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Visiting Speakers
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The Nature of Animate Beings
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. Gary Rosenkrantz Drawing inspiration from Aristotle’s writings on living things, Prof. Rosenkrantz will attempt to construct a definition of what it is to be a living thing or animate being. The proposed definition is intended to cover all possible forms of life. Thursday, September 20th, Faculty… Continue reading…
Personhood, Ethics, and Animal Cognition
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. Gary Varner “Personhood, Ethics, and Animal Cognition” Wednesday, Oct. 23rd at 5:00 in the Faculty Center Presentation and Discussion with Dr. Gary Varner, Professor and Head, Philosophy Department, Texas A&M This talk introduces various conceptions of personhood, including the idea that a person is one… Continue reading…
Immigration
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. Bas van der Vossen, UNCG Dept. of Philosophy Do countries like the United States (but others as well) have a moral right to close their borders to immigrants? One argument in support of an affirmative answer to this question has recently again become popular among… Continue reading…