Event Archive

Thu Sep 21, 2017 301 Moses, 12:30–1:30 PM	Work in Progress Talk Holly Smith WIP
Thu Sep 21, 2017 4–6 PM	Undergraduate reception/study break
Fri Sep 22, 2017 12–2 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Kamal Sadiq (U.C. Irvine Political Science ) TBA
Fri Sep 22, 2017 Howison Library, 3–4:30 PM	Workshop on inclusive teaching
Fri Sep 22, 2017 60 Evan Hall, 4:10–5 PM	Logic Colloquium Nadja Hempel (UCLA) Mekler construction in generalized stability
Tue Sep 26, 2017 7205 Dwinelle, 5–7 PM	Working Group in Ancient Philosophy Shinro Kato (Tokyo Metropolitan University) Toward the Unity of Plato’s Statesman
Fri Sep 29, 2017 12–2 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Irene Bloemraad (U.C. Berkeley Sociology) TBA
Wed Oct 4, 2017 234 Moses Hall, 6–7:30 PM	Working Group in the History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Science Barry Loewer (Rutgers University) Perfectly Natural Properties and the Best System Accounts of Laws
Thu Oct 5, 2017 301 Moses, 12:30–1:30 PM	Work in Progress Talk Laura and Francois Schroeter WIP
Fri Oct 6, 2017 12–2 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Sungmoon Kim (Univ. of Hong Kong Political Science) TBA
Mon Oct 9, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Townsend Visitor Tim Maudlin (NYU) The Mathematics and Ontology of Classical Electro-Magnetic Theory
Tue Oct 10, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Townsend Visitor Tim Maudlin (NYU) An Explosion of Possibilities
Wed Oct 11, 2017 302 Moses, 3–5 PM	Tim Maudlin (NYU) Office hours
Thu Oct 12, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Townsend Visitor Tim Maudlin (NYU) Mathematics and Ontology: Lift and Drop
Fri Oct 13, 2017 12–2 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Katerina Linos (U.C. Berkeley Law) TBA
Fri Oct 13, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Townsend Visitor Tim Maudlin (NYU) Q&A Session
Thu Oct 19, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Philosophy Colloquium Christia Mercer (Columbia University) Descartes’ Demons and Debts, or, The Importance of Studying Women in the History of Philosophy
Fri Oct 20, 2017 Room 141, Law School, 12–2 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Rogers Smith (Univ. of Pennsylvania Political Science ) A Progressive Case for Accommodating Religious Conservatives
Fri Oct 20, 2017 60 Evans Hall, 4:10–5:15 PM	Logic Colloquium Thomas Icard (Stanford University) Some Philosophical Uses of Randomized Computation
Wed Oct 25, 2017 234 Moses, 6–7:30 PM	Working Group in the History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Science Robert May (UC Davis) Sense
Thu Oct 26, 2017 301 Moses, 12:30–1:30 PM	Work in Progress Talk Alvin Goldman Free Speech, Fake News, and Democracy
Fri Oct 27, 2017 Room 141, Law School, 12–2 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory David Martin (University of Virginia Law) What Makes Migration Control Morally Legitimate?
Fri Oct 27, 2017 Moses 234, 4–6 PM	Working Group in Ancient Philosophy Sean Kelsey (Notre Dame) Essence and Insight
Fri Nov 3, 2017 12–2 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Cristina Rodriguez (Yale Law) TBA
Fri Nov 3, 2017 60 Evans Hall, 4:10–5 PM	Logic Colloquium Lenore Blum (Carnegie Mellon University) Alan Turing and the Other Theory of Computation
Thu Nov 9, 2017 301 Moses, 12:30–1:30 PM	Work in Progress Talk Katharina Kaiser, Florian Grosser Heidegger on ‘Being-with’ and Alterity
Thu Nov 16, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Graduate Research Colloquium Jeffrey Kaplan How to Make a Rule: A Defense of a Supposedly Refuted Theory
Fri Nov 17, 2017 12–2 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Leti Volpp (U.C. Berkeley Law) TBA
Fri Nov 17, 2017 4:10–5 PM	Logic Colloquium Wesley H. Holliday (UC Berkeley) Possibilities for Boolean, Heyting, and modal algebras
Thu Nov 30, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Graduate Research Colloquium Alexander (Arc) Kocurek Counterfactuals and Contingent Identity
Fri Dec 1, 2017 4:10–5 PM	Logic Colloquium Marianna Antonutti (LMU Munich) What is ordinary mathematics?
