MIT philosophy: colloquia spring 2004

Unless otherwise indicated, all talks are on Fridays at 3:30 pm in room 56-114.

Please contact Selim Berker (sberker@mit.edu) or Dilip Ninan (dninan@mit.edu) for more details.

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

February 6:

"Freedom according to Sen"

Philip Pettit, Princeton University

February 27:

"Can Desires Provide Reasons for Action?"

Ruth Chang, Rutgers University

March 5:

"How Should We Understand Bias in Scientific Explanations?"

Elisabeth Lloyd, Indiana University

April 2:

this talk has been cancelled

Peter Railton, University of Michigan

April 9:

"Necessary Connections and the Problem of Induction"

Helen Beebee, University of Manchester

April 30:

this talk has been cancelled

Crispin Wright, University of St. Andrews/NYU/Columbia