Philosophers
Economists
Ethan Lewis, Dartmouth
Giovanni Peri, University of California, Davis
Chad Sparber, Colgate University
Organizers
K. Anthony Appiah, NYU Philosophy and Law
Jess Behabib, NYU Economics
Giovanni Peri, UC Davis Economics; Director, UC Davis Migration Research Cluster
Schedule of Speakers
September 6
Eric Beerbohm, Harvard
September 13
Rick Brooks, NYU
September 20
Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton
September 27
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota
October 4
Veronique Munoz-Darde, UC Berkeley
October 11
Tommie Shelby, Harvard
October 18
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University
October 25
Meir Dan-Cohen, UC Berkeley
November 1
Amia Srinivasan, University College London
November 8
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU
November 15
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago
November 29
Tom Nagel, NYU
December 6
Nancy Fraser, The New School
The Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy was founded by Ronald Dworkin and Thomas Nagel in 1987. It is the original model for all of NYU Law’s colloquia. The Colloquium is now convened by Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, and Jeremy Waldron, two of whom will host in any given year.
Each week on Thursday a legal theorist or moral or political philosopher presents a paper to the group, which consists of students, faculty from the Law School and other departments of NYU, and faculty from other universities. The choice of subject is left to the paper’s author, within the general boundaries of the Colloquium’s subjects, and the discussions are therefore not connected by any structured theme for the term as a whole, though in past years certain central topics were canvassed in several weeks’ discussion. The Colloquium aims, not to pursue any particular subject, but to explore new work in considerable depth and so allow students to develop their own skill in theoretical analysis. Each week’s paper is posted at least a week in advance, and participants are expected to have read it.
The public sessions of the colloquium take place on Thursdays, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room on the 9th Floor of Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St (view campus map). Visitors’ papers will be posted in advance of each meeting on this page.
Schedule of Speakers
September 6
Eric Beerbohm, Harvard
September 13
Rick Brooks, NYU
September 20
Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton
September 27
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota
October 4
Veronique Munoz-Darde, UC Berkeley
October 11
Tommie Shelby, Harvard
October 18
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University
October 25
Meir Dan-Cohen, UC Berkeley
November 1
Amia Srinivasan, University College London
November 8
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU
November 15
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago
November 29
Tom Nagel, NYU
December 6
Nancy Fraser, The New School
The Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy was founded by Ronald Dworkin and Thomas Nagel in 1987. It is the original model for all of NYU Law’s colloquia. The Colloquium is now convened by Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, and Jeremy Waldron, two of whom will host in any given year.
Each week on Thursday a legal theorist or moral or political philosopher presents a paper to the group, which consists of students, faculty from the Law School and other departments of NYU, and faculty from other universities. The choice of subject is left to the paper’s author, within the general boundaries of the Colloquium’s subjects, and the discussions are therefore not connected by any structured theme for the term as a whole, though in past years certain central topics were canvassed in several weeks’ discussion. The Colloquium aims, not to pursue any particular subject, but to explore new work in considerable depth and so allow students to develop their own skill in theoretical analysis. Each week’s paper is posted at least a week in advance, and participants are expected to have read it.
The public sessions of the colloquium take place on Thursdays, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room on the 9th Floor of Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St (view campus map). Visitors’ papers will be posted in advance of each meeting on this page.
Speakers:
Amanda Pustilnik, Professor of Law, University of Maryland
Tor Wager, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder
Moderators:
Federica Coppola, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University
Lan Li, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University
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Free and open to the public, but RSVP is required via Eventbrite. This event is part of the Seminars in Society and Neuroscience series.
Schedule of Speakers
September 6
Eric Beerbohm, Harvard
September 13
Rick Brooks, NYU
September 20
Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton
September 27
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota
October 4
Veronique Munoz-Darde, UC Berkeley
October 11
Tommie Shelby, Harvard
October 18
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University
October 25
Meir Dan-Cohen, UC Berkeley
November 1
Amia Srinivasan, University College London
November 8
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU
November 15
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago
November 29
Tom Nagel, NYU
December 6
Nancy Fraser, The New School
The Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy was founded by Ronald Dworkin and Thomas Nagel in 1987. It is the original model for all of NYU Law’s colloquia. The Colloquium is now convened by Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, and Jeremy Waldron, two of whom will host in any given year.
