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“Art Rules: Aesthetic Reasons, Norms, and Standards” will be at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art over May 19-20. Erica Holberg will be commenting on a presentation. More details can be found on this website.

 

Thirteen new members were inducted into the philosophy honor society last night, in our annual Ancient Ceremony on the Stoa of Achievement between the Tiki Torches of Wisdom, with the stoles placed upon the Horn of the Beast of Fortitude. A fun time was had by all. Congratulations, students!  More pictures here.

This Friday, April 21, from 3-6:30pm the Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies department will hold its annual Student Research Symposium.  There are two sessions focused on philosophy:

3:30-4:30pm, “Contradictions, Certainty, and Future Knowledge” in Main 115
– Catherina Aust, “Contradictions Present Possibilities”
– Logan Krebs, “Uncertainty is Imperative to Certainty”
– Emerson Isaac, “The Logic of Divination and Uncertainty”

4:45-5:45, “Philosophy and Literature” in Main 115
– Taylor Wyatt, “The Etymological Sub-creation in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
– Chasen Robbins, “Arguments for Theism and Evaluations of Popular Atheistic Replies to them”

Please come support your fellow philosophers!

USU’s Intercollegiate Studies Institute is sponsoring a lecture this week that should interest USU philosophers.  Thaddeus Kozinski, Dean of Wyoming Catholic College, will be presenting on “Real Conservatism: Guardini, Girard, and Apocalypse”.  Wednesday, April 19, 4pm in Huntsman Hall 130.

His most recent book might be of interest as well, The Political Problem of Religious Pluralism and Why Philosophers Can’t Solve It.

Millie Tullis, philosophy major (and, incidentally, creative writing major also) will present at “Ignite USU” this Friday at noon in the USU Library. Details here!