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Nature
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Noted Philosophy Professor Speaks at Trinity College
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Kenneth
Winkler, professor of philosophy will present “Nature and Value” a
lecture at Trinity College. A recurring theme that philosophers have,
according to Winkler, is the question of "realism": do our concepts
reflect the nature of things themselves, or do they embody our own
presuppositions and concerns? |
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Thursday, April 1, 2004, 4:15p.m. |
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Terrace Room B Mather Hall, Trinity College. |
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Winkler teaches courses in early modern philosophy, logic,
philosophy of religion, and environmental philosophy, and seminars
in metaphysics, epistemology, and the history of philosophy. His
main research interest is the history of philosophy in the
seventeenth- and eighteenth centuries. He has published a book on
Berkeley and articles on Descartes, Locke, and Hume, all of whom
he regularly teaches in “Early Modern Philosophy” philosophy
course. Winkler is also one of the editors of the journal Hume
Studies, and is at work on a book about competing views of
personal identity in 18-century Britain.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information
call (860) 297-2472. |
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