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 seminar can be viewed on our YouTube channel here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmeyj42EbHQ&t=28s The AIPCT is pleased to announce a seminar by Roberta Dreon, “Looking at Human Sensibility by Pragmatist Means: In Search of a Rounded Portrait,” free and open to the public. The date is April 1, 2019, at 7 PM…
The Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity and the AIPCT are pleased to announce their first (annual) Spring Conference on Creativity. This year’s topic is “Creativity, Pragmatism, and Logic.” The conference runs from 1:00 to 5:00 PM, March 18, 2019. There will be a keynote lecture from 7:00 to 8:30,…
AIPCT Presents a Musical Afternoon (child and family-friendly) on Sunday afternoon, February 3, at 2:00 PM (done well before the Super Bowl starts!) CURTIS & LORETTA “WHEN THERE’S GOOD TO BE DONE” SONGS OF UNSUNG HEROES The award-winning husband and wife duo of Curtis Teague and Loretta Simonet gathered together…
The AIPCT marked its second anniversary with the Annual Institute Lecture, November 26, 2018. Dr. Myron M. Jackson holds the Besl Chair in the Ethics, Religion, and Society at Xavier University in Cincinnati. Dr. Jackson is a Fellow of the AIPCT, earned his Ph.D and M.A. in Philosophy at SIUC,…
Here is the seminar presented by Claudio Paolucci, Director of Scientific Research, Umberto Eco Institute of Advance Studies, University of Bologna, October 2018.
Douglas R. Anderson presented the fourth Lewis Hahn Memorial Lecture at AIPCT in Murphysboro on July 21, 2018. The lecture is sponsored by the Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity and its affiliated Societies for the Philosophy of Creativity. Dr. Anderson is Professor and Chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies…