Colloquium
Fall 2023
Wednesdays, 4:15 P.M. to 6:15 P.M, Room 9205/9206
9/13 Rachell Powell
Professor of Philosophy, Boston University
“Social norms and superorganisms: The normative foundations of ultracooperation”
9/20 Jason D’Cruz
Associate Professor of Philosophy, University at Albany
“Trust, Intimacy, and Courage”
9/27 Sukaina Hirji
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
“Towards a Relational Stance”
10/4 No colloquium
10/11 Tania Lombrozo
Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor of Psychology, Princeton University
“A functional approach to explaining explanation”
10/18 Jennan Ismael
William H. Miller III Professor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University
“Godel meets Laplace: how self-reference undermines prediction”
10/25 Galen Strawson
Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin
“‘The problem of the relation of mind and matter can be completely solved’ (Russell 1959)”
11/1 Jenny Saul
Waterloo Chair in Social and Political Philosophy of Language University of Waterloo
“Figleaves for Falsehood”
11/8 Alex Guerrero
Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University
“Power Inversion Democracy”
11/15 Joshua Knobe
Professor of Philosophy, Psychology, and Linguistics, Yale University
“In a Deeper Sense”
11/22 No colloquium
11/29 Anandi Hattiangadi
Professor of Philosophy, Stockholm University
“Why Large Language Models Don’t Understand Natural Language and Probably Won’t Any Time Soon"
12/6 Student Job Talks
12/13 Student Job Talks