Colloquia and Events

 

~Fall Semester~

 

*Meet a Philosopher Series*

 

Date: Thursday, September 15, 2022
 
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 
 
Location: Whitehall Classroom Building RM 122
 
Speaker: Meg Wallace
 
Title: "The Odd Universe: How to Use Logic, Do Philosophy, and Prove Weird Things"

 

Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2022
 
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
 
Location: Whitehall Classroom Building RM 106
 
Speaker: Bob Sandmeyer
 
Title: "What is Life? Perspectives from Enviornmental Philosophy"
 
 
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022
 
Time 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
 
Location: Worsham Theater, Student Center
 
Speaker: Lindsey Chambers
 
Title: "Happily Ever After? What Philosophy Can Tell Us about Getting Married and Having Kids"
 
 

*Colloquia *

 

Date: Friday, October 7, 2022

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Location: Gatton Student Center-RM 330AB

Speaker: Dr.Noelle McAfee (Emory University)

Title: "Conspiracies on the Couch: Psychoanalyzing the Narrative Structure of Populism”

 

Date: Friday, November 4, 2022

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Location: College of Law – RM 395

Speaker: Dr. Sandy Goldberg (Northwestern University)

Title: "Towards a Social Contract Approach to Robust Epistemic Normativity"

 

Date: Friday, December 2, 2022

Time 4:00 p.m

Location: Gatton Student Center- RM 330AB

Speaker: Dr. Daniel Breazeale (UK emeritus)

Title: "Construction in Intuition: A Method of the Jena Wissenschaftslehre"

 

 

~Spring Semester~

 

*Philosophy and Modern Life Series*

 

Date: Monday, January 30, 2023
 
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 
 
Location: Whitehall Classroom Building RM 110
 
Speaker: Kayla Bohannon (UK)
 
Title: "Philosophy and Friendship"
 
 
Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2023
 
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 
 
Location: Worsham Theatre
 
Speaker: Mike Austin (EKU)
 
Title: "The Virtue of Humility in Modern Life"

 

Date: Monday, February 13, 2023
 
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 
 
Location: Whitehall Classroom Building RM 106
 
Speaker: Andreas Elpidorou (U. of Louisville)
 
Title: The Value of Boredom"
 

 

*Colloquia *

 

Date: Friday, February 3, 2023

Time 4:00 p.m

Location: College of Law – RM 395

Speaker: Dr. Walter Hopp (Boston University)

Title: “Knowledge and the Foundations of Intentionality”

 

Date: Friday, March 24, 2023

Time 4:00 p.m

Location: College of Law – RM 395

Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Brake (Rice University)

Title: "How Does Stalking Wrong the Victim?"

 

Date: Friday, April, 14, 2023

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Location: College of Law – RM 395

Speaker: Dr. Gregory Fried (Boston College)

Title: "Frederick Douglass: Confronting the Scandal of the Body Politic"