Recent Events
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Sat May 12, 2018 Faculty Glade, 4–6 PM |
Philosophy Department Graduation |
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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 |
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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 |
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Thu Apr 26, 2018 Howison Library , 4–6 PM |
Philosophy Colloquium Laura Franklin-Hall (NYU) The Animal Sexes as Queer Kinds |
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Fri Apr 20, 2018 1303 Dwinelle Hall, 3–4:30 PM |
Meaning Sciences Club Ethan Jerzak (UC Berkeley) Two Ways to Want |
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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 |
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Thu Apr 19, 2018 Howison Library, 4–6 PM |
George Myro Memorial Lecture Ian Rumfitt (All Souls College, Oxford) THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Fri Apr 13, 2018 1303 Dwinelle Hall, 3–4:30 PM |
Meaning Sciences Club Amy Rose Deal (UC Berkeley) Compositional paths to de re |
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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? |
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Thu Apr 12, 2018 Howison Library, 4–6 PM |
Philosophy Colloquium John Hawthorne (USC) The Surprise Examination |
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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 |
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Fri Apr 6, 2018 141 Boalt Hall , 12–3:15 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Daniel Viehoff (NYU) Power and Equality |
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Wed Apr 4, 2018 12–1 PM |
Work in Progress Talk Austin Andrews |
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Mon Apr 2, 2018 308A Doe Library, 4–6 PM |
Classics Colloquium Gábor Betegh (Cambridge) Imagining the City: Magnesia and Brasilia |
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Sun Mar 25, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 9:30 AM–12:30 PM |
Conceptuality and Nonconceptuality in Buddhist Philosophy Workshop |
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Sat Mar 24, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 9:30 AM–6 PM |
Conceptuality and Nonconceptuality in Buddhist Philosophy Workshop |
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Fri Mar 23, 2018 60 Evans , 4:10–5 PM |
Logic Colloquium Nam Trang (University of Califorina, Irvine) Forcing, elementary embeddings, and determinacy |
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Fri Mar 23, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 4–7 PM |
Conceptuality and Nonconceptuality in Buddhist Philosophy Workshop |
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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 |
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Thu Mar 22, 2018 370 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM |
Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Ambiguity, Paradox, Dialetheism, Quietism |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wed Mar 21, 2018 12–1 PM |
Work in Progress Talk Kwong-loi Shun |
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Tue Mar 20, 2018 370 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM |
Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Yogācāra: Mind and World |
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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 |
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Fri Mar 16, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Gabriel Lenz (University of California, Berkeley) TBA |
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Thu Mar 15, 2018 370 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM |
Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Epistemology: Madhyamaka Versus Nyāya |
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Thu Mar 15, 2018 126 Barrows, 4–5 PM |
Alfred Tarski Lectures Hugh Woodin (Harvard University) The Ultimate L Conjecture |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wed Mar 14, 2018 Room I, LeConte Hall, 4–5 PM |
Alfred Tarski Lectures Hugh Woodin (Harvard University) The HOD Dichotomy |
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Wed Mar 14, 2018 12–1 PM |
Work in Progress Talk R. Jay Wallace |
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Tue Mar 13, 2018 370 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM |
Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Madhyamaka Versus Realism: Setting up the Debate |
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Tue Mar 13, 2018 Room I, LeConte Hall, 4–5 PM |
Alfred Tarski Lectures Hugh Woodin (Harvard University) Ultimate L |
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Fri Mar 9, 2018 60 Evans Hall, 4:10–5 PM |
Logic Colloquium Ray Briggs (Stanford University) Real-Life Newcomb Problems |
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Wed Mar 7, 2018 7205 Dwinelle, 6–7:30 PM |
Working Group in Ancient Philosophy Pierre Destrée (University of Louvain) Catharsis as Free Reign |
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Wed Mar 7, 2018 12–1 PM |
Work in Progress Talk Nicholas Gooding |
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Fri Mar 2, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Paul Pierson (University of California, Berkeley) TBA |
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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 |
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Thu Mar 1, 2018 301 Moses, 4–6 PM |
Undergraduate Reception/Berkeley Connect Study Break |
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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 |
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Fri Feb 23, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Alex Guerrero (Rutgers University) TBA |
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Thu Feb 22, 2018 370 Dwinelle, 5:30 PM |