Tue Dec 5, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Graduate Research Colloquium Antonia Peacocke Mental Action in Self-Knowledge
Thu Dec 7, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Graduate Research Colloquium Ethan Jerzak Paradoxical Desires
Fri Jan 19, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Joshua Cohen and Niko Kolodny (UC Berkeley) Introductory Meeting with Joshua Cohen and Niko Kolodny (for enrolled students only)
Mon Jan 22, 2018 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Philosophy Colloquium Andreja Novakovic (U.C. Riverside) Hegel on Passion in History
Thu Jan 25, 2018 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Philosophy Colloquium Laura Ruetsche (University of Michigan) Perturbing Realism
Fri Jan 26, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Charles Beitz (Princeton University) TBA
Fri Jan 26, 2018 60 Evans Hall, 4–5:30 PM	Logic Colloquium John MacFarlane (UC Berkeley) Is Logic a Normative Discipline?
Fri Jan 26, 2018 7205 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM	Working Group in Ancient Philosophy Voula Tsouna (UC Santa Barbara) Virtue and the Technê Analogy in Plato’s Charmides
Fri Feb 2, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Emilee Chapman (Stanford University) TBA
Wed Feb 7, 2018 301 Moses, 6–8 PM	Philosophy Honors Program/Grad School Infosession (MAP)
Thu Feb 8, 2018 Maude Fife Room, Wheeler Hall, 8 PM	Sather Lecture Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena) Memory and the Ear
Fri Feb 9, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Richard Brooks (Columbia University ) TBA
Thu Feb 15, 2018 370 Dwinelle, 5:30 PM	Sather Lecture Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena) Fatum: Destiny in Greece and in Rome
Fri Feb 16, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Josiah Ober (Stanford University) TBA
Wed Feb 21, 2018 12–1 PM	Work in Progress Talk Hannah Ginsborg
Thu Feb 22, 2018 370 Dwinelle, 5:30 PM	Sather Lecture Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena) Fas: A Law with No Gods
Fri Feb 23, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Alex Guerrero (Rutgers University) TBA
Fri Feb 23, 2018 60 Evans Hall, 4:10–5 PM	Logic Colloquium Douglas Marshall (Carleton College) An Approach to Two Puzzles Concerning the Applicability of Mathematics
Thu Mar 1, 2018 301 Moses, 4–6 PM	Undergraduate Reception/Berkeley Connect Study Break
Thu Mar 1, 2018 Alumni House, 5:30 PM	Sather Lecture Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena) Ferdinand de Saussure and the Phonic Harmony of Archaic Latin Poetry
Fri Mar 2, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Paul Pierson (University of California, Berkeley) TBA
Wed Mar 7, 2018 12–1 PM	Work in Progress Talk Nicholas Gooding
Wed Mar 7, 2018 7205 Dwinelle, 6–7:30 PM	Working Group in Ancient Philosophy Pierre Destrée (University of Louvain) Catharsis as Free Reign
Fri Mar 9, 2018 60 Evans Hall, 4:10–5 PM	Logic Colloquium Ray Briggs (Stanford University) Real-Life Newcomb Problems
Tue Mar 13, 2018 Room I, LeConte Hall, 4–5 PM	Alfred Tarski Lectures Hugh Woodin (Harvard University) Ultimate L
Tue Mar 13, 2018 370 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM	Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Madhyamaka Versus Realism: Setting up the Debate
Wed Mar 14, 2018 12–1 PM	Work in Progress Talk R. Jay Wallace
Wed Mar 14, 2018 Room I, LeConte Hall, 4–5 PM	Alfred Tarski Lectures Hugh Woodin (Harvard University) The HOD Dichotomy
Wed Mar 14, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 5 PM	Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Meditation and Nonconceptual Awareness Perspectives from Buddhist Philosophy and Cognitive Science
Wed Mar 14, 2018 234 Moses, 6–7:30 PM	Working Group in the History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Science Alan Hajek (ANU) Most Counterfactuals Are Still False
Thu Mar 15, 2018 126 Barrows, 4–5 PM	Alfred Tarski Lectures Hugh Woodin (Harvard University) The Ultimate L Conjecture
Thu Mar 15, 2018 370 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM	Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Epistemology: Madhyamaka Versus Nyāya
Fri Mar 16, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Gabriel Lenz (University of California, Berkeley) TBA
Tue Mar 20, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 4:10–6:15 PM	Tanner Lectures on Human Values Michael Warner (Yale University) On the Grid
Tue Mar 20, 2018 370 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM	Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Yogācāra: Mind and World
