Brown University
"We need a moral philosophy that can speak significantly of Freud and Marx, and out of which aesthetic and political views can be generated. We need a moral philosophy in which the concept of love, so rarely mentioned now by philosophers, can once again be made central."
| 3:00 | Peter Conradi, University College London Holy Fool and Magus: the Uses of Biography in Under the Net and The Flight from the Enchanter |
| 4:15 | Tea and Coffee |
| 4:30 | Maria Antonaccio, Bucknell University The Virtues of Metaphysics: A Review of Murdoch's Philosophical Writings |
| 5:45 | Panel Discussion with Some Readings from Murdoch Lawrence Blum, University of Massachussetts, Boston; Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago;Stanley Rosen, Boston University |
| 6:30 | Drinks |
Saturday, April 21
| 10:00 | Richard Moran, Harvard University
Vision, Choice, and Existentialism Respondent: Carla Bagnoli, University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee |
| 12:00 | Break for Lunch |
| 2:00 | Roger Crisp, St. Anne's College, Oxford
Moral Value: Iris Murdoch and the Benefits of Stopping to Look Respondent: Julia Driver, Dartmouth College |
| 4:00 | Tea and Coffee |
| 4:15 | Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago
Love, Perception, and Illusion in The Black Prince Respondent: Bridget Clarke , University of Pittsburgh |
For more information about the conference, please contact
Jane Sanchez of the Brown Philosophy Department.
Brown University Dept. of Philosophy
Box 1918, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
Phone:(401)863-2718, Fax:(401)863-2719
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