Event Category: 2016 - 2017
2016 - 2017
Parr Center Forum: The Ethics of Gun Control
Caldwell 105 ,In the United States, a right to bear arms is enshrined in the Bill of Rights, but there is disagreement about whether and how this right should apply in present social, political, and technological circumstances. This disagreement raises many ethical questions. For … Read more
Difficult Faculty Conversations: Gender Equity in Higher Education
Hyde Hall, University RoomAs college professors, how can we ethically and effectively resist sexism and cissexism on campus, in academia, and in society more generally? This question arises in all aspects of our work. For example, in our research we face questions about … Read more
Department Tea
Caldwell LibraryPlease join the Diversity Committee in the Caldwell Hall library, for tea time! All members of the Philosophy Department are invited. Coffee, tea and snacks will be served.
Speaker Series: Nina Emery (Brown University)
213 Caldwell HallThe inaugural 2017 Balter Distinguished Lecture will welcome Nina Emery to present a paper as part of our annual Speaker Series. Title: Laws and their instances Abstract: I present an argument for the view that laws ground their instances. I … Read more
National High School Ethics Bowl
The fifth annual National High School Ethics Bowl will be held at UNC from Friday, April 7 through Sunday, April 9, 2017. Teams from across the country will travel to Chapel Hill to participate in the National Competition. If you … Read more
E. Maynard Adams Symposium for the Humanities
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Speaker Series: Hartry Field (NYU)
213 Caldwell Hall“Epistemology from an Evaluativist Perspective” Abstract: I’ll articulate a kind of “evaluativist” (“non-descriptivist”?) view of epistemology, and contrast it with both normative realist views and reliabilist views. Much of the focus will be on how this metaphilosophical perspective can affect ground-level … Read more