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PPE Talk: Alex Voorhoev

Caldwell 208

‘Healthy Nails versus Long Lives: The Psychology, Theory and Practice of Weighing Small against Large Harms’ Alex Voorhoev is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method at LSE.  He works broadly in political philosophy and … Read more

Talk: Jack Spencer (MIT)

Caldwell 105 ,

Prof. Jack Spencer, from MIT, will be visiting on March 24th to present his latest work in the formal epistemology reading group. All are encouraged to attend. There will be free lunch! "The Forward Principle" According to David Lewis, an … Read more

Polanyi Lecture: Janet Browne (Harvard)

Nelson Mandela Auditorium, Fed Ex Global 301 Pittsboro Street , Chapel Hill , NC

Join us on Tuesday, March 28 at 5:30 p.m. in the Mandela Auditorium of FedEx Global Center for the Michael Polanyi Lecture in the History and Philosophy of Natural Science in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences. Janet Browne (Harvard), … Read more

Speaker Series: Nina Emery (Brown University)

213 Caldwell Hall

The inaugural 2017 Balter Distinguished Lecture will welcome Nina Emery to present a paper as part of our annual Speaker Series. Title: Laws and their instances Abstract: I present an argument for the view that laws ground their instances. I … Read more

Speaker Series: Hartry Field (NYU)

213 Caldwell Hall

“Epistemology from an Evaluativist Perspective” Abstract: I’ll articulate a kind of “evaluativist” (“non-descriptivist”?) view of epistemology, and contrast it with both normative realist views and reliabilist views.  Much of the focus will be on how this metaphilosophical perspective can affect ground-level … Read more