2017-18 Philosophy Department Colloquium Series presents guest lecturer Russell Duvernoy, Instructor of Philosophy at Seattle University. Duvernoy will give a talk titled “Becoming Ecological: Towards a Process Metaphysical Subjectivity.” This is the first in a series of four talks on Environmental Philosophy. Abstract: Beginning from present ecological turbulence and dire climate change predictions, and following Pope Francis’s call for “ecological conversion,” […]

2017-18 Philosophy Department Colloquium Series presents guest lecturer Bryan Bannon, Associate Professor and Director of Environmental Studies, Merrimack College. Duvernoy will give a talk titled “Friendship as Reflective Environmental Practice.” This is the second in a series of four talks on Environmental Philosophy. Abstract: In this presentation, Bannon argues for a specific hermeneutic framework for understanding the human relationship to nature, […]