Nov
3
Wickedness
November 3, 2011 | 3 Comments
Hello, philosophers! This week, we will be going over what Aristotle, in his Nichomachean Ethics, calls ‘wickedness’. The paper by Ronald D. Milo, aptly titled “Wickedness”, begins with an examination of two kinds of immorality that Aristotle enumerates: weakness and wickedness. Both kinds are blameworthy in that they lack excusing conditions, but what differentiates them [...]
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 [...]
Oct
28
This Friday: Graham Priest
October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Hello philosophers! This Friday we will take a special field trip into Waggener Hall. This Friday, Graham Priest is giving a talk titled “Contradiction and the Structure of Unity.” http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/events/15297 Here is the abstract: Unless an object is utterly simple, it has parts. The parts are not a congeries, but are structured so as to [...]
Aug
26
A case for a Poetic method of Philosophy
August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Dear Philosophers, Tomorrow we will hold the first meeting of the Fall 2010 semester. Friday, August 27, 2010 4:30PM Garrison Hall 0.128 We invite you to join us for our first meeting in Garrison Hall to discuss the ways of doing philosophy. Our discussion will focus on the paper “Philosophical Methods” by T.K. Seung. Seung [...]