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University of Michigan philosophy professor to present two Belgum lectures Feb. 22 at St. Olaf

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February 9, 2001

NORTHFIELD, Minn. ? Stephen Darwall, John Dewey Collegiate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan, will discuss "Two Dogmas of Empiricism in Ethics" during two Eunice Belgum Memorial Lectures at St. Olaf College on Thursday, Feb. 22.

The lectures, free and open to the public, will be at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. in Room 501 of Holland Hall 501. The first lecture will explore the dogma of instrumentalism, and the second will examine the dogma of egoism.

Darwall has written more than 50 articles and three books about ethics. His most notable work is the 1985 book, Impartial Reason.

The Eunice Belgum Memorial Lectures were established by friends and family to honor Eunice Belgum, a 1967 St. Olaf graduate. Belgum earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University and was a highly respected philosophy faculty member at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., when she died in 1977.

The Eunice Belgum Memorial Fund supports an annual lecture series sponsored by the St. Olaf College Philosophy Department. The lectures may be about any topic of philosophical relevance, though areas of special interest to Eunice Belgum ? ethics, philosophy of the mind, and the liberation of men and women from stereotyped roles ? are preferred.

St. Olaf College prepares students to become responsible citizens of the world, fostering development of mind, body and spirit. A four-year, coeducational liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), St. Olaf has a student enrollment of 2,950 and a full-time faculty complement of approximately 300. It is one of Money Guide?s top 100 "elite values in college education today," and it leads the nation?s colleges in percentage of students who study abroad.

Contact Michael Cooper at 507-786-3315 or cooperm@stolaf.edu.