Past Events

Abstract: In the final (1790) edition of his Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith adds a striking reading recommendation to his discussion of how we learn the hard lessons of morality, claiming that literary authors—he mentions Racine and Voltaire...

Céline Leboeuf (A.B. '07, Ph.D. '16) is an associate professor of philosophy and affiliate faculty in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Florida International University. Her current research discusses the ways in which social identities such as...

We’re sorry to announce that this Friday’s History of Philosophy Workshop with Sean Greenberg has been canceled. We’ll share information about any future date when available.

Abstract: Assuming that the gender pay gap is unjust, what are the corresponding responsibilities of firms, in particular, to eliminate their own gender pay gap? In this presentation, I challenge the extremely popular, and seemingly modest, claim that...

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”

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...

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...

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...