We will hold the FIFTH stand-alone PPE Society Meeting on February 3-5, 2022, in New Orleans, at the Renaissance Pere Marquette Hotel. To learn more about this venue, please visit our page HERE. Our Keynote Speakers will be Kaushik Basu and Elizabeth Anderson. Registration is now open! … Read more
Get to know the UNC Philosophy department through a series of short presentations on intriguing Philosophical ideas and introductions to extracurricular programs! Refreshments will be provided afterwards. Program for Philosophy in 15 Minutes, Friday February 18, 3-5 pm, Memorial Hall … Read more
Contact daniel_moseley@med.unc.edu for Zoom link. More information here.
This event will be held virtually over Zoom. Abstract for Conflicting Logics of the Mind. Lessons from Kant and Freud Béatrice Longuenesse, New York University In previous work, I have claimed that Sigmund Freud’s and Immanuel Kant’s respective views of … Read more
Title: Justice Across Ages Optional sub-title: What Does it Mean to Treat Young and Old as Equals? Abstract: Age structures our lives and societies. It shapes social institutions, roles, and relationships, as well as how we assign obligations and entitlements … Read more
In collaboration and with support from the UNC-Duke Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program First created at Oxford University in the 1920s, the field of Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) cultivates unique interdisciplinary perspectives on ideas that shape our socioeconomic and … Read more
“This Beauty: A Philosophy of Being Alive” Why, if at all, should you value what you didn’t choose? The question applies to life itself: why should you value this life that you were unwittingly given? We encounter clues to this … Read more
Registration: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jIivrbEZRsCFvYHNNJgR6A Event Abstract: As the COVID-19 pandemic surges around the world, for the first time many individuals in wealthy countries, such as the United States, have learned what it is like to lack access to essential medicines. However, this … Read more
Professor Felipe DeBrigard (Duke, Department of Philosophy) will discuss “Moral Memories and the Self” on March 16th. More information here. Contact daniel_moseley@med.unc.edu for Zoom link.
Zoom link for the event here.
