Russ Shafer-Landau, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin/Madison, works in metaethics and moral theory. He is the author of The Fundamentals of Ethics (Oxford, 2012) and its companion volume, The Ethical Life (Oxford, 2012) written to introduce people … Read more
Alex Worsnip (Yale University), will present a talk, "Believing at Will as a Failure of Coherence", on Monday, February 2 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. in Caldwell 213. A reception will follow. Abstract: This paper is about a classic puzzle: … Read more
Philosophy in 15 Minutes Do you like thinking about Big Ideas (about justice, fate, God, knowledge, morality, mind, causation, space and time)? Join us for an evening of food and drink, and fifteen minutes of Philosophy with faculty members Doug … Read more
Jed Lewinsohn will present a talk as part of our Speaker Series, on Friday, February 6 from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., in Caldwell 213. A reception will follow. "It's Nothing Personal: Transferable Rights and the Distinctiveness of Commercial Relationships" Abstract: … Read more
David Shoemaker is a professor of philosophy at Tulane University. He works on agency and responsibility, identity and ethics, and moral psychology. His Responsibility from the Margins is forthcoming (Oxford University Press). His Knowledge, Nature, and Norms: An Introduction to … Read more
David Shoemaker is a professor of philosophy at Tulane University. He works on agency and responsibility, identity and ethics, and moral psychology. His Responsibility from the Margins is forthcoming (Oxford University Press). His Knowledge, Nature, and Norms: An Introduction to … Read more
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
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".