Each week on Thursday a legal theorist or moral or political philosopher presents a paper to the group, which consists of students, faculty from the Law School and other departments of NYU, and faculty from other universities. The choice of subject is left to the paper’s author, within the general boundaries of the Colloquium’s subjects, and the discussions are therefore not connected by any structured theme for the term as a whole, though in past years certain central topics were canvassed in several weeks’ discussion. The Colloquium aims, not to pursue any particular subject, but to explore new work in considerable depth and so allow students to develop their own skill in theoretical analysis. Each week’s paper is posted at least a week in advance, and participants are expected to have read it.
The public sessions of the colloquium take place on Thursdays, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room on the 9th Floor of Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St (view campus map). Visitors’ papers will be posted in advance of each meeting on this page.
Schedule of Speakers
September 6
Eric Beerbohm, Harvard
September 13
Rick Brooks, NYU
September 20
Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton
September 27
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota
October 4
Veronique Munoz-Darde, UC Berkeley
October 11
Tommie Shelby, Harvard
October 18
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University
October 25
Meir Dan-Cohen, UC Berkeley
November 1
Amia Srinivasan, University College London
November 8
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU
November 15
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago
November 29
Tom Nagel, NYU
December 6
Nancy Fraser, The New School
The Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy was founded by Ronald Dworkin and Thomas Nagel in 1987. It is the original model for all of NYU Law’s colloquia. The Colloquium is now convened by Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, and Jeremy Waldron, two of whom will host in any given year.
Each week on Thursday a legal theorist or moral or political philosopher presents a paper to the group, which consists of students, faculty from the Law School and other departments of NYU, and faculty from other universities. The choice of subject is left to the paper’s author, within the general boundaries of the Colloquium’s subjects, and the discussions are therefore not connected by any structured theme for the term as a whole, though in past years certain central topics were canvassed in several weeks’ discussion. The Colloquium aims, not to pursue any particular subject, but to explore new work in considerable depth and so allow students to develop their own skill in theoretical analysis. Each week’s paper is posted at least a week in advance, and participants are expected to have read it.
The public sessions of the colloquium take place on Thursdays, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room on the 9th Floor of Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St (view campus map). Visitors’ papers will be posted in advance of each meeting on this page.
Schedule of Speakers
September 6
Eric Beerbohm, Harvard
September 13
Rick Brooks, NYU
September 20
Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton
September 27
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota
October 4
Veronique Munoz-Darde, UC Berkeley
October 11
Tommie Shelby, Harvard
October 18
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University
October 25
Meir Dan-Cohen, UC Berkeley
November 1
Amia Srinivasan, University College London
November 8
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU
November 15
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago
November 29
Tom Nagel, NYU
December 6
Nancy Fraser, The New School
The Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy was founded by Ronald Dworkin and Thomas Nagel in 1987. It is the original model for all of NYU Law’s colloquia. The Colloquium is now convened by Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, and Jeremy Waldron, two of whom will host in any given year.
Each week on Thursday a legal theorist or moral or political philosopher presents a paper to the group, which consists of students, faculty from the Law School and other departments of NYU, and faculty from other universities. The choice of subject is left to the paper’s author, within the general boundaries of the Colloquium’s subjects, and the discussions are therefore not connected by any structured theme for the term as a whole, though in past years certain central topics were canvassed in several weeks’ discussion. The Colloquium aims, not to pursue any particular subject, but to explore new work in considerable depth and so allow students to develop their own skill in theoretical analysis. Each week’s paper is posted at least a week in advance, and participants are expected to have read it.
The public sessions of the colloquium take place on Thursdays, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room on the 9th Floor of Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St (view campus map). Visitors’ papers will be posted in advance of each meeting on this page.
Schedule of Speakers
September 6
Eric Beerbohm, Harvard
September 13
Rick Brooks, NYU
September 20
Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton
September 27
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota
October 4
Veronique Munoz-Darde, UC Berkeley
October 11
Tommie Shelby, Harvard
October 18
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University
October 25
Meir Dan-Cohen, UC Berkeley
November 1
Amia Srinivasan, University College London
November 8
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU
November 15
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago
November 29
Tom Nagel, NYU
December 6
Nancy Fraser, The New School
The Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy was founded by Ronald Dworkin and Thomas Nagel in 1987. It is the original model for all of NYU Law’s colloquia. The Colloquium is now convened by Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, and Jeremy Waldron, two of whom will host in any given year.
