School of Philosophy

School of Philosophy
The Catholic University of America 
Fall 2011 Lecture Series 

Heidegger

Der Mensch ist der Hirte des Seins.  Man is the shepherd of Being.

September 9                                         Daniel Dahlstrom, Boston University
                                                             Rethinking Difference                                                             

September 16                                       Holger Zaborowski, The Catholic University of America (webcast)
                                                             Thinking, Truth, and Technology. Heidegger’s Later Philosophy as a                                                                Philosophy of Freedom                                                            

September 23                                       William McNeill, DePaul University, Chicago (webcast)
                                                             Tracing Techne: Heidegger, Aristotle, and the Legacy of Philosophy
                                                          
September 30                                       Richard Capobianco, Stonehill University (webcast)
                                                             Heidegger’s ‘The Truth of Being’                                                  

October 7                                              Richard Polt, Xavier University (webcast)
                                                             Drawing the LIne:  Political Thought in Heidegger's Lecture Courses                                                               and Seminars of 1933-35                                                              

October 14                                            Theodore Kisiel, Northern Illinois University (webcast)
                                                             How Heidegger Resolved the Tension Between Technological
                                                             Globalization and Indigenous Localization: A 21st Century Retrieval

October 21                                            Charles Bambach, University of Texas (webcast)
                                                             Heidegger's Poetic Measure: An Ethics of Haunting                    

November 4                                          Rudolf Makkreel, Emory University (webcast)
                                                             Heidegger's Non-Idealistic Reading of Kant's Transcendental                                                              Philosophy                                                                            

November 11                                        Richard Velkley, Tulane University  (webcast)
                                                             Political Philosophy and the Ontological Question

November 18                                        Walter Brogan, Villanova University  (webcast)
                                                             The Intimate Interplay of Existence and Facticity in Heidegger's Being                                                              and Time

December 2                                          Rudolf Bernet, Catholic University of Leuven
                                                             Heidegger on Plato: Truth and Myth

All lectures are held at 2:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of Aquinas Hall at
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 20064. 
 

This series is made possible by a generous grant from the Franklin J. Matchette Foundation
and the support of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation and the George Dougherty Foundation. 
 

For further information, contact the Office of the Dean, School of Philosophy, 202-319-5259,
cua-philosophy@cua.edu and see http://philosophy.cua.edu.