Wed Mar 21, 2018 12–1 PM	Work in Progress Talk Kwong-loi Shun
Wed Mar 21, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 4:10–6:15 PM	Tanner Lectures on Human Values Michael Warner (Yale University) Infrastructure as Ethics
Thu Mar 22, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 4:10–6:15 PM	Tanner Lectures on Human Values Michael Warner (Yale University) Seminar and Discussion with the commentators
Thu Mar 22, 2018 370 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM	Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Ambiguity, Paradox, Dialetheism, Quietism
Fri Mar 23, 2018 141 Boalt Hall, 12–3:15 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Alvin Goldman (Rutgers University) Free Speech, Fake News, and Democracy
Fri Mar 23, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 4–7 PM	Conceptuality and Nonconceptuality in Buddhist Philosophy Workshop
Fri Mar 23, 2018 60 Evans , 4:10–5 PM	Logic Colloquium Nam Trang (University of Califorina, Irvine) Forcing, elementary embeddings, and determinacy
Sat Mar 24, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 9:30 AM–6 PM	Conceptuality and Nonconceptuality in Buddhist Philosophy Workshop
Sun Mar 25, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 9:30 AM–12:30 PM	Conceptuality and Nonconceptuality in Buddhist Philosophy Workshop
Mon Apr 2, 2018 308A Doe Library, 4–6 PM	Classics Colloquium Gábor Betegh (Cambridge) Imagining the City: Magnesia and Brasilia
Wed Apr 4, 2018 12–1 PM	Work in Progress Talk Austin Andrews
Fri Apr 6, 2018 141 Boalt Hall , 12–3:15 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Daniel Viehoff (NYU) Power and Equality
Wed Apr 11, 2018 234 Moses Hall, 6–7:30 PM	Working Group in the History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Science Hanti Lin (UC Davis) Modes of Convergence to the Truth: Steps toward a Better Epistemology of Induction
Thu Apr 12, 2018 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Philosophy Colloquium John Hawthorne (USC) The Surprise Examination
Fri Apr 13, 2018 141 Boalt Hall , 12–3:15 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory George Borjas (Harvard University) What Does Immigration Economics Imply about Immigration Policy?
Fri Apr 13, 2018 1303 Dwinelle Hall, 3–4:30 PM	Meaning Sciences Club Amy Rose Deal (UC Berkeley) Compositional paths to de re
Fri Apr 13, 2018 60 Evans Hall, 4:10–5 PM	Logic Colloquium Carlos Eduardo Areces (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) Henkin Completeness in Modal Logic
Fri Apr 13, 2018 7205 Dwinelle, 5–7 PM	Working Group in Ancient Philosophy Mi-Kyoung Lee (University of Colorado, Boulder) Aristotle’s Concept of Right Action
Thu Apr 19, 2018 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	George Myro Memorial Lecture Ian Rumfitt (All Souls College, Oxford) THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Fri Apr 20, 2018 141 Boalt Hall, 12–3:15 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Meena Krishnamurthy (University of Michigan) White Blindness
Fri Apr 20, 2018 1303 Dwinelle Hall, 3–4:30 PM	Meaning Sciences Club Ethan Jerzak (UC Berkeley) Two Ways to Want
Thu Apr 26, 2018 Howison Library , 4–6 PM	Philosophy Colloquium Laura Franklin-Hall (NYU) The Animal Sexes as Queer Kinds
Fri Apr 27, 2018 145 Boalt Hall , 12–3:15 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Bertrall Ross (University of California, Berkeley) Selections from Gerrymandering Harms
Fri Apr 27, 2018 60 Evans Hall, 4:10–5 PM	Logic Colloquium Vaughan Pratt (Stanford University) The Class CAT of Locally Small Categories as a Functor-Free Framework for Foundations and Philosophy
Sat May 12, 2018 Faculty Glade, 4–6 PM	Philosophy Department Graduation
Fri Aug 31, 2018 141 Boalt Hall, 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Seana Shiffrin (UCLA) TBA
Fri Aug 31, 2018 60 Evans Hall, 4:10–5:15 PM	Logic Colloquium Paolo Mancosu (UC Berkeley) Neologicist Foundations: Inconsistent Abstraction Principles and Part-Whole
Fri Sep 7, 2018 141 Boalt Hall, 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Jennifer Rothman (Loyola Law School) “The Black Hole of the First Amendment,” an excerpt from “The Right of Publicity: Privacy Reimagined for a Public World”
Fri Sep 14, 2018 141 Boalt Hall, 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Henry Brady (UC Berkeley) TBA
Fri Sep 14, 2018 4:10–5:15 PM	Logic Colloquium Thomas Scanlon (UC Berkeley) Elimination and consistency checking for difference equations (even though the theory is undecidable!)