Arts and Sciences
Program
(recent
activity)
Wisdom
and Knowledge
August 15-22, 2004
Dr. Gavin Colvert
The dangers of propaganda and
the surpassing value of freedom
of expression are illumined
by a consideration of the roots
of man’s knowledge. EICEE
hosted Dr. Gavin Colvert to
address this facet of contemporary
culture at the Neuwaldegg Institute’s
annual Summer Seminar. Over
60 graduate students from 14
countries of Central and Eastern
Europe came to Castle Neuwaldegg,
for the event.
The greatest numbers of participants
were from Russia, Romania, Poland,
Slovakia, the Czech Republic,
Armenia and Azerbaijan. All
were recommended by the deans
of their departments of which
they represented a wide variety,
including law, politics, business,
and medicine.
Dr. Colvert is currently professor
of philosophy at Assumption
College in Worcester, Massachusetts.
He has also taught at Holy Cross
College in the same town. His
chief areas of interest are
political philosophy and ethics.
Dr. Colvert earned his bachelors
degree in Philosophy at Santa
Clara University in 1987, and
the following year he obtained
a masters and later a doctorate degree in Philosophy
at the University of Toronto.
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