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Caldwell 105 ,PPE Speaker Series: “The Costs of Rescue” with Kerah Gordon-Solmon
Caldwell 105 ,"The Costs of Rescue" Abstract: A stranger, through no fault of their own, is in dire financial straits. I could save them with a substantial cash gift. Alternatively, I could employ them in my warehouse. The work-hours are punishing and … Read more
Speaker Series: Robert Pasnau
Caldwell 105 ,Title: Who Killed Agent Causation? A Murder Mystery Abstract: It’s a familiar claim in recent philosophy that causation is a relationship between events. But, famously, things didn’t used to be that way. Throughout antiquity, the Middle Ages and the … Read more
Speaker Series: Gina Schouten (Harvard University)
Caldwell 105 ,Title: Liberal Feminism, Social Critique, and Moral Methodology: What Can Reflective Equilibrium Accomplish? Abstract: This paper brings together two strands of opposition to liberalism: First is the substantive strand, concerning liberalism’s feminist, anti-racist, and egalitarian credentials. Second is the … Read more
Practice Job Talk: Minji Jang
Caldwell 105 ,Speaker Series: Rima Basu
Caldwell 105 ,Title: Epistemic Ethics: Methods, Motivations, and the Malcontents Abstract: Philippa Foot (1972, 316) once remarked upon “an element of deception in the official line about morality”. An element, she argues, that causes some to turn away from talk about the authority of … Read more
Philosophy @ the Movies: I Heart Huckabees
Caldwell 105 ,Join the Philosophy Department for a viewing of I Heart Huckabees (2004)! Environmentalist Albert (Jason Schwartzman) enlists the services of "existential detectives" Bernard (Dustin Hoffman) and Vivian (Lily Tomlin) to solve the meaning of a succession of strange coincidences. The investigators … Read more
Philosophy @ the Movies: “Arrival”
Caldwell 105 ,Join the Philosophy Department for a viewing of Arrival (2016)! Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global … Read more
Philosophy @ the Movies: “Rashomon”
Caldwell 105 ,Join the Philosophy Department for a viewing of Rashomon (1950)! Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and … Read more