Mar
31
The Actual and the Possible
March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Hey everyone! First off, we would like to invite all of you our event next week! On April 8th, UPA is hosting “Time and Paradox,’ featuring a discussion between Professor Joshua Dever and Professor Robert Koons. Their discussion will focus on issues in the philosophy of time, in particular the Grim Reaper paradox. Jose Benardete’s [...]
Mar
28
Guest Lecture by Alex Grankowski
March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Alex Grzankowski will be speaking at UPA this Friday! He will talk about the current view that the content of pictures can help us to better understand our sense experiences. The outcome of this position is that the content of pictures is not propositional. Alex will argue against this view and propose that the content [...]
Mar
18
Our Biggest Event of the Year!
March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Mar
15
A Guest Lecture on Nietzche by Anthony Norton
March 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
Hey Philosophers! We are having a guest speaker TOMORROW MARCH 10th 6:30PM in SAC 3.116 (Balcony Room C) This meeting replaces our normal meeting time on Friday. Anthony Norton, a recent graduate of our philosophy department is coming to give a talk on some of his work. Norton also completed an honors thesis under the [...]
Mar
6
Korsgaard is coming to UT!
March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Friends, On Friday we are attending Christine Korsgaard’s lecture! Friday, March 4, 2011 3:30 PM JGB 2.102 Christine Korsgaard is a professor of philosophy at Harvard University. Here’s a brief abstract of what she will be discussing on Friday: “We use the term “good” in two contexts: as a form of evaluation, and to [...]