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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 … Continued


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 … Continued