| 22 February |
Dissertation Defense
Edgar Devina
The Ground of the Normative Force of Discourse: A Lonerganian Reconstruction of Habermas’s Communicative Rationality
(abstract)
Mentor: Dr. James Marsh
Readers: Drs. Dominic Balestra and Judith Green
Examiners: Drs Michael Baur and Jeffrey Flynn
4:00 PM
Duane 352 |
| 4 March |
Dissertation Defense
Jane Dryden
Relational Autonomy: Bridging a Gap Between Feminism and German Idealism (abstract)
Mentor: Dr. Michael Baur
Readers: Drs. Merold Westphal and John Davenport
Examiners: Drs. John Drummond and Ann Murphy
12:30 PM
Duane 352 |
| 1 April |
Panel Discussion
“Globalism and Identity”
Mitchell Aboulafia (Chair, Liberal Arts, Juilliard School)
Jeffrey Flynn (Fordham University)
Moderated by John Davenport (Fordham University)
4:30–6:30 PM
Lowenstein, Cafe Atrium
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| 3 April |
Dissertation Defense
James Stone
The Foundation of Universal and Necessary Propositions in Select Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas (abstract)
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Koterski, S.J.
Readers: Drs. Christopher Cullen, S.J. and Giorgio Pini
Examiners: Drs. Daryl Tress and Dana Miller
3:00 PM
Duane 352 |
| 8 April |
Suarez Lecture
“Just Wars, Unjust Wars, and Holy Wars”
Anthony Kenny, University of Oxford
4:15 PM
Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library |
| 11–12 April |
Fordham Philosophical Society's Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference
Plenary speaker: John Davenport, Fordham University
Friday, April 11, 2008
7:30 PM
Keating Third, Keating Hall
Keynote speaker: Seyla Benhabib, Yale University
Saturday, April 12, 2008
4:00 PM
Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library
Registration:
12:30 PM
O’Hare Special Collections Room, Walsh Library
Opening Session:
1:15 PM
O’Hare Special Collections Room, Walsh Library |
| 14 April |
Dissertation Defense
Joseph Trabbic
Aquinas, God, and Ontotheology (abstract)
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Koterski, S.J.
Readers: Drs. Merold Westphal and Christopher Cullen, S.J.
Examiners: Drs. Norris Clarke, S.J. and Ann Murphy
2:00 PM
Keating 124 |
| 16 April |
Natural Law Colloquium
“The Moral Basis for Tort Liability: A Convention-based, Natural Law Theory and Its Implications for Tort Reform”
Patrick Kelley, Southern Illinois University
6:00 PM
McNally Amphitheater, Law School |
| 29 April |
Lecture
“Heidegger on Deliberation and Practical Reasoning: What is the Place of Morality?”
Steven Crowell, Rice University
4:15 PM
Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library |
| 7 May |
Dissertation Defense
David Borman
“The Organization of Enlightenment: Habermas, Socialization, and the Possibility of Autonomy”
Mentor: Dr. James Marsh
Readers: Drs. Merold Westphal and John Davenport
Examiners: Drs. Jeffrey Flynn and Ann Murphy
2:00 PM
Keating 124
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| 8 May |
Dissertation Defense
Daniel Breyer
“Cognitive Agency and Belief Ownership: Rethinking Epistemic Justification”
Mentor: Dr. John Greco
Readers: Drs. John Davenport and Bryan Frances
Examiners: Drs. Allan Hazlett and William Jaworski
1:00 PM
Philosophy Conference Room |
