The AIPCT is pleased to mark its second anniversary with the Annual Institute Lecture, November 26, 2018. The lecture begins at 7:00, doors open at 6:15. This year’s invited speaker is Dr. Myron M. Jackson, who holds the Besl Chair in the Ethics, Religion, and Society at Xavier University in…
Claudio Paolucci of the University of Bologna will present a seminar on Wednesday evening, October 17, 2018, at 7:30 PM on the topic of laughter in Eco’s philosophy and novels, especially The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loanna. The seminar is free and open to the public. Light snacks and drinks…
The AIPCT reading group for Fall of 2018 will begin September 5th at 7:30 PM. We will read Umberto Eco’s novel, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, and we will discuss the story, its many images, and the structure of the novel in light of Eco’s own theories of the…
The Cassirer and Creativity seminar will be held Sunday evening, July 22, at 6:30 PM in the Library at AIPCT. The session will be chaired by Corey McCall (Elmira College), Executive Director of the Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity (FPC). The seminar will be in two parts. Jennifer Marra…
AIPCT is pleased to announce its first William S. Minor Fellow Lecture. Jennifer Marra will present her lecture “Humor and Interpretation” on Sunday, July 22, at 3 PM. Marra is the first recipient of the dissertation fellowship awarded by the Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity, to do her research…
With the Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity, the AIPCT announces that Douglas R. Anderson will give the 4th Lewis Hahn Memorial Lecture, Saturday July 21, 2018, at 7 PM. This year’s event will include papers by: Steven Miller (Ripon College, Wisconsin) 1:30 PM: “Dylan, Anderson and Ol’ Moose on…
AIPCT and Redbud Hill Concerts are pleased to announce a cultural event for music lovers, suitable for the whole family. The Free Range Chicks will present a concert on Sunday, March 4, 2018. The concert runs from 3 PM til 5. A $12 donation is requested. Guests are welcome to…
These courses are not being held at the AIPCT, but we are promoting them. Dr. R. Michael Fisher is doing important work in bringing North America out of the warping and dangerous grips of fear. The spread on fear in recent decades is something that has become an ever deeper…
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…
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…