Conferences & Events
Annual Baylor Philosophy Homecoming Lecture
Baylor Kierkegaard Society Biannual Lecture
October 26, 4:30-6:00pm
Senior Commons Room in Memorial Hall
You are cordially invited to attend the inaugural biannual lecture of the Baylor Kierkegaard Society: “Is Kierkegaard a Christian Philosopher?” by C. Stephen Evans. The lecture will be held in the senior commons room in Memorial Hall on Monday, October 26. Join us afterwards for dinner at Trujillo's! (2612 La Salle Ave)
Annual Philosophy of Religion Conference
February 4-6, 2010
San Antonio, Texas
The 2010 conference will be held February 4-6, 2010 on the River Walk in San Antonio, Texas at the Hotel Contessa. All conference sessions will be at the Contessa. The conference will feature a keynote address by Dr. Richard Foley from 3:00-5:00pm, Thursday, February 4. The conference includes sessions on ethics, philosophy of religion, and the implications for philosophy of religion of recent work in epistemology, particularly the work of our keynote speaker.
Upcoming Guest Lectures
- Dr. Graeme Hunter, University of Ottawa
February 19, 2010, 3:30-5:00pm in Memorial Drawing Room
Historian of philosophy at the University of Ottawa, Graeme Hunter's principal research interests lie in ancient and modern philosophy. He has published books or articles on Plato, Cicero, Spinoza, Leibniz, Descartes, Kant, Arnauld, Hobbes, and Pascal. His most recent book is Radical Protestantism in Spinoza's Thought (2005). He is currently writing a book for the University of Toronto Press with the working title, Pascal the Philosopher, in which he reveals the philosophical dimension of pascal's religious though. His talk at Baylor will be taken from that book.
This lecture is being co-sponsored by the Baylor University Department of Philosophy and the Honors Residential College.
- Dr. Rob Koons, University of Texas
Novmeber 20, 2009, 4:00-5:00pm in MH 108
Dr. Rob Koons of the University of Texas will be presenting a lecture as part of the Department of Philosophy's Philosophy of Religion Colloquium/Lecture Series. The lecture is entitled "The Existence of the Soul as a Precondition of Normative Epistemology."
Recent Past Lectures
- Dr. Steven Phillips, University of Texas
November 6, 2009, 3:30pm in MH 108
Dr. Steven Phillips of the University of Texas will be coming to Baylor to deliver a lecture concerning his work on Contemporary Epistemological Issues and Indian Philosophy entitled: "The Nyaya Theory of Knowledge Sources: Perception, Inference, and Testimony as Factive, Prolific, and Trusted."
- Dr. Robert Adams, University of North Carolina
October 30, 2009, 3:30-5:00pm in Armstrong Browning Library
Dr. Robert Adams from the University of North Carolina will be presenting a lecture entitled "Virtue for Sinners" and will draw heavily from his book, A Theory of Virtue.
Dr. Adriel Trott, Pan American University
October 22, 2009, 3:30pm in MH 120
Dr. Adriel Trott of Pan American University will be coming to Baylor to deliver a lecture concerning her recent work on Social and Political Philosophy in Aristotle entitled: "The Natural and the Rational in Aristotle's Anthropology."
