Philosophy Events
Two sorts of events are listed here. Colloquia are talks given by invited speakers or by members of the department. Each talk is followed by a discussion period and usually by a reception in the Linguistics and Philosophy Lounge, Lattimore 501. All Colloquia are open to the public.
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The Philosophy Council is the Philosophy Department's undergraduate organization. The council meetings are open to all undergraduates interested in philosophy. Majors and minors are especially encouraged to participate, but other undergraduate and graduate students and faculty are welcome to attend as well. The council meets almost every week during the term on Friday afternoon, from 2:00 until 3:30 or whenever people tire of meeting. Most meetings are in the Philosophy/Linguistics lounge, 501 Lattimore (any exceptions are noted below). Refreshments are served at all meetings.(Note: Only the next upcoming Council meeting is listed here.)
Upcoming Events, 2007-2008:
- Philosophy Council: This Friday, 2:00 PM, Lattimore 501
Refreshments and conversation
- Colloquium: Friday, September 14, 2007, 3:30 PM, Lattimore 201
David Albert (Columbia)
in the History and Philosophy of Physics Lecture Series
“Physics and Chance”
Reception to follow in Lattimore 501
- Colloquium: Friday, September 28, 2007, 3:30 PM, Dewey 2-110-D
Kris McDaniel (Syracuse)
“Ways of Being”
Reception to follow in Lattimore 501
- Colloquium: Friday, October 12, 2007, 3:30 PM, Dewey 2-110-D
Sigrun Svavarsdottir (Ohio State)
“The Concept of Value”
Reception to follow in Lattimore 501
- Public Lecture: Friday, October 19, 2007, 2:30 PM
Amartya Sen (Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University)
“Happiness versus Freedom?”
Part of the Nature and Pursuit of Happiness Lecture Series
- Colloquium: Wednesday, November 7, 2007, 4:00 PM, Gowen Room, Wilson Commons
Jaegwon Kim (Brown)
“Why There Are No Laws in the Special Sciences: Three Arguments”
Reception to follow in Lattimore 501
- Colloquium: Thursday, November 15, 2007, 3:30 PM, Lattimore 201
Michael Gill (Arizona)
“Defense of Moral Pluralism”
Reception to follow in Lattimore 501
- Colloquium: Friday, January 25, 2008, 4:00 PM, Dewey 2110-E
Jeff Glick (Rochester)
“Obligatory Ignorance”
Reception to follow in Lattimore 501
- Colloquium: Friday, March 7, 2008, 4:00 PM, Dewey 2110-E
Mary Louise Gill (Brown)
“Unity of Definition in Metaphysics H.6 and Z.12”
Reception to follow in Lattimore 501
- Colloquium: Friday, March 28, 2008, 4:00 PM, Dewey 2110-E
Peter van Inwagen (Notre Dame)
“Impotence and Collateral Damage: One Charge in van Fraassen's Indictment of Analytical Metaphysics”
Reception to follow in Lattimore 501
- Colloquium: Friday, April 4, 2008, 3:30 PM, Lattimore 201
Ned Hall (Harvard)
in the History and Philosophy of Physics Lecture Series
“How Not to Solve the Measurement Problem”
Reception to follow in Lattimore 501
- Colloquium: Friday, April 25, 2008, 4:00 PM, Dewey 2110-E
Nathan Salmon (UC Santa Barbara)
“Theoretical Ontological Commitment”
Reception to follow in Lattimore 501
Speakers During 2006-2007
- James Pryor, New York University
- Elisabeth Camp, University of Pennsylvania
- Jeff McMahan, Rutgers University
- Tim Maudlin, Rutgers University
- Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- David Cole, Georgetown University
- Richard Staley, History, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Richard Kraut, Northwestern University
- Joan Bromberg, John Hopkins University
- Joel J. Kupperman, University of Connecticut
- Rebecca Kukla, Carleton University
- Tim Kasser, Knox College
- Jill North, Yale University
Speakers During 2005-2006
- Gareth Matthews, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Allan Gibbard, University of Michigan
- Ned Markosian, Western Washington University
- Jessica Wilson, University of Toronto
- Ben Bradley, Syracuse University
- Matti Eklund, Cornell University
- Tom Kelly, Princeton University
Speakers during 2004-2005
- Timothy Williamson, Oxford University
- Isaac Levi, Columbia University;
- Teddy Seidenfeld, Carnegie Mellon University;
- Mariam Thalos, University of Utah;
- Ron Loui, Washington University at St Louis
- Richard Sorabji, Oxford University
- John Martin Fischer, University of California at Riverside
- Ryan Wasserman, Rutgers
- Brad Skow, New York University
- David Sanson, The University of California, Los Angeles
- Alyssa Ney, Brown
- Louis deRosset, The University of California, Los Angeles
- Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Louise Antony, The Ohio State University
Speakers during 2003-2004
- Stephen Darwall, The University of Michigan
- Clark Glymour, Carnegie Mellon University
- Michael Fara, Cornell University
- Katherine Hawley, University of Saint Andrews
- Paul Boghossian, New York University
- Keith Lehrer, University of Arizona
- Ishani Maitra, Syracuse University
- Adam Elga, Princeton University
- Robert Howell and Bradley Armour-Garb, State University of New York at Albany
- Andre Gallois, Syracuse University
Speakers During 2002-2003
- Daniel Nolan, Syracuse University
- Phillip Mitsis, New York University
- Richard Fumerton, University of Iowa
- Delia Graff, Cornell University
- Richard Werner, Hamilton College
- Josh Parsons, University of St Andrews
- Henry Kyburg, University of Rochester
- Harvey Siegel, University of Miami
- Stewart Cohen, Arizona State University