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Philosophy in 15 Minutes

Gerrard Hall

Do you like thinking about Big Ideas (about justice, fate, God, knowledge, morality, mind, causation, space and time)? Join us for an evening reception with short, fifteen minute presentations by Philosophy faculty. Come for the food… stay for the Philosophy! … Read more

Department Tea

Caldwell Common Room

Join us in the Caldwell common room for coffee, tea and sweets! All are welcome.

Balter Distinguished Lecture: Holly Andersen (Simon Fraser)

Caldwell 105 ,

The Nonconservation of causation as a conserved quantity Abstract: This talk lays out a counterintuitive consequence of the causal nexus of Salmon understood in terms of transfer of conserved quantities: even though the causation is comprised of transferred or propagated … Read more

Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American Dream

Hyde Hall, University Room

The American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institute released “A Consensus Plan for Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American Dream.”   The PPE Program is hosting a one day intensive seminar, with two of the co-authors, Robert Doar (AEI) and Richard Reeves (Brookings), and … Read more

AAPT Workshop

This workshop is an excellent opportunity to develop teaching skills, as well as get familiar with some of the best literature in teaching and learning scholarship.It will be facilitated by the following pedagogically minded philosophers:   • Stephen Bloch-Schulman, Elon … Read more

Ethics Across the Disciplines Lecture Series: Paula McAvoy

Peabody 104

Paula McAvoy, “The ethics of steering classroom discussions” Monday February 25, 5:00-6:30 pm Peabody Hall 104 When teachers open up discussions of moral and political controversy in the classroom, it is common to believe that teachers should not use their … Read more

Talk: A Theory of Justice

A Game-Theoretic Analysis and Critique of John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice with Robert Wolff, sponsored by PPE and Parr Center for Ethics.

Ethics Around the Table: Karolyn Tyson (Sociology, UNC)

Toy Lounge, Dey Hall

Ethics Around the Table: Karolyn Tyson (UNC)  Trust in Times of Crisis and Change:  Black Parents and Trust in Schools in the Aftermath of Desegregation Karolyn Tyson is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of North … Read more

CRÉ/Parr Joint Conference 2019

213 Caldwell Hall

CRÉ/Parr Joint Conference 2019 The Centre de recherche en éthique (Center for Research on Ethics), Montreal, and the Parr Center for Ethics, Chapel Hill, are pleased to join forces for this day-long conference. Conference Program 8:45-9 am         Arrival and light … Read more

Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop

2nd Annual Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop A workshop on normativity, broadly construed. There will be seven talks - six filled via an open call for papers, plus a keynote delivered by Prof. Julia Markovits (Cornell), plus drinks, a workshop dinner, … Read more