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Spring 2008 Dialogue Series
Department of Philosophy

All Dialogues take place in the Dialogue Room, PSY 132, unless otherwise noted.  They are free and open to the public.

* Sophists and Sages are student presenters and members of the Philosophy Dialogue Class. Class discussions are open to all interested persons.

Co-sponsors of the Philosophy Dialogue Series are the American Democracy Project, Anthem Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts , Common Experience, New York Times, Phi Sigma Tau , University Seminar, VPAA, VPSA, and the Gina Weatherhead Dialogue Fund.

For more information contact the Department of Philosophy, 512/245-2285

Islam

Monday, February 18, 2008, 12:30p.m.
“The Interplay between Revelation and Reason in the Shariah”
Moaaz Khan, Philosophy Major

Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“The New Atheism: Why Sam Harris is Wrong About Islam and the End of Faith”
Sophists and Sages (Guest speaker: Steve Scholl)

Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
“Special Lecture: Where Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Meet: A Profound Kinship or a Clash of Theologies”
LBJ Student Center Room 4-16.1
Steve Scholl, Islamic scholar

Thursday, February 21, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Qur'anic Dialogics: Islamic Poetics and Politics”
Sophists and Sages (Chris Dehner and Jake Rutherford)

Mysticism

Monday, February 25, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
“Mysticism at McDonald's: Nichiren's Buddhism and the Wisdom Hidden in Your French Fries—and Your Life”Professor Samuel Cohn, Sociology, Texas A&M

Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Mystical Dimensions of Islam”
Sophists and Sages (Professor Jo Ann Carson and the Philosophy Dialogue Class)

Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Spiritual Genius: A Jamesian Analysis with a Twist”
Professor Vince Luizzi, Philosophy

Thursday, February 28, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“William James on Mysticism and Religious Experience”
Sophists and Sages (Justin Miears and Jeffrey Rodriquez)

War and Peace

Monday, March 3, 2008, 12:30p.m.
“The History of Just War Theory”
Professor Robert Gorman, Political Science

 

Monday, March 3, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
“Plants, Ice and Struggle”
Professor Andrew Zwarun, Agriculture

Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Arguing About War”
Sophists and Sages (Nolan Burris and Steve Hoover)

Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 12:30 p.m.
“Peace and Prosperity: Is It Possible?”
Rohn Bayes, Freelance Writer

Thursday, March 6, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Seeking a Just Peace”
Sophists and Sages (John Harris and Charles Watson)

Women and Philosophy

Monday, March 17, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
“A Sense of Language: Ayn Rand”
Jim Sala (Philosophy Live Website)

Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Simone de Beauvoir's Creative Subversion of Repression”
Sophists and Sages (Michelle Blanc and Hannah Jordan)

Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 12:30 p.m.
“Maya Angelou's Poetic Philosophies”
Dr. Sandra Mayo and others

Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
“The Politics of Work and Family”
Professor Lijun Yuan, Philosophy

Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
“Feminism, Hume, and the Social Contract”
Professor Lynne Fulmer, Philosophy

Thursday, March 20, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Feminism, Philosophy, and Education: Maxine Greene on Freedom and Open Spaces”
Sophists and Sages (Eric Johnson and Crystal Luther)

Thursday, March 20, 2008, 12:30 p.m.
“The Complex Voices of Feminism”
Panel discussion: Professors Audrey McKinney and Rebekah Ross- Fountain, Philosophy

Living Well: Integrating Families, Work, and Non-Work Lives

Monday, March 24, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Changing Gender Roles, Marriage and Housework”
Professor Shirley Ogletree, Psychology

Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Engels on the Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State”
Sophists and Sages (Jason Weekley and Kyla Young)

Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
“What is a Gay-Friendly Workplace?”
Professor Patti Giuffre, Sociology

Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“The Meaning of Work/Life: Organizational Messages about Work/Life Balance”
Professor Mary Hoffman, Communication Studies

Thursday, March 27, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Justice, Gender, and the Family”
Sophists and Sages (Malcolm Kiddle and Jonny Wyall)

Friday, March 28, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Experiences as Mothers in A Highly Masculinized Work Environment Pregnancy and Motherhood on the Thin Blue Line: Female Police Officer's”
Renee Cowan, Texas State M.A. (Communication Studies)

Technology, Education, and Culture

Monday, March 31, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
“Biomedical Technology and Rationing: When Help is Available but You Cannot Get It”
Professor Jim Summers, Health Administration

Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“ Carson v. Carson: Is Technology a Boon or Bane?”
Sophists and Sages (Jose Lopez and Stephen Slayton with Guest interlocutor: John David Carson)

Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 12:30 p.m.
“MTV's Choose or Lose Campaign”
Maira Garcia, Editor, University Star

Thursday, April 3, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Plugged In and Zoned Out? Technology, Mass Media, and Civic Engagement”
Sophists and Sages (Erin Glaze, Zachary Hawver, and David Helms with Quest speaker: David Kaplan)

Cosmology

Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
“Cosmic Sustainability”
Sophists and Sages (Wes Smith with Guest interlocutor: Jason Sharp)

Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
“Apocalypse, or How to Destroy a Cosmos”
Rebecca Raphael, Philosophy

Hume

Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 12:30 p.m.
“Hume's Close Encounters”
Professor Gil Fulmer, Philosophy

Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
“Hume and Kant on the Self”
Professor Paul Wilson, Philosophy

Friday, April 18, 2008, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Philosophy Symposium
Graduate and Undergraduate Philosophy Students