Schedule of Visiting Speakers
2007-08
FALL: August, September, October, November, DecemberSPRING: January, February, March, April, May, June
2008-09
FALL: August, September, October, November, DecemberSPRING: January, February, March, April, May, June
FALL 2007
September
7-8 (Fri-Sat)
Conference
The Legacy of Kant: Classical Neo-Kantianism
Andrew Chignell and Terry Irwin, organizers
14 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Stephen Darwall, University of Michigan
"Authority and Second-Personal Reasons for Acting"
26-28 (Wed-Fri)
Society for Humanities Visitor
Jerrold Levinson, University of Maryland
September 26 – 4:30pm – AD White House
"Philosophical Reflections on Jazz Vocal Improvisation"
September 27 – 12:30pm Midday – Lincoln Hall B20
Vocalist Jerry August, a.k.a Jerrold Levinson, presents "Some Europeans," a collection of jazz standards written by Europeans, accompanied by members of the Cornell Jazz Ensembles
September 27 – 4:30pm – AD White House
"Artistic Worth and Personal Taste: Tension and Resolution"
September 28 – 1:30pm – AD White House
"Beauty Is Not One: The Irreducible Variety of Visual Beauty"
28-30 (Fri-Sun)
Conference
Mind and the Structure of Reality: Augustine's De Trinitate
Charles Brittain and Scott MacDonald, organizers
October
12 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Carolina Sartorio, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Resultant Luck"
Commentator: Erin Taylor
26 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Georges Dicker, SUNY College at Brockport
"Kant's Refutation of Idealism"
Commentator: Andrew Chignell
November
3 (Sat)
Annual Creighton Club Meeting
Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY
Keynote Speaker: Nick Sturgeon
5 (Mon)
Discussion Club
Michael Glanzberg , University of California, Davis
"Context, Content, and Relativism"
9 (Fri)
The Kretzmann Lecture for Undergraduates
Alice Crary, New School University
"Minding Our Fellow Creatures"
10 (Sat)
Graduate Student Visiting Philosopher Series
Andrea Westlund, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
15-16 (Thurs-Fri)
Ancient Philosophy Speaker
Richard Kraut, Northwestern Universty
November 15th - 4:30 pm - GS 124
"Politics and the Good: Reflections on Rawls"
Commentator: Meena Krishnamurthy
November 16th - 4:30 pm - GS 122
"Ordinary Virtue from the Republic to the Laws"
Commentator: Kristen Inglis
December
1 (Sat)
Graduate Student Visiting Philosopher Series
Jyl Gentzler, Amherst College
SPRING 2008
January
25 (Fri)
Cognitive Science Colloquium
Derk Pereboom's talk has been postponed
February
29(Fri)
Cognitive Science Colloquium
Tamar Szabo Gendler's talk has been postponed
March
1 (Sat)
Graduate Student Visiting Philosopher Series
(3-5pm, 236 Goldwin Smith)
Mark Schroeder, University of Southern California
"Hybrid Expressionism: Virtues and Vices"
Conference
(1-6pm, 258 Goldwin Smith)
Andrew Chignell and Peter Gilgen, organizers
April
18 (Fri)
The Kretzmann Lecture for Undergraduates
4:30 pm, Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
Thomas Nagel , New York University
"Public Education and Intelligent Design:
A Dissenting
View
25 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Joshua Cohen, Stanford University
"Truth and Public Reason"
Commentator: Richard Miller
26 (SAT)
Philosophy of Language Workshop
(Time TBA, B-21 Lincoln Hall)
Matti Eklund, Organizer
May
2 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Robert M. Adams, Oxford University
"Conflict: Valuing it and Limiting it."
Commentator: Sara Streett9 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Tyler Burge, UCLA
"Primitive Action and Natural Norms"
10 (Sat)
Graduate Student Visiting Philosopher Series
(Time TBA, 236 Goldwin Smith)
Brendan Jackson, UC Davis
29-31 (Thurs-Sat)
Cornell Summer Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy
Scott MacDonald, organizer
FALL 2008
September
26 (Fri)
Cognitive Science Colloquium
3:30pm, Uris Hall room 205
Derk Pereboom
October
3 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame
9 (Thurs)
Discussion Club
John Martin Fischer, University of California, Riverside
10-11 (Fri-Sat)
Conference
Ancient Scepticism
Tad Brennan and Charles Brittain, organizers
17 (Fri)
Discussion Club
David Velleman, New York University
18 (Sat)
Annual Creighton Club Meeting
Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY
Keynote Speaker: TBA
24 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Wylie Breckenridge, Cornell University
31 – Nov 1 (Fri-Sat)
Conference
The Legacy of Kant II: Kant between the World Wars
Peter Gilgen, and Peter Hohendahl, organizers
Andrew Chignell, Philosophy Department Contact
November
21 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Christy Mag Uidhir, Cornell University
December
SPRING 2009
January
February
March
April
17 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Earl Conee , Rochester University
24 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Alison Simmons, Harvard University
May
1 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Elizabeth Anderson, Michigan University
8 (Fri)
Discussion Club
Mark Johnston, Princeton University
28-30 (Thurs-Sat)
Cornell Summer Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy
Scott MacDonald, organizer
Questions about speakers?
Contact the Department
Discussion Club Events
Unless noted, Discussion Club talks are held Friday from 3:00 to 5:00 in Goldwin Smith, Room 124. Receptions follow in the Philosophy Lounge, 213 Goldwin Smith Hall.
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