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Responsibility, Punishment, and Psychopathy: At the Crossroads of Law, Neurocriminology, and Philosophy – Seminars in Society and Neuroscience 4:15 pm
Responsibility, Punishment, and Psychopathy: At the Crossroads of Law, Neurocriminology, and Philosophy – Seminars in Society and Neuroscience @ Faculty House, Columbia U
Apr 9 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
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Psychopathy is a mental disorder closely associated with marked emotional dysfunctions, limited capacity for moral judgments, recidivistic offending, and poor treatment outcome. Considering its peculiar characteristics, the status of psychopathy in the field of law raises several disputes. While current criminal law holds psychopaths fully responsible and punishable for their misbehavior, some scholars argue that psychopathy is a condition that may severely compromise an individual’s moral agency and capacity for rationality. As such, it should[...]
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Ishani Maitra (University of Michigan) 4:10 pm
Ishani Maitra (University of Michigan) @ Philosophy Hall rm 716
Apr 12 @ 4:10 pm – 6:00 pm
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Title: TBA 4:10 PM – 6:00 PM. 716 Philosophby Hall Reception to follow
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Icard: On the Rational Role of Randomization 4:10 pm
Icard: On the Rational Role of Randomization @ Faculty House, Columbia U
Apr 13 @ 4:10 pm
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Randomized acts play a marginal role in traditional Bayesian decision theory, essentially only one of tie-breaking. Meanwhile, rationales for randomized decisions have been offered in a number of areas, including game theory, experimental design, and machine learning. A common and plausible way of accommodating some (but not all) of these ideas from a Bayesian perspective is by appeal to a decision maker’s bounded computational resources. Making this suggestion both precise and compelling is surprisingly difficult.[...]
Bewildered Perception: Exploring Mindfulness as Delusion 5:30 pm
Bewildered Perception: Exploring Mindfulness as Delusion @ Columbia Religion Dept. rm 101
Apr 13 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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The circa 9th century CE poet-saint Saraha enjoys a close association with spontaneity in both his reported actions and recorded works. This association leads him to be popularly read and remembered as a freewheeling antinomian sacred figure opposed to institutions, rituals, and even social norms. His appears to be a call to joyful chaos. But many of his verses invite readers towards a different kind of chaos, towards mental/perceptual chaos as the path towards correct[...]
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Morality and Mathematics Workshop
Morality and Mathematics Workshop @ Columbia University Philosophy Dept. 716
Apr 14 all-day
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Morality and Mathematics Workshop Saturday, April 14th All day 716 Philosophy Hall Workshop Organizer: Justin Clarke-Doane (Columbia)
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Minorities and Philosophy Spring Workshop Series 7:00 pm
Minorities and Philosophy Spring Workshop Series @ Various Locations around NYC
Apr 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
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The Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Chapters of Columbia, The New School, Rutgers, CUNY, NYU, and Princeton invite submissions from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups for a workshop series (NY-MAPWorks) in spring 2018. Dates: Jan 30th (NYU), Feb. 20th (New School), March 6th (CUNY), April 17th (Columbia), May 8th (NYU), 7-9:30pm. Submission Guidelines: To apply, please compete the following by December 15th, 2017: Send an extended abstract of 750-1,000 words (.pdf or .doc),[...]
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Oscar Wilde’s “De Profundis” 7:00 pm
Oscar Wilde’s “De Profundis”
Apr 19 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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Brooklyn Philosophy Reading and Discussion Group Thursday, April 19 at 7:00 PM In the footsteps of Boethius we follow this week with another text written from prison, albeit a departure from a formal philosophical work. Oscar Wil… https://www.meetup.com/Brooklyn-Philosophy-Reading-and-Discussion-Group/events/249372752/
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Rutgers-Columbia Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Rutgers-Columbia Undergraduate Philosophy Conference @ Columbia University Philosophy Dept.
Apr 21 – Apr 22 all-day
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The Department’s colloquium series typically meets on Thursdays in the Seminar Room at Gateway Bldg, 106 Somerset Street, 5th Floor. 2/27/18 Goldman Lecture, 4pm 3/1/18 Mesthene Lecture, Prof. Miranda Fricker (GC-CUNY), 3:00-6:30 pm 3/22/18 RU Climate Lecture, Prof. Sally Haslanger (MIT) 3:00-5:00 pm 4/8/18 Karen Bennett (Cornell University) 4/12/18 Sanders Lecture, Prof. Linda Zagzebski (University of Oklahoma) 4/13/18 Rutgers Chinese Philosophy Conference, 9:30 am-6:30 pm 4/13-4/14/18 Marilyn McCord Adams Memorial Conference 4/14-4/15/18 Rutgers-Columbia Undergraduate Philosophy[...]
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Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” & King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” 7:00 pm
Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” & King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” @ Outpost Cafe
Apr 26 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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Brooklyn Philosophy Reading and Discussion Group Thursday, April 26 at 7:00 PM Rounding out our trilogy of prison readings, this week will discuss Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Civil Disobedience” and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s … https://www.meetup.com/Brooklyn-Philosophy-Reading-and-Discussion-Group/events/249373007/
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Thomas Khurana – NY German Idealism Workshop 4:30 pm
Thomas Khurana – NY German Idealism Workshop @ Columbia University Philosophy Dept.
Apr 27 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
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NY German Idealism Workshop Spring 2018 Johannes-Georg Schulein – March 2 Terry Pinkard – April 6 Lydia Goehr – April 20 Thomas Khurana – April 27
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