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Seminar: Patricia Kitcher

Caldwell 213

Prof. Kitcher will be meeting with the "Locke and Kant Seminar." Patricia Kitcher is the Roberta and William Campbell Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University. She works on the philosophy of psychology and on Kant.

Talk: Elizabeth Camp

Caldwell 213

Professor Camp is currently in the Philosophy Department at the University of Pennsylvania but is moving to Rutgers University.  She works on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and aesthetics.

PPE Talk: Michael Moehler

Caldwell 213

"The Rawls-Harsanyi Dispute: A Moral Point of View" Michael Moehler is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Virigina Tech.  He works primarily on political philosophy. Before moving there he was a visiting professor in UNC's PPE Program.

Seminar: Béatrice Longuenesse

Prof. Longuenesse will be meeting with the "Locke and Kant Seminar." Béatrice Longuenesse is the Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University.  She works on the history of modern philosophy.

PPE Talk: Peter C. Myers

The Problem of Revolution and Liberty: Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King, Jr. Peter C. Myers is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.  He is the author of Our Only Star and Compass: Locke … Read more

Lecture: The Good, The Bad, and The Dirty

Sanford School of Public Policy Room 04, Duke University

A lecture by Nannerl Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor David Pizzarro (Cornell University). In recent years a great deal of psychological research has highlighted the powerful role emotions play in shaping our attitudes and judgments. Evidence has been found that individuals who are … Read more

Speaker Series: Rachel Barney (Toronto)

213 Caldwell Hall

Rachel Barney will give a talk titled, "Three Kinds of Socratic Courage".   Abstract: Courage is a major but rarely discussed theme of Plato's early dialogues, exemplified by Socrates in the Apology and Phaedo and discussed in the Protagoras and (inconclusively) … Read more

PPE Talk: Philip Pettit

Hyde Hall

"Freedom and Other Robustly Demanding Goods".   Professor Pettit is the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University.  He works in political philosophy and moral theory.