Colloquium (Mitzi Lee, Colorado, Boulder)
Mi-Kyoung (Mitzi) Lee, an associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder, specializes in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy.
Mi-Kyoung (Mitzi) Lee, an associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder, specializes in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy.
Sayeh Meisami is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton who has published several books and articles in the fields of philosophy and religion. In line with her interdisciplinary interests, she also has articles on the significance of poetic techniques of thinking and writing in later Islamic philosophy and sufism, and her ongoing research focuses on the continuity of mythological and philosophical discourses in the Persianate context.
This workshop will focus on rationality and epistemology. Featured speakers include: Timothy Williamson (Oxford), Gurpreet Rattan (Toronto), Yonathan Fiat (Toronto), David Barnett (Toronto) and Jennifer Nagel (Toronto). Saturday, April 4 Location: JHB 100 Session I (9:45 – 11:00am): Jennifer Nagel (Toronto) "The Dawn of Human Rationality" Comments: Julia ... Read More
Jack Beaulieu, a graduate from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and now a Fellow by Examination (Junior Research Fellow) in Philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford, works on the history of Sanskrit philosophy, focusing on philosophers belonging to the Nyāya and Prābhākara traditions. Dr. Beaulieu works broadly in the fields of epistemology, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics, with his research to date focusing primarily on absence.
Sally Haslanger is the Ford Professor of Philosophy and Women's & Gender Studies at MIT. She pursues broad philosophical interests, beginning her philosophical career specializing in analytic metaphysics and epistemology, and in ancient philosophy (especially Aristotle). Over time she has developed interests in social and political philosophy, feminist theory, and critical race theory. Dr. Haslanger has published on the problem of persistence through change, pragmatic paradox, and Aristotle's hylomorphic theory of substance.
The Logic and Philosophy of Science Group is pleased to welcome as guest speaker Isaac Wilhelm, an associate professor at the National University of Singapore. Talk Title Algebraic Quantum Gunk Talk Abstract Theories of the parthood relation generally focus on the non-relativistic, non-quantum realm: on parthood among more ordinary, familiar ... Read More
Friday April 24 Session I (2:00 – 3:30pm): Jean-Marc Narbonne (Laval) "Protagoras’ Democratic Involvement and his Epistemological Background” Commentator: Mark Johnstone (McMaster) Session II (4:00 – 5:30pm): Cecilia Li (Western) "A Fork in the Road: Politics as the Master Art in Plato’s Gorgias (517c4–518c1)" Commentator: Merrick Anderson (Southern California) Saturday April ... Read More
Amy Schmitter is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Alberta with research interests include the history of early modern philosophy, the philosophy of art, the history of metaphysics and philosophy of mind, the history of theories of emotions, and feminist approaches to the history of philosophy