Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium

2007-2008 Program

Sites Of Philosophy

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Outsourcing Philosophy:

Who Does The Work?

This event is supported by the GPPC and the Hurford Humanities Center, Haverford College.

Saturday, September 29, 2007, 1:00-5:30 P.M. Refreshments at 12:45 P.M., Sharpless Auditorium, Haverford College

Speakers:

Paul Rabinow, Anthropology, UC Berkeley - “Dewey, Foucault and Synthetic Biology: Adventures of Reconstruction”

Paul Bové, English, University of Pittsburgh - “Vico and Philological Criticism”

Commentators:

Nancy Hirschmann, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

Herman Rapaport, English, Wake Forest University

Chair And Coordinator:

Jerry Miller, Haverford College

A wine reception in Zubrow Commons will follow at 5:30 P.M. For further information contact Jerry Miller at j1miller@haverford.edu.

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Cosmopolitanism And The Place Of Place

This event is supported by the GPPC and La Salle University.

Saturday, December 1, 2007, 1:00-5:00 P.M., Skyline Room, Free Library of Philadelphia, 19th and Vine Streets

Speakers:

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University - “Cosmopolitanism and the Place of Place”

David Kolb, Bates College, emeritus - “Universal Systems and Local Places”

Commentators:

Richard Schuldenfrei, Swarthmore College

Hans Oberdiek, Swarthmore College

Chairs And Coordinators:

Robert Dobie, LaSalle University

Marc Moreau, La Salle University

Refreshments will be served. For further information contact Robert Dobie at dobie@lasalle.edu, 215-951-1662, or Marc Moreau at moreau@lasalle.edu, 215-951-1320.

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The Pursuit Of Happiness

And The Consolation Of Philosophy

This event is supported by the GPPC, the Departments of Philosophy and English, Drexel University, and the Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania.

Saturday, March 22, 2008, 1:00-5:00 P.M., Logan Hall, Room 17, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania

Speakers:

Darrin McMahon, Florida State University

Barry Schwartz, Swarthmore College

Commentators:

James Pawelski, University of Pennsylvania

Stacey Ake, Drexel University

Chair:

Marc Moreau, La Salle University

Coordinators:

Stacey Ake, Drexel University

James Pawelski, University of Pennsylvania

Refreshments will be served. For further information contact Stacey Ake at sea29@drexel.edu

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