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Speaker Series: Shamik Dasgupta (UC Berkeley)

213 Caldwell Hall

Shamik Dasgupta will present, “Realism and the Absence of Value”. Much recent metaphysics is built around notions such as naturalness, fundamentality, grounding, dependence, essence, and others besides. I will argue that this kind of metaphysics should be rejected because it … Read more

Speaker Series: Sarah Paul (Wisconsin)

213 Caldwell Hall

Sarah Paul will present her paper, "Grit". Click here to download a copy of the paper. Abstract: Many of our most important goals require months or even years of effort to achieve, and some never get achieved at all.  As … Read more

Speaker Series: Calvin Normore (McGill/UCLA)

213 Caldwell Hall

"Descartes' Generosity" C.G. Normore In what is sometimes called the letter on the Sovereign Good  (to Christina Nov. 20, 1647) Descartes claims that our chief good " and consists only in a firm will to do well, and the contentment … Read more