Rhetoric and reasoning program open to students
The James
Madison chapter (Virginia Gamma) of Phi Sigma Tau, the International Honor
Society in Philosophy, has received a program grant of $5,000 from the JMU
student Government Association for a semester-long program in spring 2013. The
theme of the program is "Rhetoric and Reasoning in the Liberal Arts."
The program will
include four speakers of national reputation, each speaking on a specific
discipline: science, art, literature and philosophy. There will be two
workshops held in this program, one on oral argumentation and debate and one on
written argumentation. Each will host up to 100 students. Members of the
nationally competitive JMU Debate Team will lead the workshop on oral
argumentation. The written argumentation workshop will involve professors from
the Department of Philosophy and Religion and the School of Writing, Rhetoric
and Technical Communication.
Co-presidents of
the Virginia Gamma Chapter are philosophy majors, Marie Eszenyi and John
Knetemann. Professor Anne Wiles is the advisor of the chapter. Full details of
the program, including opportunities for student participation, will be
available early in the spring semester.
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Dec. 12, 2012
