"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
Jimmy Rising
Tue Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 05:30-07:00pm, 24-619
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is a profound work for its insights into quality living and its commentary on modern thought. It can also be a powerful guide through the challenges of life, particularly those found at MIT. Over several meetings during IAP, we will read and discuss the book and some of its philosophical and historical background. Everyone is welcome, whether they have read the book or not.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/esg/www/IAP
Contact: Jimmy Rising, 24-612, x3-7787, jrising@mit.edu
Sponsor: Experimental Study Group
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A History of Logic
Christopher Robinson
Wed Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 06-07:30pm, 8-205
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This course will sketch the development of the analysis of reasoning in the three great independent traditions extending from China, India, and Greece. The goals are 1) to show that the Aristotelian logical tradition is not privileged as a representation of the methods of reasoning; and 2) to have a good discussion on the difficult issue of the relationship between thought and language.
Web: http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/logic.html
Contact: Prof. Adam Powell, 4-117, x2-2086, hazelsct@mit.edu
Sponsor: Adam C Powell, 8-135, 617 253-3222, hazelsct@mit.edu
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Appl Fest
Alec Marantz , Léa Nash
Sat Jan 27, Sun Jan 28, 10am-05:00pm, E39-335
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This workshop provides an opportunity for informal discussion of data and issues connected to the analysis of applicative constructions and related constructions involving the "little-v" system, e.g., causatives. The presentations will include a mix of invited talks and comments on talks.
Contact: Alec Marantz, E39-243, x3-9373, marantz@mit.edu
Sponsor: Linguistics and Philosophy
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Deep Thought over High Tea
Peter Ahumada
Thu Jan 25, 03:30-05:30pm, 2-349
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Philosophy has three big questions. Their answers are: 1) I exist. 2) You might exist. 3) Reality might not exist (but it is a pretty cool idea). How hard is that? If you ever thought philosophers prefer an irrational muddle to a good answer, come chat about existential matters over fine tea. Topics include the philosophy of Gian-Carlo Rota.
Contact: Peter Ahumada, 864-2007, ahumada@mit.edu
Sponsor: Peter M Ahumada, ahumada@mit.edu
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Discussions in Philosophy
Irving Singer
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Contact: Irving Singer, E39-351, x3-2649, bis@mit.edu
Sponsor: Linguistics and Philosophy
Rethinking/Reconstructing Family: Philosophical and Feminist Issues in Adoption
Sally Haslanger
Panel discussion with Janet Farrell Smith and Charlotte Witt.
Tue Jan 9, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
Oops! I Did it Again (Fun with Lies, Half-Truths, and Other Deliberate Misleadings)
Sarah McGrath and Elizabeth Harman
Wed Jan 10, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
Some Puzzles About Rational Interaction
Robert Stalnaker
Thu Jan 11, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
Epistemic Responsibility
John Gibbons
Fri Jan 12, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
A Midwinter Look at the Liar Paradox: Session 1
Iris Einheuser and Steve Yablo
"Kripke's Outline of a Theory of Truth" presented by Iris Einheuser, and "Agonizing About Truth" presented by Steve Yablo
Contact: Olafur Páll Jónsson, olafur@mit.edu
Wed Jan 31, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
A Midwinter Look at the Liar Paradox: Session 2
Vann McGee,Michael Glanzberg, Steve Yablo
"Truth and Vagueness" presented by Vann McGee, and "Contexts and Hierarchies" presented by Michael Glanzberg. Panel discussion follows with Professors Yablo, McGee, and Glanzberg.
Contact: Olafur Páll Jónsson, olafur@mit.edu
Thu Feb 1, 02-04:30pm, 37-212
Essentialism and Gender
Ásta Sveinsdóttir and Ishani Maitra
Fri Feb 2, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
The Cinematic Philosophy of Alfred Hitchcock, with Illustrations
Irving Singer
Fri Feb 2, 02-04:00pm, 2-147
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Philosophy of Perceptions
Peter Ahumada
Mon, Wed, Jan 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31, 04-05:00pm, 2-136
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Three of the most important philosophers of perception are Rene Descartes, Bishop Berkeley, and MIT's beloved Gian-Carlo Rota. In a brief but serious class, we will explore Rota's philosophy of founding and synthesize it with Cartesian skepticism and Berkeley's world of perceptions. The scientific world will emerge as a mere consistency of one's perceptions. Readings include the Meditations and the Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous.
Contact: Peter Ahumada, 864-2007, ahumada@mit.edu
Sponsor: Peter M Ahumada, ahumada@mit.edu
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The Japan Science & Technology/MIT Mind Articulation Project: What Is It and What Have We Learned From It?
Prof. Wayne O'Neil
Thu Jan 18, 03-05:00pm, E38-714
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The Japan Science & Technology/ MIT Mind Articulation Project: What is it and what have we learned from it?
Contact: Makiko Okuma, E38-728, 258-8208, m_okuma@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Japan Program
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Time Travel: Philosophy and Physics
Adam Elga
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Travel in time and hyper-time! Try to change the past - and fail! Manipulate spacetime! This series of lectures will prepare novice time travellers for some of the philosophical and physics-related issues they will encounter during their journeys. Lectures are independent, but attendees should check the class web page for an optional reading list and for the latest version of the schedule, as it is subject to change.
Web: http://mit.edu/adam/www/timetravel
Contact: Adam Elga, E39-338, x3-2526, adam@mit.edu
Sponsor: Linguistics and Philosophy
Some Paradoxes of Time Travel
Tyler Doggett and Bernhard Nickel
"Some Paradoxes of Time Travel" presented by Tyler Doggett
"Who Wants to Time Travel, Anyway?" presented by Bernhard
Nickel
Tue Jan 16, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
When Mischievous Idiots Travel in Time
Adam Elga
Wed Jan 17, 02pm-04:00am, 37-212
The Gödel Universe, A Cosmic Time Machine
Edward Keyes
Thu Jan 18, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
Loops, Branches, and Parallel Worlds: Varieties of Time Travel
Andy Egan
Fri Jan 19, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
Kant, Mill, and Wells: Time Travel and Ethics
Roxanne Fay
Mon Jan 22, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
Time Travel or Not
Edward Farhi
Time Travel and Topology
Douglas Kutach
Thu Jan 25, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
How to Fight with Your Younger Self
Elizabeth Harman
Fri Jan 26, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
Causation, Chance, and Time Travel
Ned Hall
Mon Jan 29, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
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