• How Does Science Know?
  • Monday, Mar. 23 
    Comal 116
    4 p.m. 
    The Demons of Science 
    Clayton Wardwell (Undergraduate, Chemistry) 
    ΦΣΤ Tau Talks
    
  • Tuesday, Mar. 24 
    Comal 116
    12:30 p.m. 
    Why Scientists Know Things 
    Peter Hutcheson (Philosophy) with Dialogue Class 
    
  • Wednesday, Mar. 25 
    San Marcos Public Library
    625 East Hopkins St.
    3:30 p.m. 
    Development of Medical Science and Response to Infectious Disease in 20th century USA 
    Alan Groeger (Biology) 
    
  • Thursday, Mar. 26 
    Comal 116
    12:30 p.m. 
    Reality Beneath the Equations 
    Dialogue Class
    
• Week VI
  Animal Natures
  
• Monday, Mar. 30
  Comal 116
  4 p.m. 
  Do Animals Have Moral Status? 
  Zoom link for “Do Animals Have Moral Status?”
  Eli Kanon (Philosophy) 
  ΦΣΤ Tau Talks
  
• Tuesday, Mar. 31
  Comal 116 
  12:30 p.m. 
  The Moral Statuses of Animals and Our Obligations 
  Deacon Newhouse (Philosophy) with Dialogue Class 
  
  
• Wednesday, Apr. 1 
  San Marcos Public Library
  625 East Hopkins St.
  3:30 p.m. 
  From Human Exceptionalism to Ecological Kinship 
  Vicente Lopes (TXST Emeritus, Biology) 
  
• Thursday, Apr. 2
  Comal 116
  12:30 p.m. 
  Do Bugs Have Feelings? 
  Bob Fischer (Philosophy), with Dialogue Class
  Zoom link for “Do Bugs Have Feelings?”
  
• Friday, Apr. 3 
  Comal 116
  12 p.m. 
  Non-Western Conceptions of (Animal) Nature 
  Enrique Castillo (Philosophy) Engaged Ecology Spotlight
  
• Week VII
  Philosophy in Motion
  
  • Monday, Apr. 6 
    Comal 116
    4 p.m. 
    TBD 
    ΦΣΤ Tau Talks
    
  • Tuesday, Apr. 7 
    Comal 116
    12:30 p.m. 
    Theseus, Stop Messing With my Ships! 
    Dialogue Class 
    
  • Wednesday, Apr. 8 
    San Marcos Public Library
    625 East Hopkins St.
    3:30 p.m. 
    The Creative Process 
    Ana Baer (School of Theatre, Dance, & Film and the Merge Dance Company) 
    
  • Thursday, Apr. 9
    Comal 116 
    12:30 p.m. 
    Walking and Driving 
    Dialogue Class
    
  • Week VIII
    Socrates and Plato
    Monday, Apr. 13 
    Comal 116
    4 p.m. 
    The Creative Process 
    Ana Baer (School of Theatre, Dance, & Film and the Merge Dance Company) 
    ΦΣΤ Tau Talks
    
  • Tuesday, Apr. 14 
    Comal 116
    12:30 p.m. 
    Socrates as Martyr of Philosophy: Imitatio Christi? 
    Ivan Marquez (Philosophy) with Dialogue Class and Socrates Seminar 
    
  • Wednesday, Apr. 15 
    San Marcos Public Library
    625 East Hopkins St.
    3:30 p.m. 
    A Public Reading of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
    Greg Moses (Philosophy) 
    
  • Thursday, Apr. 16 
    Comal 116
    12:30 p.m. 
    The Gadfly Basis for Loyalty: Socrates in Plato’s Crito
    Rebecca Raphael (Philosophy), with Dialogue Class
    
  • Saturday, Apr. 18 
    The Meadows Center
    201 San Marcos Springs Dr.
    10 am – 4 pm 
    13th Annual Earth Day San Marcos Festival 
    See the day’s schedule here
• Ongoing events:
  • Texas State University Philosophy Department – Dialogue Series
    Dialogue Series for Spring 2026 https://www.txst.edu/philosophy/dialogue-series.html
    The dialogue series schedule is being developed and should be posted by mid February. It will have a series of dedicated Friday talks at 12:30 pm on various Engaged Ecology topics. These will be held in the Comal Building – Room 116.
  • The Life Long Learning non-profit in San Marcos, Texas will also be holding aperiodic talks on philosophy and Engaged Ecology. These are typically held at the main library in San Marcos. Please see the Life Long Learning website for details. (https://www.lllsanmarcos.org)