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Hello philosophers and friends of philosophy,
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<div>Apologies that this announcement is coming out so close to the event! We’ve been having some logistical challenges recently. </div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Aristotle’s Zoological Citizens</font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3">Brennan McDavid (Chapman University)</font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Friday, February 20, 3:30-5pm</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">COB 265</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Aristotle says, in<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>History of Animals</i>, that human beings are political animals. He also says that bees, wasps, ants, and cranes are political animals. What matters for inclusion is that the
members of the species participate in the realization of a “shared function.” McDavid will consider what Aristotle thinks it means for a species to have a shared function, and she will argue that it is a matter of coordinating for economic purposes. That is,
the "shared function” that marks a "political animal" is a resource-acquisition and -allocation function. Human beings are "political" as a matter of their economic coordination more than as a matter of their socio-ethical coordination. </div>
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<div>Dan Hicks</div>
<div>Associate Professor and Chair</div>
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<div>University of California, Merced</div>
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