Philosophy Lecture By Merold Westphal
Date and Time
Tuesday Apr 17, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM CDT
04/17/2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Location
Wheaton College - Blanchard Hall - Room 339, 501 College Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187
Fees/Admission
Free
Website
http://www.wheaton.edu/Academics/Departments/Philosophy/Speaker-Series/2011-12-Speaker-Series
Contact Information
Philosophy Department: 630.752.5040
Description
Dr. Merold Westphal will deliver the final lecture in the 2011-2012 Philosophy Lecture Series at Wheaton College. The lecture is titled "Philosophical Hermeneutics as the Postmodern Turn."
Dr. Westphal has lectured widely in the United States, Europe, China, and Brazil. Modern Continental philosophy is the focus of his research and writing. A summa cum laude graduate of Wheaton College, Dr. Westphal was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Yale University where he earned a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1966. He has served on the editorial boards of five academic journals and has edited and/or authored 18 books. Most recently he taught as an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, and is faculty emeritus at Fordham University, where he was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy.
