BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250920 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:38th annual Mary Olive Woods Lecture DESCRIPTION:Hosted by: Western Illinois University.\n\n\n\nRutgers University Distinguished Professor Dean Zimmerman will present the 38th annual Mary Olive Woods Lecture at Western Illinois University. Zimmerman's presentation\, "Why Would Anyone Be a Dualist? Souls\, Bodies\, and the Afterlife\," will explore how philosophical reflection on the nature of consciousness and the vagueness of ordinary material objects may support the Christian view of the afterlife and the dualism of persons. Zimmerman is the founder and current co-director (with Brian Leftow) of the Rutgers Center for the Philosophy of Religion. He is the founding editor of Oxford Studies in Metaphysics and currently co-edits the series with Karen Bennett. Zimmerman has also co-edited multiple scholarly volumes in metaphysics and philosophy of religion and his work includes over 60 academic articles. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Minnesota State University Mankato and a Doctor of Philosophy from Brown University\, where he studied under the guidance of Roderick Chisholm. Before joining Rutgers\, Zimmerman taught at the University of Notre Dame and Syracuse University.\n\n\n\nAn additional conversation with Zimmerman about his work will be held from 9:30 am-11:30 am Sept. 19 in Morgan Hall\, room 453. Also\, those interested in joining in a reading group of Zimmerman's work on Friday afternoons before his visit can email WIU Professor Gordon Pettit at g-pettit@wiu.edu for more information.\n\n\n\nThis lecture is sponsored by the Department of Race\, Religion\, Gender\, and Multidisciplinary Studies\; the Department of Mathematics & Philosophy\; and the Mary Olive Woods Foundation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Hosted by: Western Illinois University.
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\nRutgers University Distinguished Professor Dean Zimmerman will present the 38th annual Mary Olive Woods Lecture at Western Illinois University. Zimmerman&rsquo\;s presentation\, &ldquo\;Why Would Anyone Be a Dualist? Souls\, Bodies\, and the Afterlife\,&rdquo\; will explore how philosophical reflection on the nature of consciousness and the vagueness of ordinary material objects may support the Christian view of the afterlife and the dualism of persons. Zimmerman is the founder and current co-director (with Brian Leftow) of the Rutgers Center for the Philosophy of Religion. He is the founding editor of Oxford Studies in Metaphysics and currently co-edits the series with Karen Bennett. Zimmerman has also co-edited multiple scholarly volumes in metaphysics and philosophy of religion and his work includes over 60 academic articles. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Minnesota State University&ndash\;Mankato and a Doctor of Philosophy from Brown University\, where he studied under the guidance of Roderick Chisholm. Before joining Rutgers\, Zimmerman taught at the University of Notre Dame and Syracuse University.
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\nAn additional conversation with Zimmerman about his work will be held from 9:30 am-11:30 am Sept. 19 in Morgan Hall\, room 453. Also\, those interested in joining in a reading group of Zimmerman'\;s work on Friday afternoons before his visit can email WIU Professor Gordon Pettit at g-pettit@wiu.edu for more information.
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\nThis lecture is sponsored by the Department of Race\, Religion\, Gender\, and Multidisciplinary Studies\; the Department of Mathematics &\; Philosophy\; and the Mary Olive Woods Foundation. LOCATION:Western Illinois University Union Grand Ballroom Macomb\, IL Campus UID:e.2125.20259 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260502T121028Z URL:https://macombchambergzcms.preview.gochambermaster.com/events/details/38th-annual-mary-olive-woods-lecture-20259 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR