2013-2014 Colloquium Series


- Fall 2013 -

October 8
The Inaugural Human Rights & Social Justice Lecture
Thomas Pogge, Yale University
"What Do Human Rights Demand of Us?"
5:00pm–7:00pm, Zinner Forum, Heller School

Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Philosophy; the Heller School's Graduate Program in Sustainable International Development; The International Center for Ethics, Justice & Public Life; and the programs of International and Global Studies;  Social Justice and Social Policy; Peace, Conflict and Coexistence Studies; Health: Science, Society and Policy; and the History of Ideas.

October 11
Daniel Korman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Debunking Perceptual Beliefs About Ordinary Objects"
3:30pm–5:30pm, Mandel Center Reading Room (3rd Floor)

November 15
Jeremy Fantl, University of Calgary
"What Is It To Be Happy P?"
3:30pm–5:30pm, Mandel Center Reading Room (3rd Floor)

December 6
Catherine Wearing, Wellesley College
Understanding Metaphor and Imagined Worlds
3:30pm–5:30pm, Mandel Center Reading Room (3rd Floor)

 

- Spring 2014 -

January 24
Christiana Olfert, Tufts University
Rational Motivation in Aristotle
3:30pm–5:30pm, Mandel Center Reading Room (3rd Floor)

February 28
Julia Markovits, MIT
"Are There Categorical Internal Moral Reasons?"
3:30pm–5:30pm, Mandel Center Reading Room (3rd Floor)

March 29
The Philosophy Department's Annual Mini-Conference
This year the topic is Hume and Causation
Featuring: 

10:00am–6:00pm, Mandel Center, Room G-12
(More details to come.)

April 11
David Lyons, Boston University
TBA
3:30pm–5:30pm, Mandel Center Reading Room (3rd Floor)

The Colloquium Series is supported by the Martin Weiner Fund.