Visiting Speakers

Mary Mahowald

 (University of Chicago)

"Classical Pragmatism and Feminism: Standpoint Theory as a Common Denominator"
Mon. Sept. 11, 2:00 pm, Chelsea Room, STM

2000 Whelen Lecture 
"Just Genes? Gender, Ability, and Class Differences in the New Genetics"
Tues. Sept. 12, 7:00 PM, Delta Bessborough Hotel 

Hilary Kornblith 

(University of Vermont)

"Knowledge and Social Practices" 
Friday March 2, 2:30 PM, Arts 210

William Lycan 

(University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

"The Representational Theory of Qualia"
Monday March 12, in Arts 104 at 2:30 pm

Part of the Western Candian Lecture Series, presented by the Canadian Institute for Society and Humanity and the Department of Philosophy.

Department Colloquia

Fridays @ all talks 7:30 pm, Chelsea Room, St. Thomas More College, unless otherwise indicated

September 27 Brian Zamulinski "Moral Misguidance: Aquinas in the Light of Evolution: A Re-evaluation of Clifford and his Critics"
October 18 David Crossley "Is the Absolute Happy?"
November 1 Howard Woodhouse "The Seduction of the Market: Whitehead, Hutchins and the Harvard Business School"
November 15 Anthony Jenkins "On Some Distinctions between Form and Matter in the Proposition"
November 29 William Buschert "Virtual Reality as Technology, as Social Space and as Artistic Practice"
Febuary 14 Eric Dayton "Don't do that! or Act Identity, Supervenience and Consequentialism"
April 4 Richard Barrett "Attention, Boredom and the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism"