Carus Lectures
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The Carus Lectures are a prestigious series of three lectures presented over three consecutive days in plenary
sessions at a divisional meeting of the American Philosophical Association
. The series was founded in 1925 with John Dewey
as the inaugural presenter. The series was scheduled irregularly until 1995, when they were scheduled to occur every two years. The series is named in honor of Paul Carus
by Mary Carus and is published by Open Court. In his introduction to the inaugural speech, Hartley Burr Alexander
praised the series as an unusual opportunity of presenting ideas "with no institutional atmosphere to further the free play of the mind upon all phases of life."
Plenary
Plenary is an adjective related to the noun plenum carrying a general connotation of fullness.Plenary may refer to:*Plenary session or meeting, the part of a conference when all members of all parties are in attendance,...
sessions at a divisional meeting of the American Philosophical Association
American Philosophical Association
The American Philosophical Association is the main professional organization for philosophers in the United States. Founded in 1900, its mission is to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work...
. The series was founded in 1925 with John Dewey
John Dewey
John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology...
as the inaugural presenter. The series was scheduled irregularly until 1995, when they were scheduled to occur every two years. The series is named in honor of Paul Carus
Paul Carus
Paul Carus, Ph.D. was a German-American author, editor, a student of comparative religion, and professor of philosophy.-Life and education:...
by Mary Carus and is published by Open Court. In his introduction to the inaugural speech, Hartley Burr Alexander
Hartley Burr Alexander
Hartley Burr Alexander, Ph.D American philosopher, writer, educator, scholar, poet, and iconographer born Lincoln, Nebraska, on April 9, 1873.-Family and early years:...
praised the series as an unusual opportunity of presenting ideas "with no institutional atmosphere to further the free play of the mind upon all phases of life."
Lecturers
- 1925 John DeweyJohn DeweyJohn Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology...
"Experience and Nature" Inaugural lecture - 1925-1939 William Montague "Great Visions of Philosophy"
- 1925-1939 A.O. Lovejoy "The Revolt Against Dualism"
- 1925-1939 George H. Mead "The Philosophy of the Present"
- 1939 E.B. McGilvary "Toward a Perspective Realism"
- 1945 C.I. Lewis "An Analysis of Knowledge"
- 1945 Morris R. Cohen "The Meaning of Human History"
- 1949 C.J. Ducasse "Nature, Mind, and Death"
- 1953 J. Loewenberg "Reason and the Nature of Things"
- 1955 A.E. Murphy "An Inquiry Concerning Moral Understanding"
- 1957 George BoasGeorge BoasGeorge Boas was a Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University.He received his education at Brown University, obtaining both a BA and MA in Philosophy there, after which he studied...
"The Inquiring Mind" - 1959 Brand BlanshardBrand BlanshardPercy Brand Blanshard was an American philosopher known primarily for his defense of reason. A powerful polemicist, by all accounts he comported himself with courtesy and grace in philosophical controversies and exemplified the "rational temper" he advocated.-Life:Brand Blanshard was born August...
"Reason and Analysis" - 1963 Ernest NagelErnest NagelErnest Nagel was a Czech-American philosopher of science. Along with Rudolf Carnap, Hans Reichenbach, and Carl Hempel, he is sometimes seen as one of the major figures of the logical positivist movement....
"The Dimensions of Critical Philosophy" - 1964 Stephen PepperStephen PepperStephen C. Pepper was an American philosopher.-References:*http://people.sunyit.edu/~harrell/Pepper/Index.htm*http://people.sunyit.edu/~harrell/Pepper/pep_efron.htm-External Links:...
"Concept and Quality" - 1965 Richard McKeonRichard McKeonRichard McKeon was an American philosopher.-Life, times, and influences:McKeon obtained his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1920, graduating at the early age of 20 despite serving briefly in the U.S. Navy during the First World War...
