Join the UNC Philosophy department for a series of short presentations on intriguing Philosophical ideas. Refreshments provided after the event. Program (1) Welcome and Introduction: Matt Kotzen (Host) (2) Nathan Harrison: introducing the Philosophy Club (3) Erik Zhang (15 … Read more
Title: “Assertion and the Passage of Time” Abstract: There is an important and overlooked asymmetry between the way we talk about the past and the future. More specifically, there appear to be cases in which one is in position to … Read more
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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
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
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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
