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, ” a talk directed at recent acts of terrorism in the U.S.
His 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. The talks are free and open to the public.
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 Department of Philosophy at ext. 6376.