"Facts, Categories, Experience" - 1967 Roderick ChisholmRoderick ChisholmRoderick M. Chisholm was an American philosopher known for his work on epistemology, metaphysics, free will, and the philosophy of perception. He received his Ph.D. at Harvard University under Clarence Irving Lewis and Donald C. Williams, and taught at Brown University...
"Person and Object: A Metaphysical Study" - 1970 Carl G. Hempel
- 1972 W.V. Quine "The Roots of ReferenceThe Roots of ReferenceThe Roots of Reference is a 1974 book by philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine. In it, Quine expands on earlier concepts about the inscrutability of reference and examines problems with traditional empiricism, arguing for a naturalized epistemology based on holism.-Background and content:Quine's...
" - 1974 William FrankenaWilliam FrankenaWilliam K. Frankena was an American moral philosopher. Frankena was a member of the University of Michigan's Department of Philosophy for 41 years and chair of the Department for 14 years...
"Three Questions about Morality" - 1976 Gregory VlastosGregory VlastosGregory Vlastos was a scholar of ancient philosophy, and author of several works on Plato and Socrates. He was also a Christian and has written on Christian faith as well.-Life and works:...
- 1977 Wilfred Sellars
- 1980 Donald DavidsonDonald DavidsonDonald Davidson is the name of:*Donald Davidson , American poet*Donald Davidson , American philosopher*Donald Davidson , historian of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway...
"The Grounds of Truth and Value" - 1983 Paul GricePaul GriceHerbert Paul Grice , usually publishing under the name H. P. Grice, H...
"The Conception of Value" - 1985 Hilary PutnamHilary PutnamHilary Whitehall Putnam is an American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist, who has been a central figure in analytic philosophy since the 1960s, especially in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of science...
"The Many Faces of Realism" - 1988 Stanley CavellStanley CavellStanley Louis Cavell is an American philosopher. He is the Walter M. Cabot Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University.-Life:...
"Emersonian Strains: 'The American Scholar and Heidegger on Thinking,' 'Experience and Wittgenstein Skepticism,' and 'Self-Reliance and American Cinema" - 1990 Kurt BaierKurt BaierKurt Baier was an Austrian moral philosopher.Born in Vienna, Austria, Baier studied law at the University of Vienna. In 1938 he had to abandon his studies, and went to the United Kingdom as a refugee, where he was interned as a "friendly enemy alien" and sent to Australia where he began studying...
"The Rational and the Moral Order" - 1995 Annette BaierAnnette BaierAnnette C. Baier is a well-known moral philosopher and Hume scholar, focusing in particular on Hume's moral psychology. For most of her career she taught in the philosophy department at the University of Pittsburgh, having moved there from Carnegie Mellon University...
"The Commons of the Mind" - 1997 Alasdair MacIntyreAlasdair MacIntyreAlasdair Chalmers MacIntyre is a British philosopher primarily known for his contribution to moral and political philosophy but known also for his work in history of philosophy and theology...
"Dependent Rational Animals" - 1999 Ruth Barcan MarcusRuth Barcan MarcusRuth Barcan Marcus is the American philosopher and logician after whom the Barcan formula is named. She is a pioneering figure in the quantification of modal logic and the theory of direct reference...
(Withdrew/Cancelled) - 2001 Arthur DantoArthur DantoArthur Coleman Danto Arthur Coleman Danto Arthur Coleman Danto (born January 1, 1924 is an American art critic, and professor of philosophy. He is best known as the influential, long-time art critic for The Nation and for his work in philosophical aesthetics and philosophy of history, though he...
- 2003 Judith J. Thomson
- 2005 Tyler BurgeTyler BurgeTyler Burge is a Professor of Philosophy at UCLA. He has made contributions to several areas of philosophy, including the philosophy of mind, epistemology, and the history of philosophy. In the history of philosophy, he has published articles on the philosophy of Gottlob Frege...
- 2007 Bas van Fraassen
- 2009 Ernest SosaErnest SosaErnest Sosa is an American philosopher primarily interested in epistemology. He is currently Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has been at Rutgers full-time since January, 2007; previously, he had been at Brown University since 1964...
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