Guest Speaker – Matt Bedke, October 23
23 October: Matt Bedke "Moral Nonnaturalism as a Moral Liability" Read More about "Guest Speaker – Matt Bedke, October 23"
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Philosophy majors have bright careers ahead
Graduates of philosophy programs perform better than peers on medicine, law school and other post graduate degree entrance exams. Read More about "Philosophy majors have bright careers ahead"
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CANCELLED: Visiting Speaker – Brian Leiter, March 13th
Unfortunately, this talk has been cancelled due to travel restrictions. We hope to have the opportunity to welcome Dr. Leiter to McMaster University in the future. Read More about "CANCELLED: Visiting Speaker – Brian Leiter, March 13th"
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Visiting Speaker – Paula Schwebel, March 6th, BSB 117 3:30 pm
"Sovereign/ creature: Neostoicism in Benjamin’s Origin of the German Trauerspiel and his response to Carl Schmitt’s Political Theology" Abstract: This talk is based on a chapter of my current book project on the political theology of sovereignty. In his 1922 text, Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty, Carl Schmitt argues that the modern concept of state sovereignty derives from the transposition of an originally theological concept into secular politics. Read More about "Visiting Speaker – Paula Schwebel, March 6th, BSB 117 3:30 pm"