Philosophy Department

Philosophy Department
Philosophy Department

Details

1 Person follow this group

Upcoming Events (2)

The Social Contract Tradition and the Ethics of Sovereign Debt

Tue, Oct 17, 2023 4pm to 5:30pm

Countries in the Global South face mounting debt burdens that limit their ability to provide education, healthcare, and security. Drawing on contractualist moral theory, this talk considers the...

Lawrence Hall, The Robert Ho Lecture Room, 105

Monique Deveaux: "What Philosophers Can Learn From Poor-Led Social Movements"

Thu, Nov 30, 2023 4:15pm to 5:30pm

PCON invites you to the lecture, "What Philosophers Can Learn From Poor-led Social Movements" by Dr. Monique Deveaux, Professor of Philosophy and Canada Research Chair in Ethics & Global Social...

Lawrence Hall, 105

View full calendar

Recent Events

Rescuing Ourselves from the Pond Analogy

Wed, Apr 19, 2023 4:15pm to 6pm

Join us for a lecture with Sergio Tenenbaum, professor of philosophy from the University of Toronto, on: Rescuing Ourselves from the Pond Analogy (with Julia Nefsky) Peter Singer famously argues...

Lawrence Hall, The Robert Ho Lecture Room, Lawrence 105

Semantic Self-Determination

Thu, Mar 2, 2023 4:15pm to 6pm

The principles of democratic inclusion say: people should have a say in the rules and norms that govern them. We argue that the demand of democratic inclusion also apply to our language,...

Lawrence Hall, The Robert Ho Lecture Room, Lawrence 105

Agency and Intelligence, Artificial and Biological

Tue, Feb 28, 2023 4:15pm to 6pm

AHUM & MBBI (MIND, BRAIN, BEHAVIOR INITIATIVE): Agency and Intelligence, Artificial and Biological with Carlos Montemayor, philosophy professor at San Francisco State University Distinguishing...

Lawrence Hall, The Robert Ho Lecture Room, 105

Who Put the Will in Control? A Brief History of the Idea of a Free Will

Mon, Feb 13, 2023 4:15pm

The problem of freewill, as we now think of it, is far from being a timeless concern of philosophy. It rests on a contingent conception of human nature that arises in the later Middle Ages, based...

Lawrence Hall, The Robert Ho Lecture Room, Lawrence 105

Why Me? Personal Identity and the Problem of Evil

Wed, Nov 30, 2022 4:15pm to 6pm

Join us for a presentation - Why Me? Personal Identity and the Problem of Evil- by Vince Vitale, a philosophy professor at Oxford University. When we wish for a world with far less suffering, do...

Lawrence Hall, 105 Lawrence

Philosophy Colloquium: Buridan on Happiness and the Good Life

Wed, Oct 26, 2022 4:15pm to 6pm

John Buridan, who spent his career at the University of Paris, is an extremely important and influential philosopher from the first half of the fourteenth century. His account of happiness and the...

Lawrence Hall, 105 Lawrence

Recent Activity

No recent activity

Colgate Calendar Powered by the Localist Community Event Platform © All rights reserved