News and Events
PRG Talk: Dr. Mérédith Laferté-Coutu
The Loyola Phenomenology Research Group is pleased to welcome Dr. Mérédith Laferté-Coutu from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. On Friday, October 25, Dr. Laferté-Coutu will give a talk entitled "Taking the Land for Granted: A Phenomenological Account of Settler Subjectivity and Affective Responses to Indigenous Presence in Canada and the U.S."
The talk will take place from 3:00pm to 5:00pm on the 4th Floor of the Information Commons. A reception will follow in the lobby outside of the Philosophy Department on the third floor of the Crown Center. We hope to see you there!
View Flyer6th Annual Philosophy Faculty Debate
Please join us on Tuesday, October 15 for the 6th Annual Philosophy Faculty Debate! The debate will take place at 6pm in Cuneo 210.
This year's topic is "Should We Maintain Civility in Political Discourse?", which will be debated by Dr. David Ingram and Dr. Brandon Morgan-Olsen. There will be free pizza and all are welcome. We hope to see you there!
View PosterHistory of Philosophy Roundtable Fall 2024 Meetings
On September 27, Dr. Lucas Angioni (UNICAMP) will give a talk entitled "Full responsiveness to the targeted explanandum (or what unifies Aristotle's Posterior Analytics)". A reception will follow in the Crown Center Third Floor lobby.
On November 8, Marissa Venturi (LUC) will give a talk entitled "Quantification, Due Measure, and The Craftsmanly: Teasing out the Unity of the Four Kinds in Plato's Philebus".
View FlyerHOPR Talk: Dr. Lucas Angioni
The Chicago Consortium in Ancient Philosophy Speaker Series presents "Full responsiveness to the targeted explanandum (or what unifies Aristotle's Posterior Analytics)", by Dr. Lucas Angioni (UNICAMP). The talk will be held on Friday, September 27 from 3:30pm-5:30pm on the Fourth Floor of the Information Commons. A reception will follow in the Crown Center Third Floor lobby. Please join us!
This event is sponsored by the History of Philosophy Roundtable. For more information please contact Dr. Joshua Mendelsohn, jmendelsohn@luc.edu
View FlyerPRG Event: Husserl Workshop
The Loyola Phenomenology Research Group is hosting a workshop to discuss recent work on Edmund Husserl. The workshop event will take place Friday, September 13th, on the 4th floor of the Information Commons between 9:55am and 3:30pm.
View FlyerPhilosophy Undergraduate Reception
Please join us on Wednesday, September 4 from 4:15pm to 5:45pm for the Philosophy Undergraduate Reception. The reception will be held in the Crown Center Second Floor Lobby and all are welcome. We hope to see you there!
View PosterCongratulations, Dr. Mendelsohn!
The Philosophy Department is thrilled to announce that Dr. Joshua Mendelsohn's paper, entitled "Aristotle's Argument for the Necessity of What We Understand" (Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy), has been named one of the ten best articles published in philosophy in 2023 by Philosopher's Annual. Congratulations, Dr. Mendelsohn! The paper will be included in volume 43 of the journal, which will be published online soon.
Medieval Theories of Consciousness Conference
Medieval scholastic philosophers at the universities of Paris and Oxford from 1200 to 1350 engaged in complex discussions of the nature of conscious experience. This conference aims to connect these insights and arguments from medieval texts to current philosophical discussions on consciousness.
The conference will take place August 19-21 at the Water Tower Campus and on Zoom. For more information please contact the conference organizers at medievalconsciousness2024@gmail.com
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