Department Events
Upcoming Events
History of Philosophy Workshop: Patrick Connolly (Johns Hopkins)
Colloquium Lecture: Tom Parr (University of Warwick)
Colloquium Lecture: Kathleen Creel (Northeastern University)
Colloquium Lecture: Alex Worsnip (University of North Carolina)
Past Events
[UPDATED TIME] Whitehead Lectures: Michele Moody-Adams (Columbia University), "Political Philosophy and the ‘Empire of Affect’"
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"
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?"
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
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"
Colloquium Lecture: Gillian Russell (Australian National University), "Logic for Virtual Worlds"
Metaphysics and Theology Workshop
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"
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”
Colloquium Lecture: Quill Kukla (Georgetown University), "Centering Gender Euphoria"
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
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"
Colloquium Lecture: Colin Chamberlain (University College London), "A Different Shade of Realism: Margaret Cavendish’s Materialism about Colour"
Colloquium Lecture: Bart Streumer (University of Groningen), "How Berkeley Can Go Quasi and Lose His Mind-Dependence"
Harvard Review of Philosophy Colloquium Lecture: José Medina (Northwestern University), "Resisting Under Conditions of Oppression: Silencing, Protest, and Epistemic Activism"
Abstract: In this talk I will discuss some of the communicative and epistemic challenges that oppressed groups face when they try to resist their oppression. I will focus on stigmatized social groups, such as queer communities, which are subject to...