Prof. Lascano's research interests lie primarily in the history of early modern philosophy, philosophy of religion, and metaphysics. She will deliver a talk on "Reconsidering Astell’s relation to Locke: Mary Astell’s account of God’s existence and human freedom."
This workshop series brings leading legal and political philosophers from around the world to present their work in progress. This legal theory workshop welcomes David Owens, King’s College London, Department of Philosophy.
Prof. Gertler's research is focused on the philosophy of mind, particularly self-knowledge, mental content, consciousness, and the self. She will deliver a talk on "Rational Agency".
Prof. Fleischaker's research is primarily in moral and political philosophy, the history of philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and aesthetics. His talk is titled “Empathy and Perspective: A Smithian Conception of Humanity.”
Federica Berdini received her PhD from the University of Bologna's Science, Cognition, and Technology program. Dr. Berdini's research is in philosophy of action and philosophy of psychology. Her talk is titled: "Agency's Constitutive Normativity: An Elucidation".
Gideon Freudenthal is professor in the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University. He will deliver a talk on "Salomon Maimon's philosophy: between myth and logical analysis."
Amie L. Thomasson, professor of philosophy at Dartmouth College, will deliver a talk titled "How can we come to know metaphysical modal truths?”
Organized by Professor Nick Stang, this conference aims to generate dialogue between contemporary analytic metaphysicians and scholars of Kant, who famously questioned whether such a thing as metaphysics is even possible. Participants include Amie Thomasson (Dartmouth), Eric Watkins (UC San Diego), our own Damian Melamedoff, and many more.
This is a closed event for internal members of the department and their invited guests.
Prof. Atherton's research interests include English philosophers of the early modern period, the work of women philosophers in the history of philosophy, and historical issues in the philosophy of psychology.
Rebecca Stangl is associate professor at the University of Virginia. Prof. Stangl's research is in ethics and the history of philosophy. She will talk on the topic of "Might Self-Cultivation be a Virtue?"
This workshop series brings leading legal and political philosophers from around the world to present their work in progress. This legal theory workshop welcomes Rainer Forst, Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute of Political Science and Institute of Philosophy.
