University of Pennsylvania 
Department of Philosophy


Colloquium Series
Autumn 2005


Unless otherwise noted, all talks will be on Fridays at 3p.m. in Logan 402.  Logan Hall  is located on the 36th Street Walkway between Walnut St. (to the North) and Spruce St.  For further information, the Department of Philosophy can be reached at (215) 898-8563.

 

The Boundary of Justice, and the Justice of Boundaries


Kok-chor Tan

September 23

 

Idealization and the End of Science

Michael Weisberg
University of Pennsylvania

September 30

Ceteris Paribus Hedges and the Meaning of Causal Hypotheses

Michael Strevens

New York University

October 21

Why I Am Not a Dualist

Karen Bennett

Princeton University

November 2**
5:00pm

493 Logan Hall**

 

 

What's So Special About Academic Freedom?

Michele Moody-Adams
Cornell University

November 3
5:00pm
G17 Logan Hall

Co-sponsored by:

The Trustees' Council of Penn Women, The Institute for Law and Philosophy,
The Annenberg School for Communication, and The Women's Studies Program.

 

Arguing with the Past

Michele Moody-Adams
 Cornell University

November 4

 

 

 

Plato on Akrasia and Knowing Your Own Mind

Chris Bobonich
Stanford University

November 11

Co-sponsored by:

Classical Studies

Philosophy of Science Workshop:

The Paradox of Confirmation

Branden Fitelson

University of California, Berkeley

November 17
2:00pm

104 Logan Hall

 

 

The Pathologies of Standard Analytic
Epistemology

J. D. Trout

Loyola University Chicago

November 17
5:00pm

203 Logan Hall

 

Ontology as a Philosophical Project

Thomas Hofweber

University of North Carolina

November 21**
5:00pm

104 Logan Hall**

Prior Colloquia


Other Events of Interest

Philosophically Oriented IRCS Colloquia
3401 Walnut Street, Ste. 400
Large Conference Room

 

Revealing inductive biases through iterated learning

Tom Griffiths
Brown University
October 7th

 

Bodies and Souls

Paul Bloom
Yale University
October 28

 

Judgment Under Uncertainty Revisited:
Probability vs Strength of Inductive Support

Branden Fitelson
University of California, Berkeley
November 18

 

Babies and Bayes Nets:
Mechanisms of Theory Formation in Young Children

Alison Gopnik
University of California, Berkeley
December 2

 

 

GPPC Philosophy of Science Reading Group

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