Texas State University
Philosophy Dialogue Series
Fall 2014
Dialogue Room Comal 116
DIALOGUE, COMMUNITY, AND DEMOCRACY
Monday, September 22nd, 11:00 a.m.
Dialogue and Democracy’s Promise
Open Discussion
Monday, September 22nd, 12:30 p.m.
Sartre’s Take on Homosexuality: His 1971 Lecture to a Class at the
Sorbonne
Tom Grimes and Kate Peirce, Journalism and Communication
Tuesday, September 23rd, 12:30 p.m.
Deliberative Democracy as Collaborative Reasoning
Sophists and Sages (Dialogue Students)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 3:30 p.m.
Nurturing a Democratic Community in the Classroom
Jo Ann Carson and Philosophy of Education Class
Wednesday, September 24th, 12:30 p.m.
Minima Moralis: From Blind Individualism to Conscious
Individuality
Ivan Marquez, Philosophy
Wednesday, September 24th, 3:30 p.m.
San Marcos Public Library Dialogue
The American Democracy Project
Dylan Daniel, Joseph Edmondson, and Travis Stockton, Philosophy
Graduate Students
Moderator: Coleen Watson, Philosophy
Thursday, September 25th, 12:30 p.m.
Searching for the Great Community
Sophists and Sages (Dialogue Students)
Thursday, September 25th, 4:00 p.m.
The Place of Religion in American Public Schools
Joseph Laycock, Religious Studies
Friday, September 26th, 12:30 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Pizza and Philosophy: Phi Sigma Tau Informational Meeting
Phi Sigma Tau Officers: David Tamez (President), Anthony Megie
(Vice President), Victoria Venturella (Secretary), Travis Stockton (Public
Relations)
CIVIL RIGHTS/HUMAN RIGHTS
Monday, September 29th, 11:00 a.m.
Women's Rights as Human Rights in Ethiopia
Catherine Hawkins, Social Work
Monday, September 29th, 2:00 p.m.
Human Rights Issues Related to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in
Gaza and Israel
Jorge Valadez, Philosophy, Our Lady of the Lake University
Tuesday, September 30th, 12:30 p.m.
Ancient Origins of Human Rights in Natural Law
Neha Bhakta and Quinton Crabb (Dialogue Students)
Tuesday, September 30th, 3:30 p.m.
Growing Up White in Mississippi: The Clash of Religious and
Cultural Values during the Civil Rights Movement
Susan Weill, Journalism and Mass Communication
Wednesday, October 1st, 12:30 p.m.
Education as a Human Right: African Education in the Trenches
JD Hill, Philosophy
Wednesday, October 1st, 3:30 p.m.
San Marcos Public Library Dialogue
Human Rights in Contemporary Ethiopia
Catherine Hawkins, Social Work
Thursday, October 2nd, 12:30 p.m.
Human Rights and Moral/Cultural Relativism: A Basic Tension
Kurt Brown, Victoria Graham, and Jonathan Hamilton (Dialogue
Students)
Friday, October 3rd, 12:30 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Travis Stockton, Phi Sigma Tau
BORDER CROSSINGS AND FREEDOM NARRATIVES
Tuesday, October 7th, 12:30 p.m.
Gathering Strength: Conversations with Afghan Women
Amber Stephenson and Zach Thatcher (Dialogue Students)
Wednesday, October 8th, 12:00 p.m.
Are Apocalypses Freedom Narratives?
Rebecca Raphael, Philosophy and Religious Studies
Wednesday, October 8th, 2:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion on “Ending Child Trafficking”
James Kofi Annan, Founder and Executive Director, Challenging
Heights
Jessica Pliley, History
John Nehme, President & CEO, Allies Against Slavery
Wednesday, October 8th, 3:30 p.m.
San Marcos Public Library Dialogue
Human Trafficking
Parish Conkling, Philosophy
Wednesday, October 8th, 6:00 p.m.
Coming Out
LBJ Student Center
Matthew Vines, Founder, The Reformation Project
Thursday, October 9th, 12:30 p.m.
Empathy, Immigrants, and Refugees
Timothy Herrera and Zach Thompson (Dialogue Students)
Thursday, October 9th, 3:30 p.m.
Should We Open Our Borders? Can We?
Jonathan Surovell, Philosophy
Friday, October 10th, 12:30 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Dylan Daniel, Phi Sigma Tau
IS AMERICA READY FOR DEMOCRACY?
Tuesday, October 14th, 12:30 p.m.
The Democratic Ideal
Martin Coronado, Miguel Rios (Dialogue Students)
Wednesday, October 15th, 3:30 p.m.
San Marcos Public Library Dialogue
What Is the Democratic Ideal?
Jo Ann Carson and Dialogue Students
Thursday, October 16th, 11:00 a.m.
Must We Provide Material Redress for Past Wrongs?
Lijun Yuan, Philosophy
Thursday, October 16th, 12:30 p.m.
The Dark Side of Democracy
Rick Benitez and David Donnelly (Dialogue Students)
Friday, October 17th, 12:30 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Victoria Venturella, Phi Sigma Tau
Friday, October 17th, 2:30 p.m.
Work in Progress
Jonathan Surovell, Philosophy
EXPANDING THE MORAL REALM
Monday, October 20th, 11:30 a.m.
All of Me: Applying Narrative Ethics in Health
Management
Katherine Rompel, Philosophy
Monday, October 20th, 2:00 p.m.
Moral Obligation to Future Generations: Normative Ethical Theory
and Duties for Environmental Stewardship.
