TCU hosted symposium on Nietzsche

Fort Worth, TX

4/16/2008

TCU presented a symposium titled “Nietzsche and the Philosophical Life” April 17-19 on the TCU campus.

Internationally renowned philosophers presented their current interpretations of Nietzsche and the philosophical life. Presenters included: Ruth Abbey, University of Notre Dame; Christa Davis Acampora, Hunter College, CUNY; Jessica Berry, Georgia State University; Maudemarie Clark, Colgate University; Daniel Conway, Texas A & M University; Kathleen Higgins, The University of Texas at Austin; Clancy Martin, The University of Missouri-Kansas City; Thomas Miles, Boston College; Richard Schacht, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Sherman, The University of Montana and Alan White, Williams College. Simon Blackburn of Cambridge University delivered the keynote address.

For more information visit www.phil.tcu.edu or contact Dr. Blake Hestir, associate professor of philosophy at TCU at b.hestir@tcu.edu.

The symposium was sponsored by the AddRan College of Humanities & Social Sciences, TCU department of philosophy, TCU Honors Program, TCU marketing and comunication department, and the Ronald E. Moore Foundation.