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Logic and Metaphysics Workshop 4:15 pm
Logic and Metaphysics Workshop @ Zoom & CUNY rm 5382
May 2 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
The Logic and Metaphysics Workshop will be meeting on Mondays from 4:15 to 6:15 (NY time). Speakers may present either virtually or in-person; the details will be announced for each talk individually. Meetings will convene at the Graduate Center, Room 5382. You may attend any talk from that location (even if the speaker is not physically present). At least for any talk for which the speaker is not physically present, you will also be able[...]
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CUNY Colloquium 4:15 pm
CUNY Colloquium @ CUNY Grad Center tbd
May 4 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Each colloquium (unless noted below or circumstances change) will be IN PERSON4:15 P.M. to 6:15 P.M, room TBD 2.16 Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University)“‘Nótma pí ‘ahíichumay tamáawumal//My mouth is a lonely little mockingbird’: IndigenousFeminist Reclamation & Transformative Justice”Co-Sponsored by CUNY GC Minorities and PhilosophyNOTE: this will be a virtual colloquium. A Zoom link will be distributed later. 3.2 David Papineau (Professor of Philosophy of Science, Kings College London)“Knowledge Norms are Bad[...]
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McGary-Fest: A Conference in Honor of Distinguished Professor Howard McGary, Jr.
McGary-Fest: A Conference in Honor of Distinguished Professor Howard McGary, Jr. @ Zoom, possibly in person
May 6 all-day
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Cognitive Science Speaker Series 1:00 pm
Cognitive Science Speaker Series @ CUNY zoom
May 6 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
ALL TALKS ARE ON ZOOM, 1-3, NYC TIMEAll are hosted by Rebecca Keller and Ryan McElhaneyZoom links are all announced on the Cognitive Science email listTo subscribe to that list, email davidrosenthal1@gmail.comSome sessions—not all—are recorded for later access2/11: Bence Nanay – Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp2/18: No talk—one-week break2/25: Joshua Myers – Philosophy, New York University3/4: Nadine Dijkstra – Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London3/11: Grace Helton – Philosophy, Princeton University3/18:[...]
Quayshawn Spencer (UPenn) 3:30 pm
Quayshawn Spencer (UPenn) @ ZOOM - see site for details
May 6 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Registration is free but required. A registration link will be shared via email with our department mailing lists a few weeks before the event. Please contact Jack Mikuszewski at jhm378@nyu.edu if you did not receive a registration link.
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Logic and Metaphysics Workshop 4:15 pm
Logic and Metaphysics Workshop @ Zoom & CUNY rm 5382
May 9 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
The Logic and Metaphysics Workshop will be meeting on Mondays from 4:15 to 6:15 (NY time). Speakers may present either virtually or in-person; the details will be announced for each talk individually. Meetings will convene at the Graduate Center, Room 5382. You may attend any talk from that location (even if the speaker is not physically present). At least for any talk for which the speaker is not physically present, you will also be able[...]
Is Memory Continuous with Imagination? Debate Roundtable 5:00 pm
Is Memory Continuous with Imagination? Debate Roundtable @ Jurow Hall, NYU
May 9 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
NYU’s Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness will host a debate on the relationship between memory and imagination. This event will be held in person at Jurow Hall, Silver Center, 31 Washington Place, and will also be streamed over Zoom at: tinyurl.com/nyumemory Attendance is free but registration (requiring proof of vaccination) is required for non-NYU guests. Please register no later than April 25th at: forms.gle/tNqkBYPDcZxTdxY38
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Free Will Workshop: Implications from Physics and Metaphysics
Free Will Workshop: Implications from Physics and Metaphysics @ Rutgers & Zoom
May 11 – May 12 all-day
Free WillImplications from Physics and Metaphysics The workshop will be hybrid, and anyone interested can participate through Zoom, although there will be limited spots for in-person participants. If you are interested in attending in-person, please reply to this email or write to loewer@philosophy.rutgers.edu. Barry Loewer (loewer@philosophy.rutgers.edu) Assistant: Diego Arana (diego.arana@rutgers.edu)Program (All times are EST) Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/freewillzoom iCal: https://tinyurl.com/freewillical May 1110:00am Peter van Inwagen (Notre Dame, Duke)Ginet’s Principle: Our freedom is the freedom to add to[...]
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LaGuardia Undergraduate Philosophy and Social Science Conference
LaGuardia Undergraduate Philosophy and Social Science Conference @ E-Building - Poolside Cafe, LaGuardia College, CUNY
May 13 all-day
Submissions from any area of philosophy/social science are welcome. The primary author must be an undergraduate, and papers should be no more than 10 pages in length and suitable for 15-20 minute presentations. Electronic submissions should be in Word or PDF format and should be ready for blind review. In your submission email please include your name, the title of your paper, your institutional affiliation, and your preferred email address for correspondence. Email essays to[...]
Workshop on Michael Moore’s Mechanical Choices
Workshop on Michael Moore’s Mechanical Choices @ Zoom, possibly in person
May 13 – May 14 all-day
Contact TBA TBA Location Rutgers University Inn & Conference Center
Cognitive Science Speaker Series 1:00 pm
Cognitive Science Speaker Series @ CUNY zoom
May 13 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
ALL TALKS ARE ON ZOOM, 1-3, NYC TIMEAll are hosted by Rebecca Keller and Ryan McElhaneyZoom links are all announced on the Cognitive Science email listTo subscribe to that list, email davidrosenthal1@gmail.comSome sessions—not all—are recorded for later access2/11: Bence Nanay – Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp2/18: No talk—one-week break2/25: Joshua Myers – Philosophy, New York University3/4: Nadine Dijkstra – Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London3/11: Grace Helton – Philosophy, Princeton University3/18:[...]
