Philosophy & Religion blog

Registration-related clarification about Spring 2011’s PHRE 476: Blake Seminar

From Professor Jesse: There has been some confusion over the registrar’s designation of the PHRE 400-level courses for next semester. My 476 Blake seminar was designated as “Senior Seminar,” which really should be used only to refer to our required 475 senior seminar course. That problem should now be fixed. I want to clarify that […]

PHRE Club reminder from William Franks

Our Philosophy/Religion Club meetings have been going quite well.  Next week’s topic is on questions Personal Identity or a sense of the Self.  As a reminder, our meeting times are Monday, 4:30-5:30pm in Baldwin 350.  Requirements for coming may consist of: liking to think, liking to talk about what you think, and liking to listen […]

2010 PHRE Conference schedule now posted

You can find it here.

Middle East Study abroad info meeting

THE MIDDLE EAST: PAST AND PRESENT A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME STUDY ABROAD TRIP This is your invitation to the second Information Session scheduled for Tuesday, November 16 at 6 p.m. in Baldwin Hall 349.  Get the details on this six-week, six credit hour course scheduled for May 23 – July 3.  Scholarships available through the Study Abroad […]

Travel funding for student presentations at NCUR 2011 in Ithaca, NY

Truman State University has a long-standing tradition of sending a group of undergraduate students to the National Conference on Undergraduate Research every spring to present their research, scholarship, and creative activities to their peers from around the country. Funding is now available for attendance at the 25th Annual NCUR Conference at Ithaca College in Ithaca, […]

Cookies and Cog Sci: meeting to find out more about Truman’s Cognitive Science Minor

2010 Smits Lecture abstract posted

The 2010 Smits Lecture will take place during the lunch hour of this year’s Undergraduate Philosophy and Religion Conference, Saturday, November 6, in the SUB Conference Room. Minds and morals: The experientialist (hypo)thesis revisited Dr. Philip Robbins (University of Missouri-Columbia), co-editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Situated Cognition The abstract for the talk is now […]

New Theta Alpha Kappa Members Inducted

Reprinted from the Truman Today at http://newsletter.truman.edu/article.aspx?id=5169: Truman’s chapter of Theta Alpha Kappa national honor society for religious studies and theology recently inducted four new members. Pictured (left to right): Brenna Hale, Amy Fleming, Amy Yeagle and Heidi Geisbuhler were inducted May 5. Established in 1976, Theta Alpha Kappa has grown to more than two […]

“Call for Papers” for the 2010 PHRE Undergraduate Conference.

Undergraduates interested in presenting a paper at Truman’s 21st Annual Undergraduate Philosophy and Religion Conference can find details about the submission process on the conference webpage.  Submissions must be postmarked by September 30, 2010.

2010 Smits Lecture announced

Dr. Philip Robbins (University of Missouri-Columbia)  will give the Department of Philosophy and Religion’s 2010 Smits Lecture.  Robbins is the co-editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Situated Cognition. The Smits Lecture will take place during the lunch hour at the 2010 PHRE Undergraduate Conference on November 6.  Stay tuned to the PHRE website for forthcoming […]