Metaphysically emergent phenomena synchronically depend on, yet are also to some extent autonomous from, complex lower-level physical goings-on. Jessica Wilson will speak about two forms of emergence, weak and strong, and argue for free will as a strongly emergent phenomenon.
The period 100 BCE to 200 CE saw some of the most far-reaching innovations in Western philosophical history, including a striking efflorescence of philosophy in the Mediterranean, especially in the east; old systems were revitalized through discussion and debate with new (including Christianity).
Matti Eklund has been Chair Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Uppsala University in Sweden since 2013. His work concentrates primarily on metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of logic.
Join us for a practice placement job talk by Melissa Rees titled "Uninformed Consent."
Join us for a practice placement job talk by Valerie Bernard titled "Sartre and Naive Realism."
Join us for a practice placement job talk by Damian Melamedoff-Vosters titled "Obligation and Causation in Kant’s Second Analogy."
Join us for a practice placement job talk by Dylan Shaul titled "Hegel’s Concept of Reconciliation: On the ‘Highest Goal’ of Philosophy."
Join us for a practice placement job talk by Rowan Mellor titled "Skepticism about the No-Difference Challenge."
Join us for a practice placement job talk by Julia Smith titled "Higher-Order Evidence and Higher-Order Attitudes."
Join us for a practice placement job talk by Manual Vasquez Villavicencio.
Join us for a practice placement job talk by Nicole Yokum.
Join us for the book launch and discussion of Phenomenology of Black Spirit (Edinburgh University Press), authored by Biko Mandela Gray (Syracuse) and Ryan J. Johnson (Elon), with discussion partners Rebecca Comay (Toronto) and Rinaldo Walcott (Toronto).
