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Selim Berker publishes "The Deontic, the Evaluative, and the Fitting"

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Selim Berker, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, published his paper "The Deontic, the Evaluative, and the Fitting" in Fittingness: Essays in the Philosophy of Normativity edited by Christopher Howard and R. A...

Propositional Attitudes : An Essay on Thoughts and How We Ascribe Them

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Clara Carus and Jeffrey McDonough publish "Émilie Du Châtelet in Relation to Leibniz and Wolff: Similarities and Differences"

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Clara Carus, a visiting scholar in philosophy, and Jeffrey McDonough, professor of philosophy and director of the Harvard History of Philosophy Workshop, have published Émilie Du Châtelet in Relation to Leibniz and Wolff: Similarities and Differences...

Chinese Philosophy Series: Bryan Van Norden (Vassar College)

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Professor Bryan Van Norden Learning from Chinese Philosophy Friday, October 14th 2:00-4:00pm Emerson Hall, Room 305 Abstract When Europeans first encountered Chinese Confucians, Daoists, and Buddhists, they immediately recognized them as serious...

New Acquistions at Robbins Library

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The following titles were recently added to the Robbins Library collection: Author/Editor Title Year of Publication STROUD, BARRY SEEING, KNOWING, UNDERSTANDING: PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS 2018 MCPHERSON, TRISTRAM (ed.) ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF METAETHICS 2018...

History of Philosophy Workshop: Fouad Ben Ahmed (Harvard University, Cambridge/Qarawiyyin University, Rabat) and Robert Pasnau (University of Colorado, Boulder)

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Ibn Rushd on Philosophical Dialectic: The Scientific-Humanistic Ethos and Its Political Limits Fouad Ben Ahmed Harvard University, Cambridge/Qarawiyyin University, Rabat Abstract: This paper examines Ibn Rushd’s (Averroes, d. 1198) nuanced treatment of...

Danielle Allen

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Danielle Allen is James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics. She is a professor of political philosophy, ethics, and public policy. She is also a seasoned nonprofit leader, democracy advocate...

NEW DATE: Chinese Philosophy Series: Bryan Van Norden (Vassar College)

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Professor Bryan Van Norden Learning from Chinese Philosophy Friday, September 30th Friday, October 14th 2:00-4:00pm Emerson Hall, Room 305 Please note: This talk was originally scheduled for September 30th, but will now be held on October 14th. Abstract...

Susanna Siegel featured in Harvard Gazette article

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Susanna Siegel, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy, was featured in the Harvard Gazette article “Maybe This Book Will Change Your Life", where she discusses what could make a book life-changing. To find out which books may change your life, read the...

Chinese Philosophy Series: Bryan Van Norden (Vassar College)

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Professor Bryan Van Norden Confucian Virtue Ethics Friday, October 28th 2:00-4:00pm Emerson Hall, Room 305 Abstract Confucianism can be interpreted as a form of virtue ethics, offering systematic accounts of what it is to live well (human flourishing)...

Call for Abstracts: Ethics and Solar Geoengineering

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Submission deadline: November 11, 2022 Conference date(s): February 2, 2023 - February 3, 2023 Conference Venue: Harvard University Cambridge, United States Details: The Harvard University Center for the Environment and the Carr Center for Human Rights...

Call For Papers: Bad Romance: The Ethics of Love, Sex, and Desire

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Call For Papers: Bad Romance: The Ethics of Love, Sex, and Desire An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference at Harvard March 29-30 Featuring Keynote Speaker: Nancy Bauer (Tufts) Panel Respondents: Moira Weigel, Robert Reid-Pharr, and others (TBD)...