The video is here. This is the third of the videos covering Locke’s influence on the formation of the American Republic. Here writer and filmmaker Christian Murray examines John Locke’s theory of civil society, as set out in the second part of the Second Treatise of Government. This research and…
The video is here. Here filmmaker and writer Christian Murray examines the first part of John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government. It is the second of three videos on Locke’s influence in the formation of the American Republic. This video reviews Locke’s arguments about how the “state of nature” is…
The video is here. This is the second video in our series, this one on Locke’s First Treatise of Government. The AIPCT in cooperation with The Founders Club does a series of short videos about the roots of American political thought. This is the first of three videos about John…
The video is here. This is the first in our series of videos in cooperation with The Founders Club. Christian Murray summarizes and explains the important treatise of the Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) on the Spirit of Law. Here the philosopher argues why the separation of powers is crucial to the…
The AIPCT is pleased to announce a new series of short historical videos that trace the roots of American political thought to its roots in the Old World, and through its development in the new. The series is done in conjunction with The Founders Club and Christian Murray, who is…
Fall Reading Group and CyberSeminar The AIPCT is pleased to announce that this years’ fall reading group will be a survey of “Pragmatism and Philosophical Anthropology,” led by John Shook, co-director and co-founder of AIPCT, who teaches at Georgetown University and Bowie State University. If you have always intended to…
AIPCT is sad to have lost one of its most active and generous supporters. Joseph Margolis (1924-2021) was Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). He has taught philosophy, continuously, for seventy years at a large number of universities in the United States and world-wide. Margolis…
The AIPCT is pleased to announce the Residency Lecture of Helen Grela, “Have We Effectively Made Money a Person and Ourselves Its Corporeal Embodiment?” set for May 20, 2021, 2 PM (Central Time US). The response will be given by Kenneth Stikkers, Senior Fellow of the AIPCT. The lecture will…
The Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity and the AIPCT are pleased to announce our third annual Spring Creativity Conference. Due to the pandemic, the conference will be held on-line. This year’s theme is Creativity and Culture, organized by AIPCT Fellow Eli Kramer. This is also part of the on-going…
The AIPCT is pleased to announce its 5th annual Institute Lecture. The lecture is now available here. This year’s speaker is Crispin Sartwell, Professor of Philosophy at Dickinson College. His Lecture is “Why Philosophy Tried to Commit Suicide in the 20th Century (and a Bit about Why It Failed)” The…
