Past Events

(UPDATED SCHEDULE) Action, Reflection, and Response: Themes from the Philosophy of Richard Moran

Sep. 5 - Sep 7, 2024

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12:00AM - 12:00AM EDT

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Thompson Room 110, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge MA

In Person

Open to the public. Schedule PDF (Updated 9/5).

Information Session and Q&A for Freshmen

August 19, 2024

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2:00PM - 4:00PM EDT

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Virtual (Zoom)

Virtual

Philosophy Q&A - Harvard College Calendar The Philosophy Department will host an Information Session and Q&A for Freshmen interested in, or curious about Philosophy. Hosted by Ned Hall (Director of Undergraduate Studies) and other members of the...

[UPDATED LOCATION] Whitehead Lectures: Miranda Fricker (New York University), "Bernard Williams’ Historical Self-Consciousness"

Apr. 25 - Apr 26, 2024

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3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT

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Sackler Lecture Room 004 (Sackler Building, 485 Broadway)

In Person

Lecture I: A Project of ‘Impure’ Enquiry—Descartes and Wittgenstein Lecture II: ‘Philosophical Anthropology’—Hume and Nietzsche Abstract: One of the dominant themes in Bernard Williams’ philosophy, especially his ethical philosophy, is the importance of...

Harvard-Columbia Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

April 13, 2024

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9:00AM - 6:45PM EDT

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Robbins Library, Emerson Hall 211

In Person

Breakfast and/or lunch are provided for those who sign up here before March 31st.

Skepticism and Daoism Workshop

April 12, 2024

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9:00AM - 5:30PM EDT

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Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge MA

In Person

CANCELED Colloquium Lecture: C. Thi Nguyen (University of Utah) "A Social Theory of Aesthetic Value"

April 5, 2024

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3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT

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Emerson Hall 210

In Person

Abstract: There are two observed features of aesthetic judgment which seem distinctive from other kinds of judgment, especially scientific judgment. First, we often do not base our aesthetic judgments on expert testimony; we do not defer. Second, we often...

History of Philosophy Workshop: Micha Gläser (University of Zurich), "Prudence and politics in the Kantian enterprise"

April 2, 2024

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3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT

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Robbins Library, Emerson 211

In Person

Abstract and more workshop information available here.

Harvard Review of Philosophy Lecture: Babette Babich (Fordham University), "Günther Anders’ 'Promethean Shame': Technological Ressentiment and Surveillance"

March 22, 2024

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3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT

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Emerson Hall 210

In Person

Abstract: Gunther Anders’ philosophy of technology, particularly his complex notion of ‘Promethean Shame,’ or technological ressentiment, may be brought to bear on surveillance and questions of AI ethics. A hermeneutic phenomenologist in the lineage of...

Lunch in the Library

March 20, 2024

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11:30AM - 1:30PM EDT

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Robbins Library, Emerson Hall 211

In Person

History of Philosophy Workshop: Mariana Beatriz Noé (Harvard University), "Plato's Non-ideal Theory"

March 7, 2024

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3:00PM - 5:00PM EST

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Robbins Library, Emerson Hall 211

In Person

Please click here for the abstract.

Colloquium Lecture: Katherine Brading (Duke University), "How physics flew the philosophers’ nest"

March 1, 2024

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3:00PM - 5:00PM EST

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Emerson 210

In Person

Abstract: Here is a familiar story. Up until the early 17 th century, physics was a part of philosophy. Then the Scientific Revolution happened – including Newton’s Principia of 1687 -- and after this physics was a separate discipline. This story has been...

History of Philosophy Workshop: Katherine Brading (Duke University) and Jeff McDonough (Harvard University), “Emilie Du Châtelet: Time and Time Again”

February 29, 2024

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3:00PM - 5:00PM EST

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Robbins Library, Emerson Hall 211

In Person

Please click here for more information, including a suggested reading.