{"id":1408,"date":"2026-01-06T11:16:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/?page_id=1408"},"modified":"2026-01-06T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:18:21","slug":"alumni-2007-08","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/alumni-2007-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni-2007-08"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Fall 2007 - on Sabbatical in Estonia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Hight was fortunate enough to secure a Fulbright Fellowship for the academic year 2007-2008 corresponding with his sabbatical. He taught courses at Tartu Ulikool (University) in Tartu, Estonia, did research on early modern philosophy, and published his first book, Idea and Ontology,<\/em> that appeared in 2008.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sci-Phi – Philosophy Through Science-Fiction: (List of students who completed the course only, not all are\u00a0pictured): Kerli Kurikka, Teet Kuutma, Eve Kitsik, Rainer Villido,\u00a0Merilin Paart, Mariliis Lehtveer, Jaan Elken, Erik Seim, Heiko Leesment,\u00a0Madis Kats, Kalle Nurk, Pille Peri, Siim Silamaa, Mihkel Laar, Peeter-Marko\u00a0Mikk, Rita Marchetti, Maila Virk, Rait Tuulas, Sander Sirel, Kristi L\u00f5hmus,\u00a0Jakob Kangur, Jekaterina Denissova, Hanna-Liisa Ennet, Mats Volberg,\u00a0Reimo Rebane, Monika Lust, Merle Lust, Taavi Pauskar, Jurgen Janes, Olev\u00a0Luik, Lauri Veski, Marianne Medar, Indrek Sammal, Anni Jatsa, Kaarel\u00a0Koosapoeg, Elias Stewart, Karl-Robert Pajos, Mihkel Lees, Erko Schvarts, and\u00a0Michael Harding.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Graduate Seminar on Leibniz: (Standing, back row, left to right<\/em>):\u00a0<\/div>
Henrik Sova, Paulius Jevsejevas, Kaia Ansip, Juhann Hellerma, Taavi\u00a0<\/div>
Laanpere, Heiko Leesment. (Standing, middle row, left to right<\/em>): Katrin Parbus,\u00a0<\/div>
Kristel Toom, Triin Raadik, Piret Samuel, Marika Proover, Liis Raamat.\u00a0<\/div>
(Seated, left to right<\/em>): Eik Tammemae, Hight. Not pictured: Kaur Garsnek.\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Spring 2008 - Sabbatical in Estonia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Continuing on my Fulbright in Estonia, I taught two courses in the spring, a graduate seminar on Descartes, Spinoze, and Malebranche, and a graduate course on the philosophy of social science.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Philosophy\u00a0of Social Science. (Back row, left to right<\/em>): Isabel Diaz Forero, Mats Volberg, Jaana Eigi, Eve Kitsik, Martyna Dominiak, Anna Kvintradze, Priit P\u00f5hjala,\u00a0Kristel Toom, Jelena Issajeva. (Seated, left to right<\/em>): Jaan Elken, Karin Miido,\u00a0Ester Oras, Kristina Tiideberg, Kerttu Palgin\u00f5mm, Mario Alberto L. del\u00a0<\/div>
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Meanwhile, back in the States, the HSC Ethics Bowl team competed under the direction of Prof. Janowski. Here they are during a round in the competition. (Left to right<\/em>): Kyle Martin, Spencer Mobley, Brennan Breeland, and J.B. ‘Two Shacks’ Potter.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Seminar on Descartes, Spinoza, and Malebranche. (Left to right<\/em>) Janar Mehkelsaar, Kaia Ansip, Hight, Kristi L\u00f5hmus,\u00a0Juhann Hellerma. Not pictured: Heiko Leesment.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The 2008 Senior Dinner. (Left to right<\/em>): Prof. Wilson, Prof. Janowski, Kyle Spencer, Connellee Armentrout, Eric Lewis, David Harp, Price Gutshall, and J.C. Miller.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fall 2007 – on Sabbatical in Estonia Hight was fortunate enough to secure a Fulbright Fellowship for the academic year 2007-2008 corresponding with his sabbatical. He taught courses at Tartu Ulikool (University) in Tartu, Estonia, did research on early modern philosophy, and published his first book, Idea and Ontology, that appeared in 2008.\u00a0 Sci-Phi – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1408","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1693,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1408\/revisions\/1693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}