Event Category: Department Talks
Department Talks
Speaker Series: Rima Basu
Caldwell 105 ,Title: Epistemic Ethics: Methods, Motivations, and the Malcontents Abstract: Philippa Foot (1972, 316) once remarked upon “an element of deception in the official line about morality”. An element, she argues, that causes some to turn away from talk about the authority of … Read more
Speaker Series: Gina Schouten (Harvard University)
Caldwell 105 ,Title: Liberal Feminism, Social Critique, and Moral Methodology: What Can Reflective Equilibrium Accomplish? Abstract: This paper brings together two strands of opposition to liberalism: First is the substantive strand, concerning liberalism’s feminist, anti-racist, and egalitarian credentials. Second is the … Read more
Parr Center Presents: Erich Hatala Matthes (Wellesley College)
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Speaker Series: Robert Pasnau
Caldwell 105 ,Title: Who Killed Agent Causation? A Murder Mystery Abstract: It’s a familiar claim in recent philosophy that causation is a relationship between events. But, famously, things didn’t used to be that way. Throughout antiquity, the Middle Ages and the … Read more
Parr|Bioethics Joint Lecture: Elizabeth Barnes (University of Virginia)
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Informal Talk: Dana Goswick
Caldwell 213Philosophy Reimagined: Philosophy of Cruelty and Humanity
Caldwell 105 ,“Philosophy Reimagined is an upcoming series of seminars March 28-30 being organized and facilitated by the 2023 Balter Fellows, a cohort of undergraduate students interested in diversifying the field of philosophy. Our Fellows have organized a three-part seminar series, which … Read more
Philosophy Reimagined: Power & Necropolitics in Healthcare
Caldwell 105 ,Philosophy Reimagined is an upcoming series of seminars March 28-30 being organized and facilitated by the 2023 Balter Fellows, a cohort of undergraduate students interested in diversifying the field of philosophy. Our Fellows have organized a three-part seminar series, which … Read more