Search Results for: Philosophy colloquium
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Philosophy colloquium, Fatema Amijee
“Explaining Contingent Facts” By Fatema Amijee (SFU, Philosophy) Date: Friday, 15th February, 2019 Time: 1100-1230 Place: H-232 Abstract: I argue against a widely accepted principle taken to govern metaphysical explanation. This is […]
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Philosophy colloquium, Poppy Mankowitz
“Verbal Disputes and Variance” By Poppy Mankowitz (St Andrews, Philosophy) Date: Friday, 1st March, 2019 Time: 1100-1230 Place: H-232 Abstract: There has been much recent interest in the idea that, when philosophers disagree […]
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Philosophy colloquium, Alexander Skiles
“Essence, Modality, and Identity” By Alexander Skiles (MIT, Linguistics and Philosophy/ University of Gothenburg, Philosophy) Date: Friday, 22nd February, 2019 Time: 1100-1230 Place: H-232 Abstract: In this talk, I defend an essentialist account of […]
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Philosophy colloquium, Daniel Wolt
“Two conceptions of voluntary action in the Nicomachean Ethics” By Daniel Wolt (University of Colorado at Boulder, Philosophy) Date: Tuesday, 19th February, 2019 Time: 1640-1800 Place: H-232 Abstract: It is nearly universally agreed […]
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Philosophy colloquium, Daniel Hoek
“Questions in Action” By Daniel Hoek (NYU, Philosophy) Date: Tuesday, 12 February, 2019 Time: 1640-1800 Place: H-232 Abstract: Choices confront agents with questions. Lost in a dark forest and coming […]
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Philosophy colloquium, Katalin Balog
“Either/or: subjectivity, objectivity, and value” By Katalin Balog (Rutgers, Philosophy) Date: Wednesday, 15 May, 2019 Time: 1640-1800 Place: H-232 Abstract: I propose a novel framework in philosophical psychology – one […]
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Philosophy colloquium, Cem Erkli
“A Complementary Scientific Approach to Eratosthenes’ Calculation of the Earth’s Circumference” By Cem Erkli (Simon Fraser University, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, 20 December, 2018 Time: 1640-1800 Place: H-232 Abstract: Eratosthenes (276 […]
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Philosophy colloquium, Ertürk Demirel
“Acknowledgment, not Recognition: A Wish-to-say.” By Ertürk Demirel (Boğaziçi, Philosophy) Date: Friday 30 November, 2018 Time: 1100-1230 Place: H-232 Abstract: I examine acknowledgment in Rancière’s philosophy, drawing on his notion of disagreement. I reflect […]
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Philosophy colloquium, Shmulik Nili
“Unconditional Commitments, Integrity, and the Polity ” By Shmulik Nili (Northwestern/ANU) Date: Friday 14 December, 2018 Time: 1100-1230 Place: H-232 Poster: click here. Abstract: An important philosophical position holds that an agent’s […]
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Philosophy colloquium, Kamuran Osmanoğlu
“Against Phylogenetic Conceptions of Race” By Kamuran Osmanoglu (Kansas, Philosophy) Date: Tuesday May 22, 2018 Time: 1540-1700 Place: H-232 Abstract: Biological racial realism (BRR) continues to be a much-discussed topic, […]
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