In an American Strand: John J. McDermott Memorial Celebration Symposium
Saturday will feature a symposium on McDermott’s philosophical work, pedagogical impact, and legacy through presentations, discussions and stories of Professor McDermott. Attendance is open to all. If you wish to attend please follow the link to register. If you would like to share your stories and memories please contact Charles Carlson at charlescarlson@tamu.edu. Graveside Memorial Location: College Station City Cemetery 7:45am […]
Saturday will feature a symposium on McDermott’s philosophical work, pedagogical impact, and legacy through presentations, discussions and stories of Professor McDermott. Attendance is open to all. If you wish to attend please follow the link to register. If you would like to share your stories and memories please contact Charles Carlson at charlescarlson@tamu.edu. Graveside Memorial Location: College Station City Cemetery 7:45am – 9:00am: Coffee and Sharing of Stories 8:30am: “Sing Sing Sing”
Jerry Chambers – Drums
Don Pope – Saxophone and Clarinet
Brian Lippman – Bass
Saturday, October 5th Symposium Location: Hagler Auditorium at Annenberg Presidential Conference Center 9:30am: Welcome
Theodore George, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Department Head, Texas A&M University
9:40am: “The Angle of Vision: Philosophical Fathering”
Marise McDermott – President and CEO, The Witte Museum
10:00am: ‘The Stonybrook Five’
“McDermott and the Teaching of Philosophy”
Richard Hart –Professor of Philosophy, Bloomfield College
“John McDermott: Chastened Promethean”
James Campbell – Distinguished University Professor in Philosophy, The University of Toledo
Armen Marsoobian – Professor of Philosophy, Southern Connecticut State
University
10:45am: Applied Pragmatics Panel
Andrew Light – University Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy, and Atmospheric
Sciences, George Mason University. Distinguished Senior Fellow, Climate Program, World Resources Institute
David Sprintzen – Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Long Island University. Founder,
Long Island Progressive Coalition
Thomas Hilde – Associate Research Professor. Director of Indonesia and Peru Programs.
Senior Fellow, Center for International and Security Studies University of
Maryland School of Public Policy
Moderated by Dan Conway, Professor of Philosophy, Texas A&M University
11:30am: “The Invention of the Ethical Concept of Medicine as a Profession: A Pragmatist Account”
Laurence B McCullough – Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Center for Medical
Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine.
12:00pm – 1:00pm: Lunch – Catered Luncheon, room 1011C 1:00pm: Poems by Peter N. Carroll, Poet and Historian, Stanford University
“American Philosophy”
“Epiphany”
Read by Martin Coleman, Associate Professor of Philosophy, IUPUI, Director and Editor of Santayana Edition
1:15pm: “Problematicity and Journeys: McDermott as Existentialist.”
Jill Graper Hernandez – Dean, College of Arts & Humanities, Central
Washington University
1:45pm: “Environing with McDermott”
David Henderson – Associate Professor of Philosophy, Western Carolina University
2:15pm: “My encounters with McDermott on William James.”
Stjepan Mestrovic – Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
2:45pm-4:00pm: Stories and Remembrances
Patricia McDermott – Reading remarks from Steve Haken
Chris Voparil – “McDermott and Richard Rorty”
Alex Haitos – “McDermott as Mentor”
Open Forum
4:30pm: Reception at the McDermott Library
701 South Dexter, College Station, TX