Kant Stop Thinking

Feb 16 2011
When: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Where: Intellectual Commons, DML 2nd floor, room 233
Event Type: Polymathic Pizza

Event Details

Professor of philosophy Edwin McCann discusses philosophy as a basic tool of thought.

Speaker Information

Speaker

Edwin McCann

A philosopher, literary scholar, and historian, Professor Ed McCann’s research interests center in the history of modern philosophy, especially Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Newton, Kant, and the great early 20th century polymath Ludwig Wittgenstein. One example of his innovative approach to philosophical and historical inquiry, Professor McCann guides his students to view trials as crucial indicators of society coming to terms with threatening concepts and their implications. Professor McCann is a treasure-trove of knowledge who patiently walks students through not only the complex historical conditions, but also the intellectual climate of each era.