MIT philosophy: events: colloquia fall 2007

Unless otherwise indicated, all talks are on fridays at 3:30 pm in room 32-d461 (directions to 32-d461 and the department).

For more information, please contact Mahrad Almotahari, Damien Rochford, or Paolo Santorio. For more information about talks co-sponsored with Women's Studies, contact womens-studies@mit.edu.

Some colloquium papers will be available on this page in (viewable in adobe acrobat reader).

September 14:

Two Conceptions of Evidence, Bayes Style

Jim Joyce, University of Michigan
* * *THIS TALK IS CANCELLED * * *

September 21:

"Global Poverty: How Demanding Are Our Obligations?"

Peter Singer, Princeton University and University of Melbourne
n.b. this talk begins at 3:40pm and will be held in 32-123

October 26:

"How Action Governs Intention" (handout )

Nishi Shah, Amherst College

November 2:

"The Internal Relatedness of All Things"

Jonathan Schaffer, ANU

November 16:

"Causation: Necessitation and Difference-Making"

Boris Kment, University of Michigan

November 30:

"Alief and Belief"

Tamar Szabó Gendler, Yale University

December 14:

"From Causes to Reasons: on the Possibility of Empirical Knowledge"

Louise Antony, University of Massachusetts, Amherst