Kyla Hobbs-Darilek, Philosophy
Tuesday, October 21st, 12:30 p.m.
Do Markets Need Morals?
Frankie Dimento and Nagham Elnasr (Dialogue Students)
Tuesday, October 21st, 2:00 p.m.
Different Perspectives of Moral Status: Strengths and Weaknesses
Joseph Aikens, Philosophy Student with Elizabeth Kanon, Philosophy
Wednesday, October 22nd, 3:30 p.m.
San Marcos Public Library Dialogue
Vegetarianism and Feminism
Robert Fischer, Philosophy
Thursday, October 23rd, 12:30 p.m.
James Joyce: The Moral Significance of the Commonplace
Leo Bannister and Alex Chabrier (Dialogue Students)
Thursday, October 23rd, 3:30 p.m.
A Peircean View of Conduct
Greg Moses, Philosophy
Friday, October 24th, 12:30 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Joseph Edmondson, Phi Sigma Tau
THE GOLDEN RULE
Monday, October 27th, 11:00 a.m.
The Sexual Politics of Meat
Evans Auditorium
Carol Adams cosponsored by the Honors College
Tuesday, October 28th, 12:30 p.m.
Is the Golden Rule a Universal Moral Principle?
Jovannie Landero and Stefan Sanchez (Dialogue Students)
Tuesday, October 28th, 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Kant, What Does the Golden Rule REALLY mean?
Amelie Benedikt, Philosophy
Wednesday, October 29th, 3:30 p.m.
San Marcos Public Library Dialogue
Who is My “Neighbor”?
Rebecca Raphael, Philosophy and Religious Studies
Thursday, October 30th, 12:30 p.m.
Golden Rule Reasoning
Jo Ann Carson and Dialogue Class
Special Guests: Texas State IBECC Team
Shanna Schultz, David Tamez, and Coleen Watson
Thursday, October 30th, 2:00 p.m.
The (Not So) Golden Rule
Dan Flores, Philosophy, Houston Community College
Friday, October 31st, 12:30 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Angela Leibold, Phi Sigma Tau
FROM SEGREGATION TO INTEGRATION: ARE WE THERE YET?
Monday, November 3rd, 2:00 p.m.
Economic Disparity and De Facto Segregation
Travis Stockton, Philosophy Graduate Student
Tuesday, November 4th, 12:30 p.m.
Making Amends: The Case for and against Reparations
Dialogue Class Graduate Students
Wednesday, November 5th, 3:30 p.m.
San Marcos Public Library Dialogue
Why We Can’t Talk about Race
Joseph Brown, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford
University
Thursday, November 6th, 12:30 p.m.
Why “Separate but Equal” Isn’t
Guest Speaker: Goyland Williams, Communication Studies
Thursday, November 6th, 3:30 p.m.
Segregation, Integration, and Racial Equality:
Why We Aren’t There Yet
Joseph Brown, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford
University
Friday, November 7th, 12:30 p.m.
Talk of the Times
Mock Ethics Bowl Competition
Texas State Ethics Bowl Team vs. Phi Sigma Tau
LEIBNIZ
Monday, November 10t, 11:00 a.m.
On Turing Machines and Turing Humanoids: Computing Models and
Artificial Intelligence
Dan Tamir, Computer Science
Monday, November 10th, 2:00 p.m.
Modality and Possible Words
Audrey McKinney, Philosophy
Tuesday, November 11th, 12:30 p.m.
Three Hundred Years of Monads
Dialogue Class
Guest Speaker: Jack Davidson, Philosophy, Texas Lutheran
University
Tuesday, November 11th, 2:00 p.m.
A History of the Ontological Argument for the Existence of God
Hunter Chambers, Philosophy, University of the Incarnate Word
Wednesday, November 12th, 3:30 p.m.
San Marcos Public Library Dialogue
Leibniz's Solution to the Problem of Evil
Jack Davidson, Philosophy, Texas Lutheran University
Thursday, November 13th, 11:00 a.m.
Socratic Dialogue: Why Such a Radically Egalitarian Pedagogy is So
Rarely Attempted
Nevitt Reesor, Philosophy
Thursday, November 13th, 12:30 p.m.
The Best of All Possible Worlds? Leibniz & Pangloss vs.
Voltaire & Candide
Juan Dominguez & Nestor Sierra (Dialogue Students)
*Talk of the
Times, an activity of the American Democracy Project at Texas State, is a
weekly open forum on current events and issues led by members of Phi Sigma
Tau, the philosophy honor society.
Co-sponsors of the Philosophy Dialogue Series are American Democracy Project, College of Liberal Arts, Common Experience, Gina Weatherhead Dialogue Fund, National Endowment for the Humanities, Phi Sigma Tau, Domino’s Pizza, University Seminar, New York Times, Honors College, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Vice President for Student Affairs.
Co-sponsors of the Philosophy Dialogue Series are American Democracy Project, College of Liberal Arts, Common Experience, Gina Weatherhead Dialogue Fund, National Endowment for the Humanities, Phi Sigma Tau, Domino’s Pizza, University Seminar, New York Times, Honors College, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Vice President for Student Affairs.
For
additional information contact: Camrie Pipper
Department
of Philosophy
(512)
245-2285
Texas
State University
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University Drive
San
Marcos, TX 78666
San
Marcos Public Library
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E. Hopkins Street
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Marcos, TX 78666
“... our material progress is only the foundation on
which we will build a richer life of mind and spirit” – LBJ ( Texas State
Alumnus, ’30)
