Karen Detlefsen Lecture Announced

The Philomathean Society Presents
A Lecture by Professor Karen Detlefsen entitled
"Custom, Authority and Cartesianism: Mary Astell's Philosophy of Education"
March 5, 2008
6:00 PM
The Philomathean Halls

For more on Professor Detlefsen, see her website

Lecture Audio: Dr. Elisabeth Camp

The audio from Dr. Camp's lecture can be found here.

Terrorism Panel Audio

The audio from the panel on terrorism, bio- and otherwise, is available here.

- Subcomandante Kincaid

U of P Middle East Center Sponsors Philo's Terrorism Panel

Many thanks go to Penn's Middle East Center for sponsoring Philo's panel on "Terrorism: The Science, Weapons, and Politics of Fear" .

Check out their website for more information and events on Middle Eastern politics, history, and culture.

Elisabeth Camp Lecture Announced

BETWEEN THE LINES: Imagining Perspectives on Fiction and Life
A Lecture by Dr. Elisabeth Camp (Philosophy)
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
6 PM
The Philomathean Halls, 4th Floor College Hall (see www.philomathean.org)



Dr. Camp receieved her PhD from the Philosophy Department at UC Berkeley in 2003. She spent the next three years at Harvard, in the Society of Fellows, and joined the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania in the Fall of 2006. She went to to college at the University of Michigan, and graduated in 1993 with a double major in Philosophy and English. Her research focuses on mental states that don't fit the usual philosophical model of propositional thought, and in the expression of such states.

Philomathean Oratorical Contest

The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things,
Of shoes, of ships, of sealing wax, of cabbages and kings…

Behold:

IF I WERE KING

The Philomathean Society’s Spring Oratorical Contest

What would you do if you were in charge? Would you come up with a better health plan than Hillary's as President of the United States? Take over Google as CEO of Microsoft? Create a Free Student Ice Cream Day as President of Penn?

Tell us and our panel of distinguished faculty judges what you'd want to be in charge of and what you'd do in five minutes or less and win $100!

The Contest will be held at the Philomathean Halls on Wednesday, February 27 at 6.00pm. Any undergraduate at Penn may compete. The event itself is open to the public and delightful refreshments, both spiritual and comestible in nature, will be served.

Entry is absolutely free and open to all undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania. So, there's no reason not to enter now! This is a great opportunity to polish your eloquence and wit, as well as to win fun cash prizes! Tell all your friends to come and witness your performance – or better yet, encourage them to participate as well! The more, the merrier!

Got questions? We've got answers at oratory@philomathean.org.

The text of the lecture given by Dr. Guthrie P. Ramsey can be accessed here.

- The Phiphth Column

Dr. Vitalis's Lecture Audio

The Phiphth Column, in an act of audio subversion, presents the audio file recorded at the lecture given by Dr. Bob Vitalis. Enjoy.


- Subcomandante Kincaid