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Reason and Rhetoric in the Liberal Arts Program

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:00 AM

11 a.m.
Room 404, Taylor Hall

Dr. Jude P. Dougherty, dean emeritus of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, presents "The Use and Abuse of Metaphor in Scientific Explanation: Liberating Meaning from Metaphor." Presented by the Virginia Gamma Chapter of Phi Sigma Tau, the international honor society in philosophy; free.

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