Thursday, May 26, 2011

Philosophy Conference at U of M

Professor Chris Tillman is organizing a conference at the University of Manitoba. It will be running May 26-28 (this Thursday-Saturday) from 10 am to 6 pm with the last 3 hours of each day being a world renown keynote speaker. Chris is very excited about this conference and it sounds like a great opportunity for people to meet professors and graduate students from all over North America as well as to get a clearer look at what a philosophical conference is like.

Plus, how often do you have the chance to have dozens of professional philosophers travel to Winnipeg in order to speak to you?

Details:
39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy
May 26-28
10 am to 6 pm
Fort Garry Hotel
Keynote Speakers: Robin Jeshion, Nathan Salmon (yay), Jessica Wilson.
Official Site: http://www.phil.ufl.edu/sep/meeting/2011/index.html

See you there!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Here is the (tentative) list of philosophy courses for the 2011-2012 year. You will be happy to know that we will have 6 sections of first year courses including the return of the 'Values and the Human Condition' Course. There will also be 3 honours courses offered.

FALL TERM 2011
PHIL-2003-001 History of Philosophy: Early Modern Savickey TTh 4:00-5:15 2BC55
PHIL 2220-001 Philosophy of Literature Forsey MW 2:30-3:45 1L13
PHIL 2232-001 Philosophy of Religion Zupko TTh 11:30-12:45 2BC55
PHIL 2233-002 Environmental Ethics Scarfe TTh 10:00-11:15 1M33
PHIL 3500-001 Philosophical Perspectives Tomsons MW 2:30-3:45 3C30
PHIL 4502-001 Special Topics: Charles Taylor Forsey Th 2:30-5:15 3MC02N
PHIL 4503-001 Topics in the History of Philosophy Muir MW 4:00-5:15 3M50

FALL/WINTER TERM 2011-12
PHIL 1001-001 Introduction to Philosophy Forsey MWF 10:30-11:20 4C60
PHIL 1001-002 Introduction to Philosophy Savickey TTh 10:00-11:15 2M72
PHIL 1001-003 Introduction to Philosophy Tomsons MWF 11:30-12:20 2M72
PHIL 1001-004 Introduction to Philosophy Muir MWF 1:30-2:20 2M72
PHIL 1002-001 Values & the Human Condition Scarfe MW 4:00 – 5:15 4C40
PHIL 1301-001 Introduction to Logical Reasoning Scarfe MWF 10:30-11:20 3L08*
PHIL 2201-001 Moral Philosophy Savickey TTh 1:00-2:15 2M72
PHIL 2281-001 Philosophy of Education Muir MWF 10:30-11:20 2BC55
PHIL 2302-001 Logic STAFF MWF 11:30-12:20 2BC55

WINTER TERM 2012
PHIL 2012-001 History of Philosophy: Medieval Latin Zupko TTh 2:30-3:45 1M33
PHIL 2202-002 Ethics in Medicine and Law Scarfe TTh 10:00-11:15 1M33
PHIL 3504-001 Plato and Before Tomsons MW 4:00-5:15 3M61
PHIL 3509-001 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy Forsey MW 2:30-3:45 3M59
PHIL 4204-001 Evolutionary Ethics Scarfe TTh 1:00 – 2:15 3M52

*room may change

(Course Caps: 1st year = 70; 2nd year = 50; 3rd year = 25; 4th year = 15)