Professor Susan Wolf, whose Meaning in Life and Why It Matters was selected by Princeton University as the pre-read book for all incoming students, is the Edna Koury Professor of Philosophy and a past President of the American Philosophical Association. … Read more
"What Teachers Owe Students" David Schmidtz, Kendrick Professor at the University of Arizona, works in political philosophy and teaches in Philosophy and in Economics. He will be the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar at UNC February 18-19. Pizza will … Read more
Ethics Around the Table: David Schmidtz, “The Pretense of Consent”What terms of engagement are appropriate for people who don’t even agree on what terms of engagement are appropriate? The question is not cute. It’s a real question at heart of … Read more
Amy Perko has served as executive director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics since 2005. Having served in various leadership positions in sports for 25 years, Perko is a recognized leader on college sports issues. In 2012, Perko received … Read more
** This event will be rescheduled. Please stay tuned for the new event date! ** "Sweatshops, Choice and Exploitation" Matt Zwolinski is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego. He is also a co-director of USD’s … Read more
Join us for a discussion and screening of Gavin Hood's film Ender's Game, led by graduate student Jennifer Kling. This event is free and open to all students! Food and drink will be provided.
** Tonight's PPRG meeting has been cancelled due to a winter weather advisory. ** The presentation by Elizabeth (Lizzie) Schecter (Washington University in St. Louis) “On the Possibility of Pluralindividualism” will be postponed. Dr. Schecter will present her paper to … Read more
Kurt Gray's research suggests these are the same question: minds are perceived along two dimensions—agency (the ability to act and plan) and experience (the capacity to feel things like pain and pleasure)—and these two dimensions form the core of moral … Read more
Sarah Moss will give a presentation as part of our annual Speaker Series. Sarah's work is focused on questions connecting language and epistemology: what semantic theories accommodate intuitive norms governing credences in counterfactuals, how updating de se credences resembles communicating … Read more
Matt Kotzen will give a talk to the department titled, "Conditional Oughts".
