For the last meeting of the year we will be hosting Daniel Telech, who will present a paper entitled:
“Spinoza, Sufficient Reasons and the Reality of the Finite”.
The meeting will take place on Friday May 31 from 10:30am to 12:30pm in Wieboldt 130. The paper will not be distributed in advance.
This week we will be holding a joint meeting with the German Philosophy Workshop. Our guest will be Anja Jauernig (Pitt). Professor Jauernig will present a paper entitled:
“Kant on Leibniz-Wolffian things in themselves”.
The meeting will take place on Friday, May 17 from 10:30am to 12:30pm in Stuart 102. The paper will not be distributed in advance. Please note the unusual location!
This week we are delighted to welcome Daniel Smyth, who will present a paper entitled:
“Kant’s Transcendental Idealism–Two Neglected Strands“.
The meeting will take place on Friday May 3, from 10:30am to 12:30pm in Wieboldt 130. While the paper has been made available, it need not be read in advance.
This week we are delighted to welcome Alison Simmons, who will present a paper entitled:
“Being Human: Mind-Body Dualism and the Limits of Cartesian Metaphysics”.
The meeting will take place on Friday, April 26 from 10:30am to 12:20pm in Wieboldt 130.
This week we are delighted to welcome Samuel Newlands, who will present a paper entitled:
“Eminence and Other Dubious Attempts to Avoid Spinozism”.
The meeting will take place on Friday, April 19 from 10:30am to 12:20pm in Wieboldt 130. The paper should be read in advance.
On Thursday April 11 and Friday April 12 we will host two joint sessions with the German Philosophy Workshop. Our guest will Be Mary Domski (UNM). Professor Domski will present a paper entitled “Newton’s Mathematics and Empiricism” on April 11 at 5pm, and a paper entitled “Kant and Newton on the a priori necessity of Geometry” on April 12 at 10:30am.
Both meetings will take place in Harper 103. Please note the special times and location.
This week we are delighted to welcome Roger Eichorn, who will present a paper entitled:
“Righting the Inverted World: Skepticism and the Appearance-Reality Distinction in Montaigne.”
The meeting will take place on Friday, March 8 from 10:30 to 12:30 in Harper 151.
This week we are delighted to welcome Dasha Polzik, who will present a paper entitled:
“Rousseau’s Emile: Everything Rawls Ever Wanted”.
The meeting will take place on Friday, November 22 from 10:30 to 12:30 in Harper 151.
Unfortunately we have had to cancel our meeting this Friday. We hope to reschedule Professor Simmons. Please check back for updates.
For our first meeting of the quarter we are delighted to welcome Scott Ferguson, who will present a paper entitled:
“Truth and Order; or, Why Isn’t Spinoza an Idealist?”
The meeting will take place on Friday, January 11 in Harper 151, our new meeting space.