Social Philosophy in the Thomistic and Analytic Traditions

August 5, 2012 - August 11, 2012
Witherspoon Institute

Princeton 08540
United States

Organisers:

John Doherty
Witherspoon Institute
Matthew OBrien
Villanova University
Nicholas Teh
Oxford University

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The 7th annual Thomistic Seminar for graduate students in philosophy and related disciplines is devoted to examining social philosophy, the crucial, but often neglected study of human experience "beneath" the political state and "above" individual conduct.  Topics will include: Morality and Law
Family & Personal Relationships, Education and Truth, History and Tradition, Work and Leisure, Civil Society and Environment.

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John Haldane, University of St. Andrews
Sarah Broadie, University of St. Andrews
David Solomon, University of Notre Dame
Candace Vogler, University of Chicago

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This seminar is open to graduate students in philosophy. Applications from students in other disciplines (e.g. theology or political theory), who nonetheless have a background in philosophy, will also be considered.

Please direct any questions to Mr. John Doherty at [email protected]

The Thomistic Seminar is sponsored by the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey.  Previous year's meetings have been devoted to various themes:

• Metaphysics, Ethics, & Politics: Thomistic & Analytic Traditions (2006)
• Teleology & Goodness: Metaphysics, Mind & Action (2007)
• G. E. M. Anscombe on Ethics, Value & Practice (2008)
• G. E. M. Anscombe on Philosophy & Religion (2009)
• Aesthetics and Morality: Thomistic & Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives (2010)
• Themes in the Philosophy of Peter Geach and Thomas Aquinas (2011)

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March 30, 2012, 11:00pm EST

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