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The PPW will return in October

Have a great summer!

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6/6 – Claire Kirwin

For our final meeting of the year, we are delighted to welcome Claire Kirwin (Chicago, graduate student) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “Going Wrong By One’s Own Lights: Why Metaethical Constructivism Doesn’t Work”. The meeting will take place … Continue reading

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5/30 – Luca Ferrero

We are delighted to welcome Luca Ferrero (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “What is So Special About Agency? Inescapability Revisited ”. The meeting will take place on Friday May 30th from 10.30am – 12.20pm in Cobb 116. In accordance … Continue reading

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5/9 – Dasha Polzik

We are delighted to welcome Dasha Polzik (Chicago, graduate student) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “Moral Freedom From Within in Rousseau’s Emile”. The meeting will take place on Friday May 9th from 10.30am – 12.20pm in Cobb 116. In accordance with our usual … Continue reading

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5/2 – Jonathan Lear

We are delighted to welcome Jonathan Lear (Chicago) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “The Peculiar Conversation: Revised Introduction to Freud (Second Edition)”. The meeting will take place on Friday May 2nd from 10.30am – 12.20pm in Cobb 116. In accordance with our usual practice, … Continue reading

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4/4 – Jason Bridges

For our first meeting of the spring quarter, we are delighted to welcome Jason Bridges (Chicago) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “Necessitation and Practical Reason”. The meeting will take place on Friday April 4th from 10.30am – 12.20pm in Cobb 116. To download the … Continue reading

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Spring Schedule

Our schedule for the spring is below. This quarter our meetings will run from 10.30am – 12.20pm on Fridays in Cobb 116. Spring 2014 4/4 – Jason Bridges (Chicago) – “Necessitation and Practical Reason” 5/2 – Jonathan Lear (Chicago) – “The Peculiar Conversation: Revised Introduction … Continue reading

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3/7 – Dhananjay Jagannathan

For our final meeting of the winter quarter, we are delighted to welcome Dhananjay Jagannathan (Chicago, graduate student) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “Having the End in View: Why We Need Universal Principles in Deliberation and Practical Reasoning”. The … Continue reading

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2/14 – Nethanel Lipshitz

We are delighted to welcome Nethanel Lipshitz (Chicago, graduate student) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “Formal Equality and Fundamental Equality”. The meeting will take place on Friday February 14th from 10.30am – 12.20pm in Social Sciences 401. In accordance with our usual … Continue reading

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2/5 – Ariel Zylberman & 2/7 – Nancy Sherman

We have two upcoming talks in one week! We are delighted to welcome both of the following speakers to the PPW: 1) Ariel Zylberman (McGill) will present a paper entitled “The Juridical Epigenesis of Reason: Life, Second-Personal Dignity, and Human … Continue reading

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