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Professional Development Workshop

213 Caldwell Hall

Professional Development Workshop for philosophy graduate students. Hosted by Alan Nelson.

Speaker Series: Richard Pettigrew (University of Bristol)

213 Caldwell Hall

Richard Pettigrew will present, “Accuracy and the Laws of Credence”. Abstract: An agent’s degrees of belief should satisfy the axioms of probability. She should update her degrees of belief in the light of new evidence in line with the Bayesian rule of conditionalization. If … Read more

Speaker Series: Paul Saka (University of Texas)

213 Caldwell Hall

Paul Saka will give a talk as part of our annual Speaker Series. Reception to follow. "Science and 'Science': on Demarcation and Definition" The problem of how to distinguish between science and non-science -- the demarcation problem -- has resisted … Read more

Chapel Hill Metaethics Workshop

Hyde Hall University Room

The first annual "CHillMeta" will be held at UNC on October 30 – November 1, 2015.  Please see the conference website for complete workshop information.

Workshop in the Philosophy of Science

For more information, please visit the workshop website. A complete schedule and papers will be posted in early autumn.

Ethics Around the Table: Deborah Gerhardt

Hyde Hall, University Room

Join us for a Parr Center "Ethics Around the Table" event! Deborah R. Gerhardt is an Associate Professor at the UNC School of Law. She specializes in the intersection of law and creativity and has written leading articles in trademarks, … Read more

Ethics Around the Table: Barry Maguire

Hyde Hall, University Room

Join us for a Parr Center "Ethics Around the Table" event! Lunch will be provided, and registration is kindly required. Barry Maguire will present, "Eating Too Much, Sleeping Too Little, Avoiding the Dentist, and other Abstract Philosophical Puzzles" Abstract: I … Read more

Speaker Series: Jane Friedman (NYU)

213 Caldwell Hall

Jane Friedman will give a talk, “Inquiry and the Doxastic Attitudes”, as part of our annual Speaker Series, with a reception to follow.

Speaker Series: Elijah Millgram (University of Utah)

213 Caldwell Hall

Elijah Millgram will give a talk as part of our annual Speaker Series. Reception to follow. Who Was the Author of Nietzsche's Zarathustra? Why would Nietzsche have written a text that presents itself as the holy scripture of a nonexistent … Read more