Memorial
University
VISITING SPEAKERS, FALL 2008
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1).
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2.00-3.30: SN 2101 |
The Philosophy
Colloquium: Prof. Markus
Enders (Freiburg) 'The Historical and
Systematic Significance of the Ontological Notion of God' (Markus Enders is
Full Professor in the Philosophy of Religion at the University of
Freiburg, Germany. The author of numerous works on Anselm, Eckhart and Seuse,
he is a specialist in medieval and philosophical theology. His
visit to Memorial is funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of
Germany and organized by Sean McGrath.) |
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2)
Friday, Oct. 3, 4.30 onwards: |
JOCKEY CLUB at The
Squires Gallery, 52 Prescott Street (fish & chip take out dinner to
follow): Markus Enders will
introduce the discussion, which will be on an excerpt selected by him from
Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age
(Harvard, 2007). |
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3)
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2-3.30, SN 2101: |
The Philosophy
Colloquium: Mathieu Marion (Henrietta Harvey Distinguished Lecturer) 'Game Semantics: A
New Paradigm and Its Philosophy'. More information
to come on the HH Lecturer |
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4)
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 8.00-10.00 p.m., A1043: |
The HH Lecture to
the University by Mathieu Marion: 'Collingwood and
the Logic of Question & Answer' Reception follows. (Free Parking Area
15). |
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5)
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2.00-3.30, SN 2101: |
Philosophy
Colloquium: Chinatsu Kobayashi
(UQAM) 'Continuity in
British Aesthetics from Collingwood to Wollheim' |
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6)
NEW Thursday,
Oct. 9, 6-7:30pm, INCO Lecture Theate IIC 2001 |
Special Session of the Philosophy
Colloquium: Michael Ruse, FRSC
(Florida State University) “Is Darwinism Past Its 'Sell By' Date?” |
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7)
Friday, Oct. 10, 1-2 p.m: Cancelled |
Mathieu Marion, HH
Lecture to the Dept. of Mathematics: 'Why Play Logical
Games?' Cancelled |
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8)
Friday, Oct. 10, 2-3 p.m., AA3081: |
Benoit Castelnerac (Sherbrooke) 'Separation
through Fragmentation: Remarks on Plato's & Plutarch's Ontology'. |
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10)
Friday, Oct. 10, 4.30 onwards: |
JOCKEY CLUB at J. Bradley's house, 117 Strawberry Marsh Road (fish
& chip take-out dinner to follow): Mathieu Marion
& Benoit Castelnerac will introduce the discussion, which will be on their paper
(circulated beforehand), 'Presocratic Philosophy and the Origins of
Dialogical Logic' |
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11)
Thursday, Oct. 30,
2.00-3.30 SN
2101 |
Philosophy
Colloquium: Prof. Gabor
Csepregi (President, Dominican College, Ottawa) 'The Intelligence
Of The Body' |