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Past Lecture Series

Archive of past lectures in the Harold Stoner Clark series, dating back to 1985.

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Robin Wall Kimmerer 鈥 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

2025

 

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Sean A. Valles 鈥 The Ethical and Public Health Implications of Mass Incarceration and Housing (In)Security

2023
  • "Rethinking Prisons, Policing, and Public Health after Fifty Years of Mass Incarceration"
  • "Pandemic-Era Eviction Bans Were a Step Toward Recognizing Homes as a Basic Health Need"

 

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Myisha Cherry 鈥 Racialized Forgiveness

2021
  • "The Moral Psychology of Anger"
  • "Unmuted: Conversations on Prejudice, Oppression, and Social Justice"

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Quayshawn Spencer 鈥 The Metaphysical Problem in Race Theory

2020
  • "A When Population Genetics Meets the Metaphysics of Race"
  • "A Radical Solution to the Race Problem"

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Shannon Vallor 鈥 Humanizing Machines: AI, Ethics and the Future

2018
  • "Looking in the AI Mirror"
  • "How to Cultivate Humane Machines (and People)"

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Paul B. Thompson 鈥 Probing Future Foods

2017
  • "Four Archetypes for Future Food Systems"
  • "Social Amplification of Risk: The Ethical Questions"

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Philip Pettit 鈥 Corporate Realities and Democratic Ideals

2016
  • "Holding Corporate Bodies Responsible"
  • "Granting Corporate Bodies Rights"

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Nick Bostrom 鈥 Technology and the Future

2015
  • 鈥淭echnology Strategy and Existential Risks鈥
  • 鈥沦耻辫别谤颈苍迟别濒濒颈驳别苍肠别鈥

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Linda Zagzebski 鈥 God鈥檚 Knowledge and Ours

2014
  • 鈥淥mnisubjectivity: the Subjectivity of God鈥
  • 鈥淜nowing God: a Defense of Religious Authority鈥

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Philip Clayton 鈥 Between 鈥業ntelligent Design鈥 and the New Atheism: Science and Religion at the Crossroads

2013
  • 鈥淏eyond the Religion Wars: From Reduction to Reenchantment鈥
  • 鈥淭he New Sciences of Emergent Complexity: Evolving Religion in an Evolving World鈥

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David Chalmers 鈥 From The Matrix to the Singularity

2010
  • 鈥淭he Matrix as Metaphysics鈥
  • 鈥淭he Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis鈥

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Gregory Pence 鈥 Biotechnology: Friend or Foe?

2009
  • 鈥淪tem Cells, Little Persons, and Scientific Research鈥
  • 鈥淥rganic or Genetically Modified Food 鈥 Which Is Safer?鈥

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Andrew Newburg 鈥 Why God Won鈥檛 Go Away

2008
  • 鈥淲hy God Won鈥檛 Go Away鈥
  • 鈥淲hy We Believe What We Believe鈥

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David Holtzman 鈥 Privacy, Technology and Identity

2007
  • 鈥淧rivacy Lost: How Technology Affects Privacy鈥
  • 鈥淥nline Identities: @ttribution, not Retribution鈥

 

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Sandra Steingraber 鈥 Contaminated Without Consent

2006
  • 鈥淐ontaminated Without Consent: How Pollutants in Air, Food and Water Violate Human Rights鈥
  • 鈥淭he Precautionary Principle: Science or anti-Science?鈥

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Brian Greene 鈥 The Fabric of the Cosmos

2005
  • 鈥淭he Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality鈥
     

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Rupert Sheldrake 鈥 The Extended Mind

2004
  • 鈥淭he Extended Mind: Recent Experimental Evidence鈥
  • 鈥淪cience and Spirituality: My Own Journey of Exploration鈥

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

2003
  • 鈥淭he Creative Person and the Creative Context鈥
  • 鈥淔low and the Quality of Life鈥

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Nancey Murphy 鈥 Whatever Happened to the Soul?

2002

 

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David Baltimore 鈥 Stretching Science

2001

 

 

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Paul Davies 鈥 Did Life Come From Mars?

2000

 

 

 

Katherine Hayles 鈥 Chaos Meets Narrative

1998
  • 鈥淣arratives of Artificial Life鈥
  • 鈥淐haotic Genius: Tom Stoppard鈥檚 Arcadia

 

Stephen Toulmin 鈥 Rethinking the Methods of the Human Sciences

1997
  • 鈥淎lternative Visions of Theory in the Human Sciences鈥
  • 鈥淓conomic and Social Practice in its Cultural Situation鈥

 

Arthur Caplan 鈥 Medical Ethics and Health Care Policies  

1996
  • 鈥淢aking Babies: Ethical Issues Raised by New Reproductive Technologies鈥
  • 鈥淪inners, Saints and Health Care: What role should personal responsibility play in the rationing of health care resources?鈥

 

Daniel J. Kevles 鈥 Genetics and Social Policies

1995
  • 鈥淭he Human Genome Project鈥
  • 鈥淕enetics, Race and IQ鈥

 

John Searle 鈥 Cognition, Cognitive Science and Consciousness

1994
  • 鈥淐ognition and Cognitive Science鈥
  • 鈥淭he Problem of Consciousness鈥

 

E.C. Krupp 鈥 Beyond the Blue Horizon

1993
  • 鈥淎rchaeoastronomy and the Roots of Science鈥
  • 鈥淐limbing the Cosmic Mountain鈥

 

Stephanie Mills 鈥 The Path to Ecological Restoration

1992
  • 鈥淗ealing a Damaged Land鈥
  • 鈥淏ioregionalism: Reinstating a Culture of Place鈥

 

David Ray Griffin 鈥 The Reenchantment of Science

1991
  • 鈥淢odern Science and Disenchantment鈥
  • 鈥淧ostmodern Science and Reenchantment鈥

 

Jonathan Miller 鈥 Humor and Humors 

1990
  • 鈥淗umor and Comedy鈥
  • 鈥淭he Afterlife of Plays鈥

 

Michelle Taigue 鈥 Beyond Consciousness: The Magic of Native American Myths

1989
  • 鈥淯nveiling the Invisible鈥
  • 鈥淩eturning to Beginnings鈥
  • 鈥淰ehicles of Wisdom鈥
  • 鈥淩ecovery of the Sacred鈥

 

Jacob Needleman

  • 鈥淭he Seeker in A Pathless Land鈥
  • 鈥淭he Scientist as Seeker鈥
  • 鈥淭he Seeker in Ourselves鈥

 

James Burke 鈥 The Day the Universe Changed

1987
  • 鈥淢echanisms of Change: Do Lemons Whistle鈥
  • 鈥淕oodbye, Descartes: Information and Change鈥

 

Jean Houston 鈥 Exploring the Human Potential

  • 鈥淭he Possible Human鈥
  • 鈥淛ourney of Transformation 鈥 The Odyssey鈥
  • 鈥淭he New Sacred Psychology鈥

 

William Kaufmann
  • 鈥淏lack Holes and Exploding Galaxies鈥
  • 鈥淭he Physics of the Early Universe"
  • 鈥淭he Origin and Complexity of the Universe鈥