Each week on Thursday a legal theorist or moral or political philosopher presents a paper to the group, which consists of students, faculty from the Law School and other departments of NYU, and faculty from other universities. The choice of subject is left to the paper’s author, within the general boundaries of the Colloquium’s subjects, and the discussions are therefore not connected by any structured theme for the term as a whole, though in past years certain central topics were canvassed in several weeks’ discussion. The Colloquium aims, not to pursue any particular subject, but to explore new work in considerable depth and so allow students to develop their own skill in theoretical analysis. Each week’s paper is posted at least a week in advance, and participants are expected to have read it.
The public sessions of the colloquium take place on Thursdays, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room on the 9th Floor of Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St (view campus map). Visitors’ papers will be posted in advance of each meeting on this page.
Schedule of Speakers
September 6
Eric Beerbohm, Harvard
September 13
Rick Brooks, NYU
September 20
Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton
September 27
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota
October 4
Veronique Munoz-Darde, UC Berkeley
October 11
Tommie Shelby, Harvard
October 18
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University
October 25
Meir Dan-Cohen, UC Berkeley
November 1
Amia Srinivasan, University College London
November 8
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU
November 15
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago
November 29
Tom Nagel, NYU
December 6
Nancy Fraser, The New School
The Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy was founded by Ronald Dworkin and Thomas Nagel in 1987. It is the original model for all of NYU Law’s colloquia. The Colloquium is now convened by Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, and Jeremy Waldron, two of whom will host in any given year.
Each week on Thursday a legal theorist or moral or political philosopher presents a paper to the group, which consists of students, faculty from the Law School and other departments of NYU, and faculty from other universities. The choice of subject is left to the paper’s author, within the general boundaries of the Colloquium’s subjects, and the discussions are therefore not connected by any structured theme for the term as a whole, though in past years certain central topics were canvassed in several weeks’ discussion. The Colloquium aims, not to pursue any particular subject, but to explore new work in considerable depth and so allow students to develop their own skill in theoretical analysis. Each week’s paper is posted at least a week in advance, and participants are expected to have read it.
The public sessions of the colloquium take place on Thursdays, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room on the 9th Floor of Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St (view campus map). Visitors’ papers will be posted in advance of each meeting on this page.
Einstein once remarked, “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” Indeed, discovering the true nature of reality may ultimately hinge on grasping the nature and essence of human understanding. What are the fundamental elements or building blocks of human understanding? And how will superintelligent machines challenge our ideas about cognition, reality, and the limits of human understanding?
The 21st century has seen rapid advancements in the realm of artificial intelligence, or AI, which aims to generate a synthetic capacity to mimic and even surpass human knowledge. But beyond the creation of programs that detect statistical patterns in vast data sets, it remains to be seen whether AI can formalize the basic elements of human understanding into a system of rules that could then be applied in computer programs. Such “knowledge engineering” would constitute a significant breakthrough, enabling machines to share some of our cognitive abilities rather than merely imitating the results of our thinking. These advancements in AI may ultimately force us to confront more profound questions about what it means to be human.
Logician/mathematician Roger Antonsen and computer science pioneer Barbara J. Grosz join Steve Paulson to break down the fundamental elements of human understanding and analyze what lies ahead on the horizon of AI.
*Reception to follow
This event is part of the Conversations on the Nature of Reality series.
Moderated by journalist Steve Paulson, Executive Producer of Wisconsin Public Radio’s To the Best of Our Knowledge, this three-part series at the New York Academy of Sciences brings together leading scientists and thinkers to explore the fundamental nature of reality through the lens of personal experience and scientific inquiry.
To learn more about each lecture and to purchase tickets, click on the links below.
- The Mystery of Our Mathematical Universe, Wednesday, October 10, 2018
- Human Cognition and the AI Revolution, Thursday, December 6, 2018
- Reality is Not As it Seems, Thursday, February 7, 2019