Annual Saint Olaf-Carleton Faculty Philosophy Retreat
Here are the philosophers we have hosted and their topics:
Sept. 15-17, 1978: Roy Elveton and Kent Bendall on evaluating the philosophy department curriculum. Otter Tail Lake.)
April 11-13, 1980: Richard Rorty on pragmatism, mirror of nature, etc. Otter Tail Lake.
Oct. 12-14, 1980: Alan Donagan on The Theory of Morality. Otter Tail Lake.
Sept. 18-20, 1981: Hubert Dreyfus on Heidegger and Foucault. Otter Tail Lake.
Nov. 5-7, 1982: Stoutland (on Action), Maria Lugones, Karen Warren, and Hilary Putnam. Otter Tail Lake.
Sept. 23-25, 1983: Fred Dretske on epistemology. Otter Tail Lake.
May 3-5, 1985: Ian Hacking on History and Philosophy of Science. Otter Tail Lake.
April 18-20, 1986: Michael Root on evaluating the philosophy program. Otter Tail Lake.
Sept. 19-21: Alan Donagan on action theory. Otter Tail Lake.
Sept. 18-20, 1987: John Haugeland on Heidegger, etc. Otter Tail Lake.
Oct. 7-9, 1988: Steve Stich on cognitive science. Otter Tail Lake.
Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 1989: Michel Devitt on realism. Otter Tail Lake.
Sept. 21-23, 1990: Peter Kivy on aesthetics. Otter Tail Lake.
Oct. 4-6, 1991: Keith Yandell on Indian philosophy. Otter Tail Lake.
Oct. 18-20, 1992: Nick Sturgeon on moral realism. Otter Tail Lake.
Sept. 23-25, 1994: Galen Strawson on mental reality and determinism. Tofte.
Sept. 15-17, 1995: Eliot Sober on evolution and ethics. Tofte.
April 12, 1997: Robert Audi and Terry Horgan on ethics and cognitive science. Mt. Olivet Retreat Center.
April 17, 1999: Keith Lehrer on epistemology and self-trust. Villa Maria Retreat Center.
Jan. 8, 2000: Susan Haack on epistemology and ethics. St. James Hotel, Red Wing.
Sept. 22-24, 2000: Thomas Hill on recent Kantian ethics. Round Lake, Wisconsin.
May 12, 2001: Julia Annas on ancient ethics and religion. St. James Hotel, Red Wing.
Oct. 5-7, 2001: Noel Carroll on Aesthetics and Ethics. Round Lake, Wisconsin.
Oct. 11-13, 2002: Robert Pippin on Henry James, etc. Round Lake.
Feb. 14, 2004: Meredith Williams on Wittgenstein. St James Hotel, Red Wing.
May 14-16, 2004: Jorge L Garcia on Philosophy and Race. Round Lake.
Oct. 7-9, 2005: Gary Iseminger on The Aesthetic Function of Art. Round Lake.
Oct. 2-4, 2009: Susan R Wolf on Meaning in Life. Round Lake.
2010-11, Christian Ethics: Ed Santurri, Doug Schuurman, Charles Taliaferro (Fall), William Werpehowski (spring). Northfield.
October 7-9, 2011: Don Garrett on Hume. Round Lake
September 28-30, 2012: Philip Kitcher on Pragmatic Naturalism. Stillwater.
September 27-29, 2013: Alexander Nehamas on friendship. Stillwater.
September 26-28, 2014: Linda Zagzebski on Exemplarism. Stillwater.
September 25-27, 2015: John Greco on Testimonial Knowledge. Stillwater.
October 7-9, 2016: Sally Haslanger on Ideology. Stillwater.
September 22-24, 2017: Katja Vogt on desiring the Good. Stillwater.
November 9-11, 2018: Jonathan Lear. Hudson, WI.
September 27-29, 2019: Miranda Fricker on Blame and Forgiveness. Hager City.
March 22-23, 2021: Meghan Sullivan on the Love Imperative. Virtually.
September 30- October 2, 2021: Dan Garber on Early Modern Philosophy. Hager City.
September 30-October 2, 2022: Ásta on Metaphysics of the social: Gender, Sex, Race. Hager City.
September 29 – October 1, 2023: John Richardson on Thoreau and Heidegger. Hager City.
October 25-27, 2024: Dean Zimmerman on metaphysics of mind and time. Stillwater.