Events
Parr Center Undergraduate Interest Meeting
Caldwell 105 ,Are you a UNC undergraduate student who is interested in talking about and studying topics in ethics? If so, please join the Parr Center at our annual interest meeting, where you'll learn about our mission, initiatives, and undergraduate-focused programs. Any … Read more
Philosophy in 15 Minutes
Gerrard HallJoin 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
Chapel Hill PPE Workshop
Caldwell 213An intensive one-day workshop for faculty and graduate students on papers in progress by our PPE Teaching Assistant Professors. Click the title links below to review abstracts for each talk. Agenda: 8:30 am Breakfast and Conversation: RISE Biscuits and Coffee … Read more
In Honor of Geoffrey Brennan: “Making Normative Sense of Social Norms” with Philip Pettit
Carolina Union auditoriumAbstract: Geoffrey Brennan and I defended a theory of social norms, built on people’s interest in esteem, that later worried him on the grounds that if self-interest is at the origin of norms, then norms can only engage us prudentially: … Read more
Philosophy @ the Movies: “Princess Mononoke”
Caldwell 105 ,Join the Philosophy Department for a viewing of Princess Mononoke (1997)! A prince becomes involved in the struggle between a forest princess and the encroachment of mechanization. Rating: PG-13 (Images of Violence and Gore) Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Anime Original Language: … Read more
NHSEB 10: 2022-2023 Season Launch
Join us on September 9 at nhseb.unc.edu as we launch our 2022-2023 competition season—NHSEB’s tenth anniversary! More information about this event will be made available in August 2022, here.
Applied Epistemology Workshop: The Epistemology of the Media
The first “kickoff” workshop for the Applied Epistemology Project will be "The Epistemology of the Media: New Directions." It will be held at UNC Chapel Hill, beginning at 3:30 pm on Friday, September 9, and continuing all day … Read more
Philosophy @ the Movies: “A Serious Man”
Caldwell 105 ,Join the Philosophy Department for a viewing of A Serious Man (2009)! Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking. R (Language|Brief … Read more
Speaker Series: Dilip Ninan, “Assertion and the Passage of Time”
Caldwell 105 ,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