This is a collaborative workshop planned in cooperation with Hebrew University. The sessions will focus on four papers distributed in advance by Daniel Attas, David Heyd, Gerald Postema, and Ryan Preston-Roedder. The papers we will be discussing are: Daniel Attas' … Read more
"The Epistemology of Essence" Our epistemic access to essence is a topic which has received very little attention. This is partly due to confusion surrounding the notion of essence itself, and partly due to the sheer difficulty of coming up … Read more
"Cartesian Consciousness Reconsidered" Chapel Hill Philosophy Speaker Series Talk by Alison Simmons(Harvard). Descartes (in)famously revolutionized our conception of the mind by identifying consciousness as the mark of the mental: all and only thoughts are conscious. Today the idea that all thoughts … Read more
Prof. Marilyn McCord-Adams will be the keynote speaker, and there will be four papers from undergraduates at other universities and time for discussion. Thomas Hill (for the undergraduate organizers) Director of Undergraduate Studies (Spring semester 2012)
The North Carolina Philosophical Society announces its Biennial Joint Meeting with the South Carolina Society for Philosophy on February 24 & 25, 2012 at Elon University. Details including submission instructions can be found at the NCPS website: http://www.northcarolinaphilosophicalsociety.org/
Polanyi Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Natural Science For more on Phlip Kitcher click here.
ABSTRACT I argue that incomparability could be vagueness. Compare Mozart and Michaelangelo. Who is better artistically? We might say that Mozart is better, or that Michaelangelo is better, or that they are exactly equally good. But all three of these … Read more
Our third annual PPE Colloquium for undergraduates from around the country. Each Spring we invite PPE Programs from around the country to nominate a few of their best students to participate in an intensive two day colloquium. Readings are distributed … Read more
