The Philosophy Department’s Speaker Series is sponsored by the Ichabod S. Spencer Foundation. Every fall and winter term, the series brings major figures in the field to campus to discuss new work. All events are open to the public, and philosophy students can take a course, New Directions in Philosophy, that focuses on the work discussed in the Speaker Series.
Unless otherwise noted, all events are held in the Everest Lounge, starting at 4:30 p.m.
Some of the talks may be held via zoom. For more precise information, please check the information below for each scheduled talk to determine the modality and/or contact the Department close to the day of the talk.
Marianna Bergamaschi Ganapini, Philosophy Department Chair
(518) 388-6812; philchair@union.edu or bergamam@union.edu
Leahanna Pelish, Administrative Assistant
(518) 388-6376; pelishl@union.edu
Hume’s Final Verdict on Skepticism:
Evidence and Correction of Skeptical Doubts in Hume’s First Enquiry
Don Garrett, New York University
An Ethics Ecosystem for AI and Big Data: Why? What? How?
John Basl, Northeastern University
The Attention Economy and the Child’s Right to an Open Future
Clinton Castro, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Infant Consciousness
Claudia Passos-Ferreira, New York University, Center for Bioethics
Aristotle on Mathematical Objects and the Mind
Emily Katz, Michigan State University
TBA
Karen Bennett, Rutgers University
James Africanus Beale Horton’s Philosophy of History: Progress, Race, and the Fate of Africa
Zeyad El Nabolsy, York University in Toronto
Grasping through Depicting
Michaela McSweeney, Boston University
Phi Beta Kappa Room, Schaffer Library 204