Five Lectures in Philosophy and a Panel Discussion
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
Some Puzzles about Belief
Robert Stalnaker
Wed Jan 7, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
A Symposium on Bioethics
Ned Hall, Caspar Hare, Sally Haslanger, Sarah McGrath (Holy Cross) & William Stempsey (Holy Cross)
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Presenters will consider a number of contemporary issues in bioethics, including: What counts as disease as opposed to a normal condition? How is the science of genetics influencing society at large and medicine in particular? Are there good sociobiological explanations of cultural phenomena? Are racial categories biologically sound? Are they valuable in the context of medicine?
Tue Jan 13, 01-04:30pm, 37-212, with a break for refreshments
How to Influence Truth-Value Without Really Being: Lessons from The King of France
Steve Yablo
Wed Jan 14, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
Common Knowledge and The Muddy Children Puzzle
Eric Swanson
Wed Jan 21, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
The Aesthetics of Mythmaking in Film
Irving Singer
Lecture including showing of John Huston's film The Dead (based on James Joyce's story with the same title)
Wed Jan 28, 02-05:00pm, 1-390
There Are Many Things
Vann McGee
Fri Jan 30, 02-04:00pm, 37-212
Latest update: 12-Jan-2004
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