Please join us for a joint session of the Practical Philosophy Workshop and German Philosophy Workshop on Friday, November 3rd, as Jed Lewinsohn (Pittsburgh & UChicago Law) presents his paper, “The ‘Natural Unintelligibility’ of Normative Powers.”
The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “downloads.”
We will meet from 3-5:20pm in Wieboldt Hall, Room 408.
Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop on Monday, October 23rd, as Laurenz Ramsauer (University of Chicago) presents his paper “The Efficacy Puzzle.”
The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “downloads.”
We will meet from 10:30am-12:30pm in Pick 222.
Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop on Monday, October 16th, as John Muller (University of Chicago) presents his paper “Settledness and the Disability Theorist.”
The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “downloads.”
We will meet from 10:30am-12:30pm in Pick 222.
Please join us on May 18th for the final meeting of the Practical Philosophy Workshop this quarter. Stephen Cunniff (U Chicago) will present his paper “Saving the Patient: Practical Knowledge and the Problem of Receptivity.”
The paper, to be read in advance, is available under “downloads” on our website.
We will meet from 6:00-8:00 in Cobb 107.
Please join the Practical Philosophy Workshop on Thursday, May 11th, as Ben Conroy (University of Chicago) presents his paper “Pandas, Chickenpox, and Simian Backaches: The Role of Characteristic Defect in Natural Life.”
The paper, to be read ahead of the workshop, is available under “downloads.”
We will meet from 6:00-8:00pm in Cobb 107.
Please join us on Thursday, May 5th as C. Thi Nguyen (University of Utah) presents his paper “Value Collapse.”
As usual, we will meet in Cobb 107 from 6:00 to 8:00. Professor Nguyen’s paper can be found on our website under “downloads” and should be read in advance of the meeting.
After the workshop, we’ll share a meal.
Please join us on Thursday, April 27th as Talbot Brewer (University of Virginia) presents his paper “Imago Demiurge: Toward a Platonic Conception of the Human Being.”
This is a read-ahead workshop! Professor Brewer’s paper is now available for download on our website.
As usual, we will meet from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in Cobb 107.
Please join us on Friday, April 14th as Laurenz Ramsauer (UChicago) presents his paper “Dehumanization, Metaphor and Irony.”
This is a read-ahead workshop: you can find Laurenz’s paper on our website under “downloads.”
Time: 1:00-3:00pm
Place: Social Sciences 105
Join us on Thursday, April 6th as our own Andrew Beddow presents his paper “Form and Content in Kant’s Ethics.”
This meeting is not read-ahead.
We will meet from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in Cobb 107.
Please join us on Monday, March 20th as Matt Boyle (University of Chicago) gives a talk titled “Ethics and the First Person Perspective.”
We will meet from 6:00 to 8:00pm in Cobb 115.
Matt’s paper, on which his talk will be based, is available on this website under “downloads.” Reading ahead is entirely optional, however: the talk will not presuppose prior familiarity with the paper!
