Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa (University of British Columbia) "Contextual Injustice" Abstract: Contextualist treatments of clashes of intuitions can render both claims true. But making true utterances is far from the only thing that matters—there can be substantive normative questions about what … Read more
Please join us at the Horace Williams House for our annual Philosophy Department Beginning of the Year Party! We will enjoy dinner and drinks outdoors (rain or shine) - come and visit with your colleagues as summer comes to a … Read more
An intensive one day workshop on papers in progress by Chris Howard, Alex Marcoci, Alex Oprea, and Dan Shahar. Lunch and dinner provided. Please register HERE.
Teaching Workshop: Managing Crisis in and outside the Classroom Although it doesn't happen often, sometimes instructors have to deal with crisis during the course of a semester. This workshop will equip you with (or refresh your memory with respect to) … Read more
*** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO HURRICANE FLORENCE. IT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 AT 5:30 PM! *** This is a meeting for students who would like to find out more about the PPE Program, … Read more
This is a meeting for current PPE minors as well as any students who would like to find out more about the PPE Program, the PPE minor, and our various extracurricular offerings. It will be a chance to meet some … Read more
Reading Austen and Eliot in the #MeToo Era Adelle Waldman, author of the acclaimed novel The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P, discusses the moral orientation of the Victorian novel of manners in the context of the #MeToo movement. 19th century novelists … Read more
Come watch the philosophically dense 2017 film “A Ghost Story”, starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck. “A Ghost Story” is not a horror movie, but it does employ some horror tropes. This film explores philosophical issues such as the phenomenology … Read more
