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Speaker Series: Nic Bommarito (Simon Fraser University)

Caldwell 105 Caldwell 105 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill

Title: The Background Virtues   Abstract: When you read this sentence, you're looking at black letters that make up the words. But you're also looking at a white background that is both necessary for and implied by those black letters. Taking this … Read more

Philosophy @ The Movies: My Dinner with Andre

Caldwell 105 Caldwell 105 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill

Join the Philosophy Department for a viewing of My Dinner with Andre (1981)! Old friends Wallace (Wallace Shawn) and Andre (Andre Gregory) haven't seen each another in five years and agree to meet for dinner. Andre, a once well-known theater director, … Read more

Speaker Series: Berislav Marusic (University of Edinburgh)

Caldwell 105 Caldwell 105 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill

Title: Transparency, Self-Knowledge, and the Sociality of Belief Abstract: Several prominent accounts of our knowledge of our own beliefs appeal to the transparency of the question "Do you believe that p?" to the question "Is p true?": we typically answer the former … Read more