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CANCELLED: LoPresti Colloquium today

Thursday, 22 October 2009 14:02 administrator
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This talk is postponed until a later date.

Dr. Matthew LoPresti's talk will be this Thursday, October 22, from 3:00-4:30 in the Graduate Student Lounge in the Department of Philosophy (Sakamaki C, Room 308).

Translating Kŗşņa: Meta-theological Implications of Bhagavadgītā IX.23

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The Certified Clinical Ethics Consultant

Thursday, 17 September 2009 20:26 Philosophy Department
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The Philosophy Department presents a colloquium by Ken Kipnis, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

The Certified Clinical Ethics Consultant

Given the ethical dilemmas generated by modern medicine, it is not surprising to find "clinical ethics consultants" working in American hospitals.  Despite the often momentous nature of their recommendations, there are no authoritative credentials (like the M.D., R.N., etc.) that can assure hospitals an applicant for a position has the knowledge and skills required for doing the work.

Knowledge of ethical theory is not enough

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The Road not Taken in Indian Philosophy

Thursday, 16 April 2009 12:53 Aaron Creller
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stream in Japanese garden, East-West Center UH Philosophy Colloquium - Inquiry Series 2008-2009

presents Rama Watumull Visiting Lecturer

John Taber

University of New Mexico

The Road Not Taken in Indian Epistemology

Friday, April 24, 2009  2:30pm  Sakamaki Hall C-308


John Taber is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico. His visit is co-sponsored by a Rama Watumull Collaborative Lecturer Series Grant of the Center for South Asian Studies, UH-Manoa.

 

 

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Islam Day

Monday, 21 September 2009 11:26 administrator
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A full day of Islamic celebration on Thursday, September 24th!  The day features documentaries on Islam as an empire of faith and newly trained female religious leaders in Morocco, as well as a presentation on the unique collection at the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art in Honolulu.  A panel of speakers from the departments of Philosophy, History and Religion will show and respond to excerpts of speeches by President Obama talking about Muslims and the Islamic world.

The opening session is at 10 am and the day's events conclude at 3:30 pm.  All sessions take place in Sakamaki C-308.  Light refreshments are provided.  A full schedule is below.

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WRITING THE PACIFIC: OPENING UP THE PACIFIC VEIN

Monday, 23 February 2009 12:01 Philosophy Department
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with Witi Ihimaera and His Students

Date:   5 March 2009
Time:   3:00-4:30 pm
Place:  UHM Kuykendall 410

Noted novelist, short-story writer, and anthologist Witi Ihimaera, currently Citizen's Chair in the UH Manoa English Department and Distinguished Visiting Writer, is working with University of Hawai`i writers in writing the Pacific short story or novel.

Come, listen, and discuss as Ihimaera reads with writers Keala Francis, Gina Kanekoa, Alexei Melnick, Kenneth Quilantang and Ida Yoshinaga. What problems do Pacific writers face as they write the local - whether it be historic, contemporary, postmodern, postcolonial or science fiction/fantasy - into existence?

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