Jan
28
On What There Is
January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Friends, We invite you to our second meeting of the semester! Friday, January 28, 2011 4:30PM Garrison Hall 0.128 This week we are discussing Ontology. We will focus our discussion on a paper by Willard Quine titled “On What There Is.” Quine (1908-2000) was Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. He is one of [...]
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 [...]