Some youngsters go to summer camp to learn to swim or canoe, but 37 Colorado high school students this summer are attending the University of Colorado at Boulder to learn about philosophy.
The Summer Philosophy Institute is designed to provide an introduction to college life and to the methods and subject matter of philosophy as a way of enriching students聮 appreciation of literature, art, history and Western culture.
Participants in the Summer Philosophy Institute are living in residence halls, attending lectures and debating current philosophical issues including free will and determinism, the relationship between mind and body, the nature of knowledge, the basis of morality and other issues in personal identity.
A culturally, financially and geographically diverse group of students is enrolled for the institute from July 20 through July 26 and from July 27 through Aug. 2 on the Boulder campus. The institute was started two years ago by the CU-Boulder Center for Values and Social Policy and the philosophy department.
Colorado students attending the CU-Boulder 1997 Summer Philosophy Institute include:
Arvada
Arvada West High School: Kevin Jones
Aspen
Aspen High School: Derek Ward and Mirte Mallory
Aurora
Overland High School: Mat Trafton
Boulder
Fountian Valley High School: Colin Day
Burlington
High Plains High School: Roxanne Stone
Canon City
Canon City High School: Alyson Bode
Carbondale
Roaring Fork High School: Rachel Mulry
Colorado Springs
Air Academy High School: Grant Foy
Delta
Montrose High School: Ilana Moir
Denver
Colorado Academy: Katie Stuckey
George Washington High School: Richard Jeong
Skyview: Siobhan Barros
Emily Griffith Opportunity School: Dwayne McFall
Englewood
Littleton High School: Roxanne Baca
Fort Collins
Poudre High School: Priya Kumar
Grand Junction
Central High School: Janae Puckett
Ignacio
Ignacio High School: Megan Roach
Lakewood
Wheat Ridge High School: J. Kay Melton
La Veta
La Veta High School: Katie Neldner
Littleton
Heritage High School: Tina Rulli
Columbine High School: Shawn Chenoweth, Angela Klapper, Connor
Blakely
Arapahoe High School: Melody Ladron de Guevara and Robin Brontsema
Longmont
Longmont High School: Kathryn Mascorella and Mary Thomas
Meeker
Meeker High School: Shane Losey, Bronson McKinley and Stephen Morgan
Northglenn
Northglenn High School: Diane Beer
Vantage Point Campus: Lauren Yarnall
Paonia
Paonia High School: Adrianne Loesekan
Snowmass Village
Aspen High School: Johnnemann Nordhagen
Vernon
Idalia High School: Nicole Helling
Westminster
Vantage Point Campus: Diona Morton