Craig Warmke will present his talk, "Modal Intensionalism". Abstract: A possible world is a way the world could have been. Given that there are infinitely many ways the world could have been, a proposition is necessary according to possible worlds … Read more
Jen Kling will present, "Supreme Emergencies? They Don’t Exist. And Even If They Did…" Abstract: In this paper, I discuss non-combatant immunity in extreme wartime situations. Contra several well-known just war theorists, I argue that intentionally attacking non-combatants, even in … Read more
High school students from across the state will travel to UNC - Chapel Hill to compete in the annual North Carolina High School Ethics Bowl. Learn more about the Ethics Bowl program, and volunteer to participate as a judge, moderator, … Read more
Janum Sethi (University of California - Berkeley) will present a talk, "Kant on Empirical Self-Consciousness". A reception will follow. Abstract: Kant is often acknowledged as being the first to clearly distinguish between two kinds of self-consciousness: consciousness of oneself as … Read more
Alex Worsnip (Yale University), will present a talk, "Believing at Will as a Failure of Coherence", on Monday, February 2 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. in Caldwell 213. A reception will follow. Abstract: This paper is about a classic puzzle: … Read more
Development’s New Initiative: Changing Harmful Social Norms For organizations like UNICEF and the World Bank, social norms can be a severe impediment to development goals. For this reason, these agencies have invested in finding the tools necessary to change harmful … Read more
Philosophy in 15 Minutes Do you like thinking about Big Ideas (about justice, fate, God, knowledge, morality, mind, causation, space and time)? Join us for an evening of food and drink, and fifteen minutes of Philosophy with faculty members Doug … Read more
Jed Lewinsohn will present a talk as part of our Speaker Series, on Friday, February 6 from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., in Caldwell 213. A reception will follow. "It's Nothing Personal: Transferable Rights and the Distinctiveness of Commercial Relationships" Abstract: … Read more
David Shoemaker is a professor of philosophy at Tulane University. He works on agency and responsibility, identity and ethics, and moral psychology. His Responsibility from the Margins is forthcoming (Oxford University Press). His Knowledge, Nature, and Norms: An Introduction to … Read more
David Shoemaker is a professor of philosophy at Tulane University. He works on agency and responsibility, identity and ethics, and moral psychology. His Responsibility from the Margins is forthcoming (Oxford University Press). His Knowledge, Nature, and Norms: An Introduction to … Read more
