Philosophy colloquia program takes place most Fridays of each academic quarter from 4-6PM in H&SS 7077 in John Muir College, unless noted otherwise. A reception for the colloquium speaker follows the talk in H&SS 7076.
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Schedule 2012-13
Fall Quarter 2012
- October 5
- Ned Hall (Harvard University)
"Physical and Metaphysical Modality" - abstract
- October 12
- Quayshawn Spencer (University of San Francisco)
"How to Be a Biological Racial Realist" - abstract - October 26
- Jason Stanley (Rutgers University, cosponsored with Linguistics)
"Knowing wh-to" - abstract - November 9
- Terry Irwin (University of Oxford)
"Is Aristotle a Virtue Theorist?" - abstract - November 16
- Josh Ober (Stanford University)
"Relevant Expertise Aggregation: An Aristotelian Middle Way for Epistemic Democracy" - abstractNote! The event on November 16 has been moved to the Michel de Certeau Room, Literature Bldg., 1st floor, 2:00pm to 4:00pm.
Winter Quarter 2013
- January 4
- Neil Sinhababu (National University of Singapore) - abstract
"Ethical Reductionism" - March 18
- GunnarBjörnsson (University of Gothenburg) - abstract
"Having Your Strings Pulled: An Error Theory for Manipulation Arguments"
Note! This event takes place on Monday, March 18, 2:00-4:00pm, H&SS 8025
Spring Quarter 2013
- April 19
- Oliver Pooley (University of Oxford)
"Relativity, the Open Future, and the Passage of Time" - abstract - April 26
- Gary Watson (USC) - CANCELLED
- May 3
- Gideon Yaffe (USC)
"In Defense of Criminal Possession" - abstract - May 10
- Barbara Herman (UCLA)
"Love and Morality" - abstract - May 17
- Robin Jeshion (USC)
"Dehumanizing Slurs" - abstract - May 24
- Ruth Chang (Rutgers University)
"Do We Have Normative Powers?" - abstract
