University Park, Pa. -- "Ethics, Indifference, and Social Concern: A Conference in Honor of the Work of Charles Scott" will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 1-2 at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. The conference is free and open to the public; no registration is required.This conference will celebrate more than four decades of Charles Scott’s contributions to the scholarship and practice of philosophy.
Charles Scott is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. His publications include: "Living with Indifference" (Indiana, 2007); "The Lives of Things" (Indiana, 2002); "The Time of Memory" (SUNY, 1999); "On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Ethics and Politics" (Indiana, 1996); "The Question of Ethics: Nietzsche, Foucault, Heidegger" (Indiana, 1990); "The Language of Difference" (Humanities Press International, 1987); and "Boundaries in Mind: A Study of Immediate Awareness Based in Psychotherapy" (Crossroads, 1982).
In addition to his service to the profession as chair and interim head of philosophy at Vanderbilt and Penn State, Scott served as director of the Mellon Regional Faculty Development Program at Vanderbilt University from 1979-1987, founding director of the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities at Vanderbilt University from 1987 to 1993; and in 2005 returned to Vanderbilt to serve as founding director of the Vanderbilt University Center for Ethics.
Hosted by the Rock Ethics Institute, for which Scott served as an adviser, this conference brings together some of the leading philosophers in the area of continental philosophy to reflect on the importance of his contributions to the profession.
For more information, including the full program and speaker biographies, visit http://rockethics.psu.edu/events/scott online.
(Please note that some of the conference posters list the location as The Nittany Lion Inn. The location has been changed to the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center.)
Co-sponsors: This conference is made possible by support from the Department of Philosophy and the Center for Ethics and Religious Affairs. Rock Ethics Institute events also are made possible with the support of a generous gift from Doug and Julie Rock.