Dominion: What, if anything, do humans owe to other animals? A common and often unquestioned belief in our society is that humans have dominion over other animals. This belief is not unproblematic, as it arguably underlies the widespread mistreatment and … Read more
Do you like thinking about Big Ideas (about justice, fate, God, knowledge, morality, mind, causation, space and time)? Come for the food… stay for the Philosophy! With presentations by: Mariska Leunissen Chris Blake-Turner Sarah Stroud Elizabeth Beckman: Lesher Fund Nathaniel … Read more
PHI SIGMA TAU INTEREST MEETING FOR ALL PHIL UNDERGRADS - APPLYING TO GRADUATE SCHOOL Thinking about going to graduate school in philosophy? Join our lunch meeting in Caldwell 105 on Friday October 12, 1:00 –2:00 pm, to talk about what … Read more
WOMEN'S ONLY DIVERSITY HIGH TEA - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT This Diversity High Tea meeting is open to all women graduate students and faculty in the philosophy department. We will talk about professional development and all kinds of issues that come up … Read more
The Ethics of Autonomous Vehicles Justin Erlich discusses ways to meet some of the ethical and legal challenges presented by the emergence of various sorts of autonomous vehicles in urban life. Erlich is Vice President of Strategy (Policy, Legal, Communications) … Read more
The 52nd annual Chapel Hill Colloquium in Philosophy will be held October 26-28, 2018. Registration: General registration is $150, including meals (with the option to add a reception/dinner guest for $15 additional). GENERAL REGISTRATION: click here to register. If you are … Read more
Market economies have made us rich, but have they done so at the cost of our souls? Office Space offers a comedic glimpse into the lives of corporate employees who hate their jobs and finally decide to do something about it. Starring … Read more
According to tradition, the members of the Florentine Platonic Academy used to get together every November 7th to celebrate Plato’s birthday. This year some modern Platonists (aka the students enrolled in PHIL 60) will be gathering on November 7th to … Read more
Robin Celikates, Can Digital Disobedience Be Civil? In recent years the Internet has not only expanded the repertoire of contestation by providing new tools for political protest, it has also emerged as an object and arena of contestation in its … Read more
