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Trump, Philosophy, and American Politics: February 3

The Penn Center for Philosophy, Ethics and Public Affairs will be hosting Trump, Philosophy, and American Politics: Philosophical Implications of the 45th Presidency. This half-day conference on February 3 brings together scholars to discuss issues raised by the election, the transition from Obama Administration to Trump Administration and the early days of a Trump presidency. Speakers will examine the future rule of law, media, post-truth politics, race in the election and much more. 

This event at Claudia Cohen Hall on Friday, February 3, from noon to 6 p.m.  is free and open to the public. 

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trump-philosophy-and-american-politics-tickets-31107049021

Moderator: Jon Ehrens (WHYY)

Speakers:

Elisabeth Camp (Rutgers University): Varieties of Manipulative Meaning in Trumpian Talk

Claire Finkelstein (University of Pennsylvania): The Trump Administration and the Future of the Rule of Law

Alex Guerrero (Rutgers University): Institutional Sanity as a Political Value: Five Questions for Electoral Democracy

Eugene Kiely (FactCheck.org): The Media and Donald Trump

Lisa Miracchi (University of Pennsylvania): Liberals Own Up: Diagnosing Our Intellectual Role in Producing Post-Truth Politics

David Livingstone Smith (University of New England): The Politics of Salvation

Quayshawn Spencer (University of Pennsylvania): The Rise of Trump... How Did Race Matter?

Jason Stanley (Yale University): Authoritarian Propaganda

Kenneth A. Taylor (Stanford University): Philosophy and Resistance in the Age of Trump

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