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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Michael Sandel: "Markets, Morals, and Civic Life"

Who: Michael Sandel (homepage)
Whence: Harvard University

What: "Markets, Morals, and Civic Life"

When: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Where: Maxwell Auditorium

Why: Tanner Lecture

Ken Taylor: "The Things We Do With Empty Names"

Who: Ken Taylor (homepage)
Whence: Stanford University

What: "The Things We Do With Empty Names"

When: Friday, October 12, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Why: Colloquium Series

Monday, September 10, 2012

Janice Dowell: "Flexible Contextualism about Deontic Modals"

Who: Janice Dowell
Whence: University of Nebraska—Lincoln

What: "Flexible Contextualism about Deontic Modals"

When: Friday, September 14, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Peter van Inwagen: "Russell's China Teapot"

Who: Peter van Inwagen
Whence: Notre Dame University

What: "Russell's China Teapot"

When: Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Why: The First Annual William P. Alston Lecture

Dan Howard-Snyder: "Propositional Faith"

Who: Dan Howard-Snyder
Whence: Western Washington University

What: "Propositional Faith"
Comments: Mark Webb (Texas Technical University)

When: Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

G. Hartz & P. Lewtas: "Three New Cartesian Circles"

Authors: Glenn Hartz (Ohio State University—Columbus) & Patrick Lewtas (American University in Beirut)
Presenter: Glenn Hartz

What: "Three New Cartesian Circles"
Comments: Andrew Cortens (Boise State University)

When: Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 10:30 am
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Jill North: "The Structure of a Quantum World"

Who: Jill North
Whence: Cornell University

What: "The Structure of a Quantum World"

When: Friday, September 7, 2012 at 4:00pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Why: Colloquium Series

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Ned Markosian: "A New Answer to the Special Composition Question"

Who: Ned Markosian
Whence: Western Washington University

What: "A New Answer to the Special Composition Question"

When: Friday, April 27, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Matthew Boyle: "Transparency and Reflection"

Who: Matthew Boyle
Whence: Harvard University

What: "Transparency and Reflection"

When: Friday, April 6, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Why: Colloquium Series

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Melissa Frankel: "Berkeley on Divine Archetypes"

Who: Melissa Frankel
Whence: Carleton University

What: "Berkeley on Divine Archetypes"
Comments: Yishai Cohen (Syracuse University)

When: Sunday April 1, 2012 at 3:00pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Dietl Room

Why: Upstate New York Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Victor Tadros: "Permissibility, Practical Reason and Pre-emptive Harm"

Who: Victor Tadros
Whence: University of Warwick

What: "Permissibility, Practical Reason and Pre-emptive Harm"

When: Tuesday March 27, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Where: Hinds, Room 347 (Katzer Laboratory)

Why: Colloquium Series

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Elizabeth Harman: "Understanding Some Cases of Altruism as Permissible Moral Mistakes"

Who: Elizabeth Harman
Whence: Princeton University

What: "Understanding Some Cases of Altruism as Permissible Moral Mistakes"

When: Thursday March 22, 2012 at 2:00pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Why: Colloquium Series

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Richard Brook: "Berkeley, Perceptual Relativity, and the Primary/Secondary Quality Contrast—Hylas Redux"

Who: Richard Brook
Whence: Bloomsburg University

What: "Berkeley, Perceptual Relativity, and the Primary/Secondary Quality Contrast—Hylas Redux"
Comments: Francesca Bruno (Cornell University)

When: Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 538

Why: Upstate New York Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy

David Sobel: "Backing Away from Self-Ownership"

Who: David Sobel
Whence: University of Nebraska

What: "Backing Away from Self-Ownership"

When: Friday, March 2, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 107

Why: Colloquium Series

Monday, February 20, 2012

Mark Van Roojen: "Scanlon's Promising Proposal & the Wrong Kinds of Reason to Believe"

Who: Mark Van Roojen
Whence: University of Nebraska, Lincoln

What: "Scanlon's Promising Proposal & the Wrong Kinds of Reason to Believe"

When: Friday, February 24, 2012 at 4:00pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 107

Friday, January 27, 2012

Georges Dicker: "The Coherence of Cartesian Freedom"

Who: Georges Dicker
Whence: SUNY-Brockport

What: "The Coherence of Cartesian Freedom"
Commentator: Marie Jayasekera (Colgate University)

When: Sunday January 29, 2012 at 3:00pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Dietl Room

Why: Upstate New York Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy

Saturday, December 3, 2011

John Hawthorne: "Semantic Plasticity"

Who: John Hawthorne
Whence: Oxford University 

What: "Semantic Plasticity"

When: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Why: José Benardete Retirement Symposium

Eric Schliesser: "Megalomania, Philosophic Prophecy, and Magnanimity: José A Benardete and the Absolute"

Who: Eric Schliesser
Whence: University of Ghent

What: "Megalomania, Philosophic Prophecy, and Magnanimity: José A Benardete and the Absolute"

When: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Why: José Benardete Retirement Symposium

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Kate Manne: "On Being Social in Metaethics"

Who: Kate Manne
Whence: Harvard University

What: "On Being Social in Metaethics (or Playing Well with Others)"

When: Tuesday December 6, 2011 at 3:30pm
Where: Crouse Hinds, Room 010

Why: Colloquium Series

Michelle Kosch: "Independence and Agency in Fichte's Ethics"

Who: Michelle Kosch
Whence: Cornell University

What: "Independence and Agency in Fichte's Ethics"

When: Friday, December 2, 2011 at 4:00pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Why: Colloquium Series

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Mark Brown: "Looking Around for Logical Space"

Who: Mark Brown
Whence: Syracuse University

What: "Looking Around for Logical Space"

When: Friday, November 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Why: 2011 Internal Speaker

Friday, October 21, 2011

Sarah Moss: "Epistemology Formalized"

Who: Sarah Moss
Whence: University of Michigan

What: "Epistemology Formalized"

When: Friday, October 21, 2011 at 4:00pm
Where: Eggers Hall, Room 010

Why: Colloquium Series

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Carrie Jenkins: "What Quasi-Realists Can Say about Knowledge"

Who: Carrie Jenkins (homepage)
Whence: University of British Columbia

What: "What Quasi-Realists Can Say about Knowledge"

When: Wednesday October 12, 2011 at 5:00pm
Where: Goldstein Alumni & Faculty Center, second floor

Why: Colloquium Series

Neiladri Sinhababu: "Fine-Tuning and Psychophysical Laws"

Who: Neiladri Sinhababu (homepage)
Whence: National University of Singapore

What: "Fine-Tuning and Psychophysical Laws"

When: Friday October 7, 2011 at 4:00pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Why: Colloquium Series

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Samuel Gorovitz: "Thinking about Thomas"

Who: Samuel Gorovitz
Whence: Syracuse University

What: "Thinking about Thomas"

When: Wednesday September 21, 2011 at 12:15pm
Where: Hall of Languages, Room 500

Why: Laurence Thomas Symposium