Our theme for this year is Philosophy of Technology!
The Lyceum will be held over Zoom from July 21st - July 25th.
Applications to join this year's Iowa Lyceum are OPEN.
Form: 2025 Application
Notice of acceptance will be sent!
More information coming soon. Stay tuned!
2025 Lyceum Schedule*
(all times in Central Daylight Time, GMT-5)
Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
10:00am | Introductions | TBA | Human-AI relations (Dr. Ali Hasan) | Do we, and should we, empathize with robots? (Dr. Katarina Perovic) | Student Presentations |
10:15am | |||||
10:30am | The Experience Machine (Dr. Richard Fumerton) | ||||
10:45am | |||||
11:00am | |||||
11:15am | Break | Break | Break | ||
11:30am | Friendship in the Digital Age (Colin Troesken) | TBA (Delia Camarena) | TBA (Casey Scott) | ||
11:45am | Lunch Break | ||||
12:00pm | |||||
12:15pm | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | |
12:30pm | Introduction to Philosophy (Chaeyeon Lee) | Student Presentations | |||
12:45pm | |||||
1:00pm | AI is not Artificial Intelligence; Its Anon Intelligence (Dr. Gregory Landini) | TBA | Daily Reflections | ||
1:15pm | Break | ||||
1:30pm | Introduction to Logic (Chaeyeon Lee) | Break | |||
1:45pm | Student Presentation Preparation | ||||
2:00pm | |||||
2:15pm | Break | Break | Break | ||
2:30pm | Daily Reflections | Daily Reflections | Daily Reflections | ||
2:45pm |
*Subject to revision