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Please join us as the Center for Judaic & Middle Eastern Studies @ UConn-Stamford presents the third lecture in its Fall 2016 LUNCH AND LEARN series:
THE NINA & NORMAN LOTSTEIN LECTURE
Moses Mainmonides' Rationalist Revolution
Dr. Paul Franks, Professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Judaic Studies, Yale University
Wednesday, October 19th, 12 noon - 1:30 pm, UConn-Stamford in the MPR
Lunch will be provided and the program is free for the UConn community, but advance registration is requested. Please register by calling (203) 251-9525 or emailing stamfordjudaicstudies@uconn.edu.
Dr. Paul Franks is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies and Judaic Studies at Yale University. His recent courses include Post-Kantian Themes in Analytic Philosophy, Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, and Jewish Philosophy. His areas of interest include Kant, German Idealism, Post-Kantian Analytic Philosophy, Neo-Kantianism and Phenomenology, Jewish Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, and Philosophy of the Human Sciences. His most recent books are All or Nothing: Systematicity, Transcendental Arguments, and Skepticism in German Idealism, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (2005) and Franz Rosenzweig: Philosophical and Theological Writings (with Michael L. Morgan), Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing (2000)
For more information, contact: Rebecca Isenstein at 203.251.9525 or stamfordjudaicstudies@uconn.edu