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Event poster for a lecture titled "The Nature of Animate Beings" by Dr. Gary Rosenkrantz, held on Thursday, September 20th at 5:00 PM in the Faculty Center. Features a classical painting depicting Noah's Ark filled with animals.

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…

Event flyer for a talk titled "Personhood, Ethics, and Animal Cognition" by Dr. Gary Varner of Texas A&M University, scheduled for Wednesday, October 23rd at 5 pm in the Faculty Center. Features a close-up photo of a black-and-white border collie.

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…