Sather Lecture Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena) Fas: A Law with No Gods |
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Wed Feb 21, 2018 12–1 PM |
Work in Progress Talk Hannah Ginsborg |
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Fri Feb 16, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Josiah Ober (Stanford University) TBA |
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 370 Dwinelle, 5:30 PM |
Sather Lecture Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena) Fatum: Destiny in Greece and in Rome |
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Fri Feb 9, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Richard Brooks (Columbia University ) TBA |
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Thu Feb 8, 2018 Maude Fife Room, Wheeler Hall, 8 PM |
Sather Lecture Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena) Memory and the Ear |
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Wed Feb 7, 2018 301 Moses, 6–8 PM |
Philosophy Honors Program/Grad School Infosession (MAP) |
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Fri Feb 2, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Emilee Chapman (Stanford University) TBA |
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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 |
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Fri Jan 26, 2018 60 Evans Hall, 4–5:30 PM |
Logic Colloquium John MacFarlane (UC Berkeley) Is Logic a Normative Discipline? |
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Fri Jan 26, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Charles Beitz (Princeton University) TBA |
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Thu Jan 25, 2018 Howison Library, 4–6 PM |
Philosophy Colloquium Laura Ruetsche (University of Michigan) Perturbing Realism |
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Mon Jan 22, 2018 Howison Library, 4–6 PM |
Philosophy Colloquium Andreja Novakovic (U.C. Riverside) Hegel on Passion in History |
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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) |
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Thu Dec 7, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM |
Graduate Research Colloquium Ethan Jerzak Paradoxical Desires |
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Tue Dec 5, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM |
Graduate Research Colloquium Antonia Peacocke Mental Action in Self-Knowledge |
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Fri Dec 1, 2017 4:10–5 PM |
Logic Colloquium Marianna Antonutti (LMU Munich) What is ordinary mathematics? |
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Thu Nov 30, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM |
Graduate Research Colloquium Alexander (Arc) Kocurek Counterfactuals and Contingent Identity |
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Fri Nov 17, 2017 4:10–5 PM |
Logic Colloquium Wesley H. Holliday (UC Berkeley) Possibilities for Boolean, Heyting, and modal algebras |
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Fri Nov 17, 2017 12–2 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Leti Volpp (U.C. Berkeley Law) TBA |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Fri Nov 3, 2017 12–2 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Cristina Rodriguez (Yale Law) TBA |
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Fri Oct 27, 2017 Moses 234, 4–6 PM |
Working Group in Ancient Philosophy Sean Kelsey (Notre Dame) Essence and Insight |
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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? |
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Thu Oct 26, 2017 301 Moses, 12:30–1:30 PM |
Work in Progress Talk Alvin Goldman Free Speech, Fake News, and Democracy |
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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 |
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Fri Oct 20, 2017 60 Evans Hall, 4:10–5:15 PM |
Logic Colloquium Thomas Icard (Stanford University) Some Philosophical Uses of Randomized Computation |
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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 |
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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 |
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Fri Oct 13, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM |
Townsend Visitor Tim Maudlin (NYU) Q&A Session |
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Fri Oct 13, 2017 12–2 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Katerina Linos (U.C. Berkeley Law) TBA |
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Thu Oct 12, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM |
Townsend Visitor Tim Maudlin (NYU) Mathematics and Ontology: Lift and Drop |
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Wed Oct 11, 2017 302 Moses, 3–5 PM |
Tim Maudlin (NYU) Office hours |
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Tue Oct 10, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM |
Townsend Visitor Tim Maudlin (NYU) An Explosion of Possibilities |
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Mon Oct 9, 2017 Howison Library, 4–6 PM |
Townsend Visitor Tim Maudlin (NYU) The Mathematics and Ontology of Classical Electro-Magnetic Theory |
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Fri Oct 6, 2017 12–2 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Sungmoon Kim (Univ. of Hong Kong Political Science) TBA |
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Thu Oct 5, 2017 301 Moses, 12:30–1:30 PM |
Work in Progress Talk Laura and Francois Schroeter WIP |
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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 |
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Fri Sep 29, 2017 12–2 PM |
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Irene Bloemraad (U.C. Berkeley Sociology) TBA |
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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 |