Schenectady, N.Y. (Sept. 12, 2001) – Robert Holmes of the University of Rochester will open “Philosophical Fridays @ Union College” on Friday, Sept. 14, at 4:30 p.m. in Humanities 213 at Union College.
He will speak on “Terror, Violence and Non-violence.” His original topic – “Why Be Moral?” – has been changed in light of terrorist activities earlier this week.
The talks are free and open to the public.
Holmes' talk is the first in the Union College Philosophy Colloquia, four-part series of talks by noted philosophers, all of which are Fridays at 4:30 p.m. in Humanities 213.
Holmes, professor of philosophy at the University of Rochester, specializes in ethics, social philosophy and philosophy of war. He was former editor of Public
Affairs Quarterly,a scholarly journal on current issues in social and
political philosophy.
Others in the series are:
Sept. 21, Gilbert Harman, Princeton University, “Skepticism and Foundations;”
Oct. 19, Georges Dreyfus, Williams College, “The Sounds of Two Hands Clapping: Philosophical Debate in the Tibetan Scholastic Education;” and
Delia Graff, Cornell University, “Ascriptions of Desires, and Descriptions of Desires.”
For more information, call the
Union College Department of Philosophy at 388-6376.