February 2nd: Martin Niederl

Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop on Monday, February 2nd, as Martin Niederl (University of Chicago) presents his paper, “On What It’s Like to Act for a Reason.”

The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “Downloads.”

We will meet from 10:30am-12:20pm in Wieboldt 408. Bagels and coffee will be provided.

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January 26th: Ben Conroy

Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop on Monday, January 26th, as Ben Conroy (University of Chicago) presents his paper, “Rational Capacities, Holism, and the Moral Relevance of Species”

The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “Downloads.”

We will meet from 10:30am-12:20pm in Wieboldt 408. Bagels and coffee will be provided.

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December 1st: Laurenz Ramsauer

Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop on Monday, December 1, as Laurenz Ramsauer (University of Chicago) presents his paper, “Impossible Arguments.”

The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “Downloads.”

We will meet from 10:30am-12:30pm in Cobb 301. Bagels and coffee will be provided.

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October 20th: Special Reading Group Meeting

Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop for a special joint meeting with the German Philosophy Workshop on Monday, October 20th. In preparation for Michael Thompson’s upcoming colloquium and talks, Anton Ford and Matthias Haase will lead a discussion of Thompson’s paper “What Is It to Wrong Someone? A Puzzle about Justice.” The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “Downloads.”

We will meet from 10:30am-12:30pm in Cobb 301. Bagels and coffee will be provided.

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October 13th: Special Reading Group Meeting

Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop for a special joint meeting with the German Philosophy Workshop on Monday, October 13th. In preparation for Michael Thompson’s upcoming colloquium and talks, Matthew Boyle will lead a discussion of two papers by Thomas Nagel: “War and Massacre” and “Sexual Perversion.”

The papers, to be read ahead of the workshop, are available under “Downloads.”

We will meet from 10:30am-12:30pm in Cobb 301. Bagels and coffee will be provided.

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May 19th: Ben Conroy

Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop on Monday, May 19, as Ben Conroy (University of Chicago) presents his paper, “Radical cognitive disability, anti-speciesism, and rational capacities: two problems of human dignity”

The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “Downloads.”

We will meet from 10:30am-12:30pm in Wieboldt 408. Bagels, croissants and coffee will be provided.

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May 5: Chiara Cordelli

Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop on Monday, May 5, as Chiara Cordelli (University of Chicago) presents her paper, “What Is the Wrong of Capitalism?”

The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “Downloads.”

We will meet from 10:30am-12:30pm in Wieboldt 408. Bagels, croissants and coffee will be provided.

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April 21: Karl von der Luft

Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop on Monday, April 21, as Karl von der Luft (University of Chicago) presents his paper, “Evil and the Unity of Practical Reason.”

The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “Downloads.”

We will meet from 10:30am-12:30pm in Wieboldt 408. Bagels, croissants and coffee will be provided.

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April 7: Miguel de la Cal Moreno

Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop on Monday, April 7, as Miguel de la Cal Moreno (St Andrews) presents his paper entitled “Manufactured Disorientation and Climate Change”

The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “Downloads.”

We will meet from 10:30am-12:30pm in Wieboldt 408. Bagels, croissants and coffee will be provided.

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March 24: Duygu Tunc

Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop on Monday, March 24, as Duygu Tunc (University of Chicago) presents her paper, “Does inductive risk make the value-free ideal of science untenable?”

The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “Downloads.”

We will meet from 10:30am-12:30pm in Wieboldt 408. Bagels, croissants and coffee will be provided.

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