'Why Do History in Philosophy': MSU, visiting scholars to explore this question during upcoming conference
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥斞侵奚墒悠碘檚 Department of Philosophy and Religion is hosting the Mississippi Philosophical Association鈥檚 annual conference Saturday-Sunday [Feb. 9-10] at The Mill at MSU in Starkville.
Free and open to the public, this year鈥檚 event features two keynote speakers鈥擯aul C. Taylor, the W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, and Michael Kremer, the Mary R. Morton Professor of Philosophy and Department of Philosophy chair at the University of Chicago.
At 4 p.m. Saturday, Taylor will discuss 鈥淭he Influence of Dewey on Race Theory (and Other Ways to Do Things with History).鈥 On Sunday, Kremer will give a 4 p.m. presentation titled 鈥溾楢nimals, Infants and Idiots鈥: The Exclusion of Intellectual Disability in Gilbert Ryle鈥檚 Philosophy of Mind.鈥
John Bickle, professor and head of the College of Arts and Sciences鈥 Department of Philosophy and Religion, said MSU has hosted the MPA conference seven of the last 10 years. This year鈥檚 program chair is Kristin Boyce, an MSU assistant professor of philosophy and Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College Faculty Fellow who recently was named MSU鈥檚 2018 Humanities Teacher of the Year.
鈥淭hemed conferences with nationally and internationally famous keynote speakers have enabled the MPA to succeed, and this year鈥檚 meeting will be no exception,鈥 Bickle said. 鈥淒r. Kristin Boyce, whose own research in aesthetics of the performing arts is attracting much attention, has put together an exceptional program.鈥
鈥淚t will be a great opportunity to not only show off MSU鈥檚 huge steps forward in philosophy over the past decade, but also our world-class facilities like The Mill,鈥 Bickle added.
Administered by the University of Mississippi, the Mississippi Philosophical Association works to increase the understanding and appreciation of philosophy, encourage research and advance the standards and ideals of the teaching of philosophy, and cultivate an interest in the study of philosophy in Mississippi institutions of higher learning.
For more conference information, contact Boyce at 662-325-2382 or kboyce@honors.msstate.edu.
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