Philosophy Dept. Lecture: 'Holding One Another (Well, Wrongly, Clumsily) in a Time of Dementia' set for April 9, 2010

Friday, April 9, 7-8:30 p.m.

UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

Dr. Hilda Lindemann, of Michigan State University, takes a close look at a species of care that is particularly needed by people with progressive dementias: the activity of holding the person in her or his identity. She argues that close family members have a special responsibility to hold on to the demented person's identity for her or him, and offers some criteria for doing this morally well or badly. Finally, it considers how even those with dementia can hold others in their identities, and suggests that this kind of holding too can have great moral worth.

This talk serves as the UAA Undergraduate Philosophy Conference Keynote Address.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please e-mail Terry Kelly at aftmk@uaa.alaska.edu.