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
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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
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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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
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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