Deep Thought Over High Tea
Peter Ahumada
Thu Jan 24, 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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Invitation to MEG for Cognitive Neuroscience Research
Alec Marantz
Fri Jan 18, 10am-05:00pm, 14E-310
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This event combines a (1) hands-on tutorial in using a whole-head SQUID-based magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for cognitive neuroscience experiments with a (2) mini-symposium at which MEG researchers will present some of their recent results on human brain function.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/kitmitmeg
Contact: Alec Marantz, E39-243, 253-9373, marantz@mit.edu
Sponsor: Linguistics and Philosophy
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Nine Lectures in Philosophy
Irving Singer
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Contact: Irving Singer, E39-351, 253-2649, bis@mit.edu
Sponsor: Linguistics and Philosophy
Assertion Failure and Presupposition Failure
Michael Glanzberg
Wed Jan 9, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
Reasons: What They Are and How They Explain What We Do
Ralph Wedgwood
Mon Jan 14, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
Disgust and Reality: Is Anything Really Disgusting?
Alex Byrne
Wed Jan 16, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
The Cinematic Philosophy of Orson Welles (followed by a showing of Welles' rarely seen film The Immortal Story)
Irving Singer
Fri Jan 18, 02-04:00pm, 1-390
A Not Obviously Hopeless Theory of Cause and Effect Based On A Hopeless Misinterpretation of Plato
Steve Yablo
Wed Jan 23, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
The Puzzle of Imaginative Resistance
Tyler Doggett
Fri Jan 25, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
"Look, I'm Not Okay With That": At What Price Tolerance?
Cancelled
Elizabeth Harman and Sarah McGrath
Mon Jan 28, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
Remarks on Conventionalism
Iris Einheuser
Wed Jan 30, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
Logical Possibility and Logical Actuality
Vann McGee
Fri Feb 1, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
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Philosophy of Perceptions
Peter Ahumada
Tue, Fri, Jan 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25, 29, 1, 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.
Contact: Peter Ahumada, 864-2007, ahumada@mit.edu
Sponsor: Peter M Ahumada, ahumada@mit.edu
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The Philosophy of Star Trek
Roxanne Fay
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Does it matter if all your experiences are illusions fed into your brain by Talosians? If a transporter accident creates a duplicate of you, who are you? What do mischievous godlike aliens tell us about morality? What does a universal translator use to figure out what a sparkly, colorful cloud of gas is saying? Can a Klingon state be a just state? If Vulcans don't have emotions and desires, how can they act rationally? If you find questions like these compelling, join us to watch a different Star Trek episode each session and then discuss it with the real, not virtual, philosophers who will be present as your guides.
Contact: Roxanne Fay, E39-348, 253-4140, rfay@mit.edu
Sponsor: Linguistics and Philosophy
Minding Star Trek
Adina Roskies
Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 35: The Measure Of A Man (1987)
See Description
Tue Jan 15, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
When History Doesn't Take Its Course: Violations of the Prime Directive
Mimi Cukier
Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 9: Justice (1987)
See Description
Thu Jan 17, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
Paradise Tossed: Kirk, the Utopian Annihilator
Roxanne Fay
Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 38: The Apple (1967)
See Description
Tue Jan 22, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
Captain Pike and the Talosians: Does It Really Matter If I'm a Brain-in-a-Vat?
Selim Berker and Jim John
Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 1: The Cage (1966)
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Thu Jan 24, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
What Is It Like To Be a Vulcan?
Andy Egan and Juan Comesana
Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 44: Journey To Babel (1967)
See Description
Tue Jan 29, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
Wormholes for Fun and Profit
Adam Elga
Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 56: The Price (1987)
See Description
Thu Jan 31, 02-04:00pm, E56-270
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