Recent Events

Fri Sep 21, 2018 141 Boalt Hall, 12–2 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Heather Whitney, Esq. (NYU) 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!)
Fri Sep 14, 2018 141 Boalt Hall, 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Henry Brady (UC Berkeley) TBA
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 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 Aug 31, 2018 141 Boalt Hall, 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Seana Shiffrin (UCLA) TBA
Sat May 12, 2018 Faculty Glade, 4–6 PM	Philosophy Department Graduation
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
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
Thu Apr 26, 2018 Howison Library , 4–6 PM	Philosophy Colloquium Laura Franklin-Hall (NYU) The Animal Sexes as Queer Kinds
Fri Apr 20, 2018 1303 Dwinelle Hall, 3–4:30 PM	Meaning Sciences Club Ethan Jerzak (UC Berkeley) Two Ways to Want
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
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 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
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 1303 Dwinelle Hall, 3–4:30 PM	Meaning Sciences Club Amy Rose Deal (UC Berkeley) Compositional paths to de re
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?
Thu Apr 12, 2018 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Philosophy Colloquium John Hawthorne (USC) The Surprise Examination
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
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 4, 2018 12–1 PM	Work in Progress Talk Austin Andrews
Mon Apr 2, 2018 308A Doe Library, 4–6 PM	Classics Colloquium Gábor Betegh (Cambridge) Imagining the City: Magnesia and Brasilia
Sun Mar 25, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 9:30 AM–12:30 PM	Conceptuality and Nonconceptuality in Buddhist Philosophy Workshop
Sat Mar 24, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 9:30 AM–6 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
Fri Mar 23, 2018 Toll Room, Alumni House, 4–7 PM	Conceptuality and Nonconceptuality in Buddhist Philosophy Workshop
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
Thu Mar 22, 2018 370 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM	Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Ambiguity, Paradox, Dialetheism, Quietism
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
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
Wed Mar 21, 2018 12–1 PM	Work in Progress Talk Kwong-loi Shun
Tue Mar 20, 2018 370 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM	Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Yogācāra: Mind and World
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
Fri Mar 16, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Gabriel Lenz (University of California, Berkeley) TBA
Thu Mar 15, 2018 370 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM	Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Epistemology: Madhyamaka Versus Nyāya
Thu Mar 15, 2018 126 Barrows, 4–5 PM	Alfred Tarski Lectures Hugh Woodin (Harvard University) The Ultimate L Conjecture
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
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 Room I, LeConte Hall, 4–5 PM	Alfred Tarski Lectures Hugh Woodin (Harvard University) The HOD Dichotomy
Wed Mar 14, 2018 12–1 PM	Work in Progress Talk R. Jay Wallace
Tue Mar 13, 2018 370 Dwinelle Hall, 5–7 PM	Evan Thompson (University of British Columbia) Madhyamaka Versus Realism: Setting up the Debate
Tue Mar 13, 2018 Room I, LeConte Hall, 4–5 PM	Alfred Tarski Lectures Hugh Woodin (Harvard University) Ultimate L
Fri Mar 9, 2018 60 Evans Hall, 4:10–5 PM	Logic Colloquium Ray Briggs (Stanford University) Real-Life Newcomb Problems
Wed Mar 7, 2018 7205 Dwinelle, 6–7:30 PM	Working Group in Ancient Philosophy Pierre Destrée (University of Louvain) Catharsis as Free Reign
Wed Mar 7, 2018 12–1 PM	Work in Progress Talk Nicholas Gooding
Fri Mar 2, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Paul Pierson (University of California, Berkeley) TBA
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
Thu Mar 1, 2018 301 Moses, 4–6 PM	Undergraduate Reception/Berkeley Connect Study Break
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
Fri Feb 23, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Alex Guerrero (Rutgers University) TBA
Thu Feb 22, 2018 370 Dwinelle, 5:30 PM	Sather Lecture Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena) Fas: A Law with No Gods
Wed Feb 21, 2018 12–1 PM	Work in Progress Talk Hannah Ginsborg
Fri Feb 16, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Josiah Ober (Stanford 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 9, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Richard Brooks (Columbia University ) TBA
Thu Feb 8, 2018 Maude Fife Room, Wheeler Hall, 8 PM	Sather Lecture Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena) Memory and the Ear
Wed Feb 7, 2018 301 Moses, 6–8 PM	Philosophy Honors Program/Grad School Infosession (MAP)
Fri Feb 2, 2018 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Emilee Chapman (Stanford University) TBA
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 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 202 Barrows Hall , 12–3 PM	Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory Charles Beitz (Princeton University) TBA
Thu Jan 25, 2018 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Philosophy Colloquium Laura Ruetsche (University of Michigan) Perturbing Realism
Mon Jan 22, 2018 Howison Library, 4–6 PM	Philosophy Colloquium Andreja Novakovic (U.C. Riverside) Hegel on Passion in History
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)