Chair, Philosophy Department, Villanova University

Thursday, April 5, 2012, 7pm - 10pm.
Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Presenter: Richard Kamber, Department of Philosophy, Religion & Classical Studies, College of New Jersey

Thursday, April 12, 2012, 7pm - 10pm.
George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Presenter: S. Joel Garver, Philosophy Department, La Salle University

Fee: $30.00 per person (for the whole series).

Registration opens March 1, 2012 on Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s website: http://brynmawrfilm.org/education/

For further information contact Marc Moreau, Chair, Philosophy Department,
La Salle University, moreau@lasalle.edu

This event is sponsored by the GPPC and the Bryn Mawr Film Institute.

Graduate Conference in Aesthetics
Sunday, April 22, 2012, 10am to 5pm.
Independence Park Hotel, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Special Guest Speaker:
Dr. Sherri Irvin, University of Oklahoma

For more information contact John Dyck, john.dyck@gmail.com

This event is sponsored by the GPPC and Temple University.

The GPPC Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 1pm to 4:30pm
La Salle University, Holroyd Hall, Room 190
1900 W. Olney Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19141

Undergraduates are invited to submit essays suitable for a 20-minute presentation on any topic in philosophy. All submissions should be no more than 3,000 words (or 10 double-spaced pages).

Papers (in .doc, .docx, or .pdf files) may be electronically submitted by e-mail attachment to moreau@lasalle.edu or as a printed copy by postal mail to:
Marc Moreau, Chair
Philosophy Department
La Salle University
1900 W. Olney Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19141
The applicant’s contact information, including e-mail address, should be provided on a cover sheet but should not appear in the body of the paper.

Deadline for submissions: December 20, 2011.

Notifications of acceptance will be transmitted by February 1, 2012.

Undergraduates who do not wish to submit a paper but who wish to participate in the conference as commentators or as panelists should contact Marc Moreau to indicate areas of interest by December 20, 2011.

Coordinator: Marc Moreau, Chair, Philosophy Department,
La Salle University, moreau@lasalle.edu

This event is supported by the GPPC and La Salle University