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Please join us at the Practical Philosophy workshop on Monday, April 18th. We will meet from 10:30-12:20 in the Social Sciences Research Building Room 401.   Nandi Theunissen (University of Pittsburgh) will be presenting her paper “The New Mooreans”. Abstract: I address a basic question in value theory … Continue reading →

Please join us on Monday, April 4 for our second meeting of the Practical Philosophy Workshop. As usual, the meeting will be from 10:30-12:20 in the Social Sciences Research Building Room 401. There will be no zoom option for this presentation. Amy Levine (Uchicago) will be presenting … Continue reading →

Please join us on Friday, April 1st from 3:00-5:20 in the Wiebold 408 for a joint meeting of the Practical Philosophy and German Philosophy Workshop. Note the unusual time and location. There will be a zoom option distributed through the email list closer to … Continue reading →

Please join us on Monday, February 28th from 10:30-12:20 in the Social Sciences Research Building Room 401. Patricia Marechal (Northwestern) will be presenting her paper entitled Passion, Conviction, and Phronesis in Aristotle’s Ethics. The presentation is read-ahead and the paper is accessible under downloads. … Continue reading →

Please join us on Monday, February 14th from 10:30-12:20 in the Social Sciences Research Building Room 401. Warren Wilson (Uchicago) will  be presenting his paper entitled Autonomy, Happiness, and the Priority Problem in Rousseau’s Political Thought. The presentation is read-ahead and is accessible under downloads.

Please join us on Monday, February 7th from 10:30-12:20 in the Social Sciences Research Building Room 401. Marya Schechtman (University of Illinois, Chicago) will  be presenting her paper entitled The View from Everywhere. The presentation is read-ahead. The paper is accessible under … Continue reading →

Please join us on Monday, November 29th from 10:30-12:20 in Haskell 315. Laurenz Ramsauer (University of Chicago) will be presenting his paper entitled Kant’s Racism as a Philosophical Problem. The presentation is read-ahead. The paper is accessible under downloads. Abstract: Immanuel Kant was … Continue reading →

Please join us on Monday, November 15th from 10:30-12:20 in Haskell 315. Greg Brown (University of Chicago) will be presenting his paper entitled Desire and Action. The presentation is read-ahead. The paper is accessible under downloads. Abstract: Elizabeth Anscombe’s claim in Intention that … Continue reading →

Come join us Monday, October 25, to discuss Emily Dupree’s Paper “Revenge”. This meeting is on Zoom. The zoom link will be sent out in advance of the meeting to all those on the practical philosophy workshop email list. If you would … Continue reading →

Come join us Monday, October 11, to discuss John Proios’s Paper “Plato’s Scientific Feminism”.  Where: Haskell 315 When: 10:30-12:20 am Paper is available under ‘download’. Please email pbourbon@uchicago.edu if you require the password. Abstract: In Plato’s Republic, Socrates argues that … Continue reading →