An 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
Abstract: 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
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
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.
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
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
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
Carolina Seminar on Philosophy, Ethics, and Mental Health: "Affect, Value and Decisional Capacity" with Jennifer Hawkins, PhD Associate Research Professor of Philosophy at Duke University Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 6:00pm Contact daniel_moseley@med.unc.edu for Zoom link Our ability … Read more
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This event has passed. Information about the 55th Chapel Hill Colloquium in 2023 is forthcoming. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2022 Chapman Hall, Room 201 3:00 - 5:00 PM Talk: "No-Fault Epistemic Akrasia," David Christensen (Brown University) Comments by Julia Staffel … Read more
