Author: Huenemann

I am sad to relay some tragic news. Emmett Corrigan, USU Philosophy major and lawyer in Boise, Idaho, was shot and killed last Friday. He was 30 years old. Story here. Corrigan was an unusual student: really smart, and at the same time a rowdy, brawling tough guy – genuine fightin’ Irish – and at the same time a devoted father and husband. He specialized in criminal law, and it looks like some difficult criminal matter ended up getting out of hand.

Corrigan graduated from Gonzaga’s law school, and kept in occasional contact with me. When he was a student at USU, he told me that a professor in another discipline had told him that philosophy was no preparation for law school. Later, when he was in law school, he sent me a note to let me know: “Anyone who says philosophy doesn’t prepare you for law school is talking horseshit.” A vintage Emmett comment. I am so glad to have known him, and so sad to think of the world without him.

UPDATE: Obituary here.

Philosophy majors are encouraged to apply for the Brett E. Blanch Memorial Scholarship. Application forms can be picked up in Main 204. (Please ignore the posted deadline of March 4th; we will continue to accept applications through March 25th.) To be eligible, you must be a major, have at least nine upper-division credits in Philosophy, and have a 3.5 gpa in the major.

“All Roads Lead to Rome: Pope Paul V’s Promotion of His Global Missionary Success at the Quirinal Palace”

Dr. Mayu Fujikawa, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History, Bucknell University

Dr. Fujikawa holds a PhD in art history from Washington University, and is a specialist in Italian Renaissance art. Her work, however, crosses geographic as well as disciplinary boundaries, focusing on a variety of media outside the traditional art historical canon and examining East-West relations, particularly the representation of East Asia and East Asians in Early Modern Europe. She is currently completing a book entitled Western Visions of the Far East in a Transpacific Age.

All are invited to attend this presentation which will begin at 3:20 in Fine Arts Visual 150 (the large lecture hall as you enter the main doors of the Chase Fine Arts Center). A reception for students interested in continuing the conversation with Dr. Fujikawa will take place at 4:30 in the Art Conference Room (enter through the main art office).

Errol Morris is a great filmmaker of documentaries. His “Thin Blue Line” and “Mr. Death” are absolutely riveting. I didn’t know until now that he had spent some time studying the history of science at Princeton and philosophy at Berkeley. He has a couple of very interesting recent articles about his experiences in the NYT: one about the time that Thomas Kuhn threw an ashtray at his head, and a second about Kuhn and Kripke and their very different accounts of how names and theories hook up with the world (or fail to).

Utah Valley University hosts a splendid undergraduate philosophy conference each spring. I just received a call for papers today, and the deadline for abstracts is THIS FRIDAY, so get going NOW! (The organizer tells me she can be a bit flexible about the deadline, so do not refrain from submitting only because you might end up a couple of days late.)

UVU UNDERGRADUATE
PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE
Submission Guidelines & Prizes
Sessions: Friday March 25, 2011 from 10:00 to 5:15.
Timpanogos Room (4th Floor of UVU Library)
Word limit: 2500-3500 words
Email papers to: DONAHOER@uvu.edu and weigelch@gmail.com
Subject: “undergraduate conference entry”
The paper should contain no identifying information about the author, and should be in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format.
Awards:
$100 first place
$60 second place
$40 third place
$20 each for 5-10 honorable mentions
All accepted papers will be published
in conference proceedings.
Student Paper Submission Deadline: Friday March 11 at noon.