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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Click here to see the story done by our local ABC affiliate on the AIPCT’s opening and Innaugural Lecture.
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.
Shortly after the Grand Opening of AIPCT, Ed Hackett did an e-interview with Randall Auxier. Read it here.
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…
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…