World Philosophy Day 2012 at the University of Toledo

UNESCO World Philosophy Day in Toledo
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
The University of Toledo
2012  “Irrationality and the Future”

Field House  2420
10—11:00 am
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION.
Master’s Program Students,
“Philosophical Thinking About Irrationality and Problem-solving,”
 

11—11:45 am
PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION,
Joshua Skorburg,
“HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND? EXTERNALISM AND SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE”


12  Noon—12:45 pm
PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY KEYNOTE PRESENTATION,
Dr. Maureen Linker, UMichigan—Dearborn
“WHY SHOULD IDEAL REASONERS BECOME EVIL COMPUTERS?”


2—2:45 pm   SESSION 4 /a,  Field House  2420
PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION,
Stephanie Lee,
“THE IMMANENCE OF LANGUAGE IN SOCIAL PROCESS”

2---2:45 pm, SESSION 4 /b,  Field House  2260
PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION,
Dr. Susan Purviance,
“THE PLIGHT OF OTHERS AND SELF-CONCERN: CH’AN BUDDHIST AND SCOTTISH PHILOSOPHY”


6---6:45 pm  Scott Hall 1004
PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION,
Scott Coulter,
“ WONG’S PLURALISM AND DIVERSE MENNONITE MORALITIES REGARDING HOMOSEXUALITY”

Chanting & Aarti at the Hindu Temple of Toledo

On Tuesday, August 14, 2012, from 6:30-7:30pm, I visited the Hindu Temple of Toledo for an evening chanting service and aarti (an offering of light to the deities). On the phone that morning, the priest had told me the chanting service started around 6:30, so I arrived around 6:10. There were not many people there when I arrived; I took my shoes off in the “Shoe Room” and entered the temple area. 

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6:10pm – As I entered, I saw the priest and two adult laypeople near the statue of Ganesh (the one with the elephant head). It appeared that the priest was performing a small, private puja (worship/offering) before the community service; however, he may routinely perform a Ganesh puja before a service. Traditionally, Ganesh is always worshipped first (because he is “the remover of obstacles”, important for success in any endeavor) in a temple puja. He was anointing the Ganesh statue (murti) and decorating it—it seemed a fairly complex process.

Photo Blog Entry #1 - Cottonwood Jam String Band at the NOTMAD Contra Dance, January 2011

Cottonwood Jam String Band warming up before the NOTMAD Contra Dance,
January 8, 2011

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I will be posting photo blog entries periodically.  Here's the first one!

This is part one of my "100 Things I Love In Toledo, Ohio" series.

I've been to three of the monthly contra dances Northwest Ohio Traditional Music & Dance (NOTMAD) holds in Rossford, Ohio, since November 2010.  This is a social / cultural / physical activity event I look forward to each month!  Every month there is a different band and a different caller.