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In Memory of Tania Richards Sicard '05The Philosophy Department celebrates the life of one of its major alums

(c) Tim Cunard, August 2004.
Philosophy Club Talk Monday, October 24, 7 pm. Paul Medeiros will speak on idealism and environmentalism in the philosophy of George Berkeley and will share observations from his time this summer as resident scholar at
Whitehall, Berkeley's home from 1729 to 1731 in Middletown, Rhode Island. Paul Medeiros received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Duke University. He has held teaching positions at Providence College, University of
North Carolina, Appalachian State University, and Oregon State University. He specializes in idealism and environmentalism and has given talks most recently to the Thoreau Society and to the
Eco-Perspectives project.
Events & News
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Phil 207 Students Visit George Berkeley's House
April 30, 2012Students from Professor Kendrick's Modern Philosophy course visited Whitehall, George Berkeley's house, in Middletown, RI, on Friday, April 27. -

Phil 329 students attend Nietzsche talk at UMass Boston
April 25, 2012Students in Professor Partridge's 19th C. Continental Philosophy Course attended a talk by Daniel Conway of Texas A&M University on April 24th, 2012 hosted by the Philosophy and Political Science Departments at the University of Massachusetts Boston. "How the Story Ends: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality" offered a provocative interpretation of GM III:27. -

Professor Kendrick gives lunchtime talk on 4/26
April 24, 2012William and Elsie Prentice Professor of Philosophy, Nancy Kendrick, will present recent research at a Faculty Lunch Talk on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. in the President's Dining Room. Her talk is entitled, "George Berkeley and The Ladies Library." -
Justifying Academic Honor Codes
April 11, 2012Stephen Mathis presented a paper at the 36th Annual Midwest Philosophy Colloquium on April 6. His paper, "Justifying Academic Honor Codes," was one of several on the general theme of the conference: Honor and Ethics. -

Wheaton's Best Buds & Philosophy Department
April 6, 2012Stephen Mathis and John Partridge played on the Faculty/Staff Softball Team on Tuesday, April 3. The team turned in a valiant but losing effort against its opponent, Wheaton Best Buds. The game was a fundraiser by Best Buds and supported the efforts of The Arc in Bristol County.

