Events in the Philosophy Department
For up-to-date information about times and locations, please see the calendar.
Departmental Colloquia
October 26 |
Michael Kremer (University of Chicago) "What did Wittgenstein Learn from 'On Denoting'?" CL 244A |
| November 2 Friday 3:30 pm |
Martin Lin (Rutgers) "Rationalism and Necessitarianism" CL 244A |
| February 8 Friday 4:00 pm |
Michael Martin (University College, London) |
| April 4 Friday 3:30 pm |
Nishi Shah (Amherst) |
Tamara Horowitz Memorial Lecture
| April 24 Thursday 3:30 pm |
Charles Parsons (Harvard) |
Pitt-CMU graduate conference
March 1. Theme: Relativism and Rational Reflection. See website for details.
Lunchtime faculty colloquium
See the calendar for a list of upcoming events.
Student-faculty colloquium
See the calendar for a list of upcoming events.
Other philosophical events at Pitt
Center for Philosophy of Science Annual Lecture Series
October 5 |
Marcel Weber (University of Basel) |
| November 9 Friday 3:30 pm |
Elizabeth Spelke (Harvard University) Core Knowledge of Number and Geometry |
December 7 |
Helen Longino (Stanford University) Pluralism About the Sciences of Behavior |
| January 18 Friday 3:30 pm |
Gerard Massey (University of Pittsburgh) Deciphering Duhem |
| February 1 Friday 3:30 pm |
Edouard Machery (University of Pittsburgh) How Null Hypothesis Testing Obstructs Progress in Psychology |
| February 29 Friday 3:30 pm |
Theodore Porter (UCLA) Mutation, Chance, and Heredity: Some Historical Roots |
| April 11 Friday 3:30 pm |
Lee Smolin (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Remarks on the Reality of Time in Physics and Cosmology |
Center for Philosophy of Science Lunchtime Talks
Talks are held in the Center for Philosophy of Science at 12.05 pm on most Tuesdays and Fridays. The current year's schedule of talks can be found here.
Classics, Philosophy and Ancient Science talks
October 9 |
Markus Gabriel (University of Heidelberg) |
| October 26 Friday 3:30 pm |
Pierre Destree (Catholic University of Leuven, and University of Maryland) |
January 25 |
Verity Harte (Yale) Republic X and the role of the audience in art |
| April 25 Friday 3:30 pm |
Alan Code (Rutgers University) |