A Case against Simple-mindedness: Śrīgupta on Mental Mereology. Allison Aitken, Columbia 5:30 pm
A Case against Simple-mindedness: Śrīgupta on Mental Mereology. Allison Aitken, Columbia @ Faculty House, Columbia U
May 13 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
THE COLUMBIA SOCIETY FOR COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY Welcomes you to an IN-PERSON meeting: Allison Aitken (Columbia University) « A Case against Simple-mindedness: Śrīgupta on Mental Mereology » With responses from Alexander Englert (Princeton University) ABSTRACT: There’s a common line of reasoning which supposes that the phenomenal unity of conscious experience is grounded in a mind-like simple subject. To the contrary, Mādhyamika Buddhist philosophers beginning with Śrīgupta (seventh-eighth century) argue that any kind of mental simple is incoherent and thus[...]
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The Seventeenth Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy Special Edition: Nature, Mind, Freedom — A Conference in Celebration of Béatrice Longuenesse
The Seventeenth Annual NYU Conference on Issues in Modern Philosophy Special Edition: Nature, Mind, Freedom — A Conference in Celebration of Béatrice Longuenesse @ Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center, (enter at 31 Washington Place)
May 14 – May 15 all-day
Registration for the conference is free, but required. To register, click here. Note that, as of now, NYU still has several COVID safety protocols in place. In order to be allowed to enter an NYU building, proof of full vaccination against COVID, including a booster shot, must be uploaded to NYU’s COVID portal in advance of the visit. Upon submitting your registration, you will receive an email with instructions for how to upload your proof of[...]
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Logic and Metaphysics Workshop 4:15 pm
Logic and Metaphysics Workshop @ Zoom & CUNY rm 5382
May 16 @ 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
The Logic and Metaphysics Workshop will be meeting on Mondays from 4:15 to 6:15 (NY time). Speakers may present either virtually or in-person; the details will be announced for each talk individually. Meetings will convene at the Graduate Center, Room 5382. You may attend any talk from that location (even if the speaker is not physically present). At least for any talk for which the speaker is not physically present, you will also be able[...]
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NYC Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy: Expanding the Canon
NYC Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy: Expanding the Canon @ Zoom
May 17 – May 19 all-day
Our 12th annual workshop will take place entirely on-line. The workshop will focus on the topic of “Expanding the Early Modern Canon.” We are calling for papers on figures, topics, texts, and genres that have been standardly neglected within the study of early modern philosophy; e.g., women philosophers, philosophy of education, letters, and novels. Please submit anonymized abstracts of 250-500 words to newyorkcityearlymodern@gmail.com by April 1st, 2022. Speakers: Corey W. Dyck University of Western Ontario Julia[...]
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Rutgers Religious Epistemology Conference
Rutgers Religious Epistemology Conference @ Zoom, possibly in person
May 20 – May 21 all-day
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Night of Ideas 5:00 pm
Night of Ideas @ Brooklyn Public Library
May 21 @ 5:00 pm – 11:45 pm
NIGHT OF IDEAS is A FREE LATE-NIGHT EVENT featuring top public intellectuals and performers from the U.S., France and around the world, Night of Ideas is co-presented by Villa Albertine and Brooklyn Public Library. New this year: Start your Night of Ideas with a bus journey from Villa Albertine headquarters in Manhattan to Brooklyn Public Library where you’ll enjoy a private 1:1 discussion with a Night of Ideas artist or speaker sitting next to you.[...]
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Olufemi Taiwo: On climate colonialism 7:30 pm
Olufemi Taiwo: On climate colonialism @ Info Commons Lab, Brookly Public Library
May 27 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm
Brooklyn Public Philosophers is a forum for philosophers in the greater Brooklyn area to discuss their work with a general audience, hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library. Its goal is to raise awareness of the best work on philosophical questions of interest to Brooklynites, and to provide a civil space where Brooklynites can reason together about the philosophical questions that matter to them. If you’re interested in finding out more, or if you’d like to[...]
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The life of the mind in fiction and philosophy 7:00 pm
The life of the mind in fiction and philosophy @ Black Spring Books
May 28 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
We have a fun (and free, as always) event tonight at 7:00 PM at Black Spring Books in Williamsburg! It’s a discussion of the life of the mind in fiction and philosophy with the philosopher Skye Cleary (How to Be Authentic), the novelist Christine Smallwood (The Life of the Mind), and the novelist-physician-neurologist Melodie Winawer (Anticipation). If you’re interested in what intellectual life means, the drama of ideas, and the relationship between philosophy and literature, this one’s for you. If you can’t make it in[...]
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The Case against Death: Ingemar Patrick Linden 7:00 pm
The Case against Death: Ingemar Patrick Linden @ Unameable Books
May 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
A philosopher refutes our culturally embedded acceptance of death, arguing instead for the desirability of anti-aging science and radical life extension. Author Ingemar Patrick Linden will talk with film director Miguel Drake McLaughlin about his new book. Ingemar Patrick Linden’s central claim is that death is evil. In this first comprehensive refutation of the most common arguments in favor of human mortality, he writes passionately in favor of antiaging science and radical life extension. We[...]
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