# Past Events Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 327 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by Alphabetical A-ZChronological sort list grid\_view ## 327 results [### \[UPDATED TIME\] Whitehead Lectures: Michele Moody-Adams (Columbia University), "Political Philosophy and the ‘Empire of Affect’" ](/event/updated-time-whitehead-lectures-michele-moody-adams-columbia-university-political-philosophy)Apr. 23 - Apr 24, 2026 | All day | Emerson Hall 210 In Person **Thursday, 4/23: 5pm - 7pm** Lecture I: “Wonder and Awe as Pillars of Political Life” **Friday, 4/24: 5pm - 7pm** Lecture II: “Poetry, Prophecy, and Political Philosophy” [### History of Philosophy Workshop: Victor Caston (University of Michigan), "Idealism and Greek Philosophy: Appearance and Reality in Aristotle & Alexander of Aphrodisias" ](/event/history-philosophy-workshop-victor-caston-university-michigan-idealism-and-greek-philosophy)April 17, 2026 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT | Emerson Hall 305 In Person *Abstract:* Myles Burnyeat famously claimed that idealism is “one of the very few major philosophical positions which did not receive its first formulation in antiquity” and so Bishop Berkeley was wrong to find his own views in Plato and Aristotle. But this... [### Colloquium Lecture: Katie Elliott (Brandeis University), "The Principal Principle: What is it? Who cares?" ](/event/colloquium-lecture-katie-elliott-brandeis-university-principal-principle-what-it-who-cares)March 27, 2026 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT | Emerson Hall 305 In Person *Abstract:* The “Principal Principle” is David Lewis’s attempt to characterize the epistemic role of objective chance. Despite being my very favorite topic in philosophy, the principle is no longer frequently discussed. One problem is that key terms in... [### Causation, Mind, Perception: Essays on Mary Shepherd - Edited Volume Workshop ](/maryshepherd)Mar. 5 - Mar 7, 2026 | All day | Robbins Library, Emerson 211 In Person Thursday, March 5: 10am - 4:30pm Friday, March 6 & Saturday, March 7: 9am - 4:45pm Speakers: Miren Boehm (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) Deborah Boyle (College of Charleston) Louise Daoust (Eckerd College) Claire Etchegaray (University Paris Nanterre) Manu... [### Colloquium Lecture: Cheshire Calhoun (Arizona State University), "Public Kindnesses and Valuing Persons as Persons" ](/event/colloquium-lecture-cheshire-calhoun-arizona-state-university-public-kindnesses-and-valuing)February 20, 2026 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM EST | Emerson Hall 305 In Person Abstract: There’s an upsurge in cultural attention to kindnesses to strangers and mere acquaintances. Are there reasons other than, or in addition to, the reasons favoring general beneficence and personal relationship kindnesses, that face-to-face... [### Colloquium Lecture: Gillian Russell (Australian National University), "Logic for Virtual Worlds" ](/event/colloquium-lecture-gillian-russell-australian-national-university-logic-virtual-worlds)January 30, 2026 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM EST | Emerson Hall 305 In Person Abstract: In the second half of "Two Dogmas", Quine argued that there could be empirical grounds to revise logic---at least in principle. Since then the most popular proposal for what those empirical grounds might be has involved quantum mechanics. Still... [### Metaphysics and Theology Workshop ](/event/metaphysics)Dec. 5 - Dec 6, 2025 | 8:30AM - 12:30PM EST | Robbins Library, Emerson 211 In Person Speakers: Julia Borcherding (Cambridge University), Therese Cory (University of Notre Dame), Sam Newlands (University of Notre Dame), Dominik Perler (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra (Oxford University), Stephan Schmid... [### Colloquium Lecture: Elizabeth Barnes (University of Virginia), "Moral-Epistemic Dilemmas: The Case of Gender in Medical Diagnosis" ](/event/colloquium-lecture-elizabeth-barnes-university-virginia-moral-epistemic-dilemmas-case-gender)November 21, 2025 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM EST | Emerson Hall 210 In Person Abstract: In this paper, I describe what I call ‘moral-epistemic dilemmas’. The central features of such cases are: (i) an agent is obligated to take a view (i.e. they cannot simply refrain from drawing a conclusion); (ii) the view the agent takes is... [### History of Philosophy Workshop: Anat Schechtman (University of Texas at Austin), “Leibniz (and Aquinas) on Qualitative Infinity” ](/event/history-philosophy-workshop-anat-schechtman-university-texas-austin-leibniz-and-aquinas)November 12, 2025 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM EST | Robbins Library, Emerson 211 In Person Abstract: Leibniz holds that God is the ens perfectissimum, an absolutely perfect being, who possesses all perfections to the highest degree. He also holds that perfections are simple, positive, maximal, and metaphysically prior to imperfections. It... [### Colloquium Lecture: Quill Kukla (Georgetown University), "Centering Gender Euphoria" ](/event/colloquium-lecture-quill-kukla-georgetown-university-centering-gender-euphoria)October 31, 2025 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM EDT | Emerson Hall 210 In Person Abstract: The concept of gender dysphoria, typically understood as an experienced mismatch between one’s ‘inner’ gender identity and one’s body, has been central to defining and ‘diagnosing’ transness. As a result, trans lives are understood as... [### Exploring The Moral Universe ](/moraluniverse)Oct. 24 - Oct 25, 2025 | 9:00AM - 6:15PM EDT | Thompson Room 110, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street In Person The purpose of this workshop is to provide a venue for discussion of and critical engagement with the ideas in John Bengson, Terence Cuneo, and Russ Shafer-Landau's recent agenda-setting book, *The Moral Universe*. [### History of Philosophy Workshop: Colin Chamberlain (University College London), "After the Fall: Malebranche on the Law of the Body" ](/event/history-philosophy-workshop-colin-chamberlain-university-college-london-after-fall)October 11, 2025 | 10:00AM - 12:00PM EDT | Robbins Library, Emerson 211 In Person Abstract: Malebranche claims that the Fall changes the mind’s relationship to the body from union to dependence . He often describes this change in normative terms: the Fall deprives the mind of its authority to rule the body and puts the body in charge... - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Last page 28 ](?page=27 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")