Philosophy & Religion Annual Senior Seminar Oral Presentations

April 20
Baldwin Hall 262
 
3 p.m.
Andrew McCall
“On the Foundations of Philosophy: The Partial Convergence of Edmund Husserl and Gottlob Frege’s Philosophical Methodology”

3:30 p.m.
Amy Fleming
“The Aesthetic Sublime and Beautiful: A Feminist Perspective”

4 p.m.
Brooke Ratterree
“Abjecting the (M)other: Philip Trager and Ralph Lemon’s Persephone


April 20
McClain Hall 211

3 p.m.
Mark Lambert
“Banished Bones and Liminal Lepers: Leprosy as Viewed Through Mary Douglas and Victor Turner”

3:30 p.m.
Drew Slavens
“The Origins of Consciousness: John R. Searle vs. Daniel Dennett”

4 p.m.
Nathaniel Brack
“The Ethical Importance of Interpersonal Relations”
 

April 22
Baldwin Hall 262

3 p.m.
Brenna Hale
“The Emergent Church: Examining a Movement in its Infancy”

3:30 p.m.
Richard Lally
“Religious Preferences and Beliefs among Truman Students”

4 p.m.
Sam Shackelford
“Catholic Rap and Contemporary Christian Music”


April 22
McClain Hall 211

3 p.m.
Will Erker
“The Expanding Circle and the Utilitarian Farmer”

3:30 p.m.
Adam Thompson
“Conscious Experience: The Knowledge Argument”

4 p.m.
Alex Zier
“Walter Benjamin’s Marxist and Mystic Aesthetic”


April 27
Baldwin Hall 262

3 p.m.
Joe Bell
“The New Jihad: The Changing Face of Modern Terrorism”

3:30 p.m.
Amber Lusk
“Wahhabism and its Role in the Global Jihad Movement”

4 p.m.
Caitlin Fosdick
“Negotiating Womens’ Feminist Identities in Contemporary Judaism”

4:30 p.m.
Anna Phillips
“Sufi Music in Society”

All sessions are open to the public.
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