Events Archive: 2016 - 2017
Visiting Speakers
March 17-18 |
The 2017 Walter Murray Lecture Jessica Wilson Public Lecture: "The Question of Metaphysics" Friday, March 17, 3:30 – 5:00 PM Abstract: I address the question of whether there is any role for metaphysics to play on which it is both non-redundant and capable of genuinely illuminating whatever subject matter is at issue. I first argue that metaphysical methodology itself obliges metaphysicians to take this question seriously. I then argue that the currently popular “hands-off” conception of metaphysical theorizing is unable to provide a satisfactory answer to the question of metaphysics. Third, I present my preferred “embedded” conception of metaphysics, and say why it makes good sense of metaphysics as a non-redundant discipline, capable of producing intelligible and illuminating results. Seminars: "Free Will and Quantum Indeterminacy" "Metaphysical Emergence" |
Friday, November 18 |
Marie-Ève Morin Friday, November 18th |
Friday, October 7 |
Nicolas Fillion Hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of Philosophy. |
Department Colloquia
Fridays, 3:30 - 5:00
All talks in Edwards School of Business (ESB) Room 12 unless otherwise noted
ESB is wheelchair accessible [Accessibility map, PDF]
Sep. 16 | Emer O'Hagan | “Humility as a Moral Perspective” |
Sep. 30 | Susan Dieleman | “Is Democracy the Best Way to Get at the Truth?” |
Oct. 21 | Peter Alward | "Rogues or Lovers: Value Maximizing Interpretations of Withnail and I." |
Nov. 25 | Paul Simard-Smith | "Can Deep Disagreements Be Rationally Resolved?" |
Jan. 27 | Will Buschert | "The Right to be Forgotten: A Philosophical Reconstruction" |
Feb. 17 | Derek Postnikoff |
"Math and Margaritas: Extraneity in Mathematical Metaphors" |
Mar. 3 | Pierre-François Noppen |
"Suffering and Negativity: Adorno on the Foundations of Normativity" in ESB Room 12 |