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Looking Ahead to Spring 2025
In spring we’ll be continuing our “Philosophy of Everyday Life” series, with discussions of fame, jokes, promises, and the news, and offering a seminar on Augustine’s political thought. For medical students, our Classics of Medical Ethics series will continue, and for law students we will have an intensive seminar in the philosophy of law.
We’ll be hosting a number of special events, including a workshop with Peter Adamson (a collaboration with the working group on Philosophy in the Islamic World).
More details will be posted soon!
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