Seminar: “Photography as a Way of Death Avoidance”
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AIPCT is pleased to host a seminar on “Photography as a Way of Death Avoidance,” January 30, 2018, beginning at 7:30 PM. The evening’s leader is Diana Prokofyeva, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bashkir State University, in Ufa, Russia. Dr. Prokofyeva received her Ph.D. in philosophy from Bashkir State in…
Reading Group Spring 2018: The Aesthetic Theory of Hermann Lotze
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AIPCT is pleased to announce that its spring reading group will commence Wednesday evening, 7:30 PM, January 24, and meet every Wednesday evening until April 11. The topic this spring will be the aesthetic works of Rudolf Hermann Lotze (1817-1881). Lotze was an enormously influential interpreter of Kant and was…
Seminar by John Shook: “J.G. Herder on the Idea of God”
AIPCT Annual Institute Lecture: Dr. Lawrence Cahoone, “George Herbert Mead and the Three Keys to Human Evolution”
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The AIPCT is pleased to announce that it will mark the First Anniversary of its founding with a special lecture and reception for the public. The invited lecturer is Lawrence Cahoone, Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. “George Herbert Mead and the Three Keys…
Public Lecture: “The Place of Freedom in Nature”
Weekly Reading Group: Johann Gottfried Herder
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The AIPCT is pleased to announce a weekly reading group, open to the public, and led by Randall Auxier, on the work of the 18th century philosopher, theologian, and historian Johann Gottfried herder. Herder was the first Western philosopher to undertake a global philosophy of history and among the first…
Research Fellowship for Summer 2018
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SUMMER DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP The American Institute for Philosophical and Cultural Thought (AIPCT) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity (FPC) Summer Dissertation Research Fellowship. The FPC Fellow must be in residence at the AIPCT in Murphysboro, IL, from June 1 until August 2,…
Seminar on Atheism vs. Naturalism
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The AIPCT is pleased to host a seminar comparing and contrasting various kinds of atheism with long-standing views of nature. Contrasts and points of overlap, tensions and complementarities, will be discussed. The series is three consecutive evenings, which make for a full course in this topic, but each session is…
Lewis Hahn Memorial Lecture, July 21, 2017: Pete A.Y. Gunter
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In cooperation with the Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity, the AIPCT will host the third in the series of Lewis Hahn Memorial Lectures. We welcome Pete A.Y. Gunter, Regents Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of North Texas. In addition to being a senior fellow of AIPCT, Dr. Gunter has…