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Seminar on Honor and Dignity, June 27th and 29th

AIPCTadministrator June 21, 2017 March 21, 2018News and Events, Seminar 0

AIPCT is pleased to welcome Charles Herrman, independent scholar from Austin, TX, who will present a free seminar, open to the public, on the topics of Honor Cultures and Dignity Cultures. The dates are June 27th and 29th, arrival and drinks/snacks beginning at 6:30 PM, and the seminar begins at…

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WSIL story on AIPCT’s Grand Opening

AIPCTadministrator March 1, 2017 March 21, 2018News and Events 0

Click here to see the story done by our local ABC affiliate on the AIPCT’s opening and Innaugural Lecture.

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Dewey Studies journal is underway!

AIPCTadministrator February 8, 2017 March 21, 2018News and Events 0

The AIPCT is affiliated with the John Dewey Society and their new journal Dewey Studies has issued its initial Call For papers. See it here.

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Interview with Randall Auxier for PhilPercs, by Ed Hackett

AIPCTadministrator February 8, 2017 March 21, 2018News and Events 0

Shortly after the Grand Opening of AIPCT, Ed Hackett did an e-interview with Randall Auxier. Read it here.

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Creighton Peden

AIPCTadministrator February 6, 2017 March 21, 2018Endowment, News and Events 0

The family of Creighton Peden has endowed the AIPCT with his scholarly books and papers. The books have been processed and are on the shelves. Creighton left some amazing papers that we will process as soon as possible. In the meantime, some very rare and interesting books in the history…

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John Dewey postage stamp

AIPCTadministrator February 6, 2017 March 21, 2018News and Events 0

Here is a first day issue of the US Postal Service’s stamp honoring John Dewey. You can see it was postmarked in Burlington, VT, one day after the 109th anniversary of Dewey’s birth. This was a gift of Steve Fesmire and Heather Keith to the AIPCT. We thank them very…

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George Kimball Plochmann

AIPCTadministrator February 6, 2017 March 21, 2018Endowment, News and Events 0

Carolyn Gassan Plochmann, the wife of George Kimball Plochmann (1914-2014), long time professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has endowed the AIPCT with Professor Plochmann’s books and some of his papers, along with art created by him and by herself. This is Carolyn Plochmann’s portrait of Kim, which…

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Microfilm Reader

AIPCTadministrator February 6, 2017 March 21, 2018News and Events 0

The AIPCT is pleased to announce that it has procured a microfilm reader. Since we have been given a fair amount of microfilm, it is good to have the reader. The technology is, of course, out of date, but our space is limited and we have chosen to preserve and…

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AIPCT Grand Opening

AIPCTadministrator January 28, 2017 March 21, 2018News and Events, Seminar: Atheism vs. Naturalism 0

The AIPCT held its Grand Opening and Inaugural Lecture by Dr. Larry Hickman on “Humanism, the Humanities, and Technoscience” on November 21, 2016. Watch it here.

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What happened to the Dewey Center?

AIPCTadministrator January 26, 2017 July 12, 2018News and Events 0

Message from Thomas Alexander Re: The Center for Dewey Studies: As of January 1, 2017, The Center for Dewey Studies is closed indefinitely. All funding, even for minimal personnel to keep it open as a research center, has been terminated by Southern Illinois University Carbondale. This is due to the on-going political gridlock…

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