Brown University ~ Department of Philosophy

Previous Colloquia

Below is a list of lectures held previously.
Please see our schedule of upcoming lectures if you would like information about those.

20 April 2012 Crispin WrightNew York University and the University of Aberdeen Title TBA
23 March 2012 Hilary KornblithUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst Title TBA
16 March 2012 Ofra MagidorOxford University The Myth of the De Se
12 November 2011 6th Annual Shapiro Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy
11 November 2011 6th Annual Shapiro Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy
6 November 2011 The Unity of Consciousness and Sensory IntegrationSmith-Buonanno Hall, beginning at 10:00am
Co-sponsored by the Network Centre for Research on the Senses
5 November 2011 The Unity of Consciousness and Sensory IntegrationSmith-Buonanno Hall, beginning at 9:15am
Co-sponsored by the Network Centre for Research on the Senses
3 November 2011 Agustín RayoMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyHeld at 6pm, in 119 Gerard House The Grandfather Paradox and Other EnigmasPhilosophy Department Undergraduate Group Lecture
21 October 2011 Ned HallHarvard University Physical and Metaphysical Modality
14 October 2011 Mark SchroederUniversity of Southern California Is Semantics Formal?
16 September 2011 Susan WolfUniversity of North Carolina Good-for-nothings
22 April 2011 Gideon RosenPrinceton University Title TBA
15 April 2011 Adrian CussinsNational University of Columbia Title TBA
7 April 2011 Alex ByrneMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyTime: 6.30pm. Location TBA. Skepticism about the Internal WorldSponsored by the Departmental Undergraduate Group
18 March 2011 Scott SoamesUniversity of Southern California Title TBA
13 March 2011 Mark Shapiro ConferenceLocation: Crystal Room, Alumnae Hall, 194 Meeting St. The Epistemology of Inference
12 March 2011 Mark Shapiro ConferenceLocation: Crystal Room, Alumnae Hall, 194 Meeting St. The Epistemology of Inference
11 February 2011 Tom KellyPrinceton University Following the Argument Where It Leads
3 December 2010 Scott SturgeonWadham College, Oxford University4pm Title TBABlackwell-Brown Lecture
1 December 2010 Scott SturgeonWadham College, Oxford University4pm Title TBABlackwell-Brown Lecture
29 November 2010 Scott SturgeonWadham College, Oxford University4pm Title TBABlackwell-Brown Lecture
19 November 2010 John MacFarlaneUniversity of California at Berkeley Title TBA
22 October 2010 Tamar Szabo GendlerYale University Giving Notice: Attention, Perception and Bias
15 October 2010 Marian DavidUniversity of Notre Dame Trustworthy BelieversKeith Lehrer 50th Anniversary Lecture
24 September 2010 Derk PereboomCornell University Nonreductive Physicalism and Mental Compositional Properties
17 September 2010 Kieran SetiyaUniversity of Pittsburgh Knowing Right From Wrong
23 April 2010 Andy EganRutgers University Why Ethics is All About Me
16 April 2010 Ned BlockNew York UniversityPlease note that this lecture is at 4pm Perception: Rich or Sparse?Josiah Royce Lectures
14 April 2010 Ned BlockNew York UniversityPlease note that this lecture is at 4pm Attention and ConsciousnessJosiah Royce Lectures
9 April 2010 Ned BlockNew York UniversityPlease note that this lecture is at 4pm Attention and Mental PaintJosiah Royce Lectures
11 March 2010 Daniel DevereuxUniversity of VirginiaNote that this lecture is at 7.30pm Aristotle on the Form and Definition of a Human BeingBACAP Lecture
26 February 2010 Sharon StreetNew York University Title TBA
19 February 2010 Anthony AppiahPrinceton University The Life of Honor
5 February 2010 Matti EklundCornell University Carnap's Meta-ontology
4 December 2009 Jason StanleyRutgers University Ryle on Knowing How
16 October 2009 Ralph WedgwoodOxford University Instrumental Rationality
9 October 2009 James JoyceUniversity of Michigan Do Imprecise Beliefs Make Sense? The Challenge of Probabilistic Dilation
18 September 2009 Karen BennettCornell University Putting Things Together
1 May 2009 Philip PettitPrinceton University From Respect to Morality—and Law2009 Blackwell-Brown Lectures
30 April 2009 Philip PettitPrinceton University From Commitment to Respect2009 Blackwell-Brown Lectures
29 April 2009 Philip PettitPrinceton University From Communication to Commitment2009 Blackwell-Brown Lectures
17 April 2009 Crispin WrightNew York University Title TBA
3 April 2009 Lisa DowningOhio State University Locke contra Cartesian Ontology
13 March 2009 Roger WhiteMassachusetts Institute of Technology Title TBA
27 February 2009 Samuel SchefflerNew York University The Normativity of Tradition
26 February 2009 Sharon StreetNew York University Title TBA
20 February 2009 Alvin GoldmanRutgers University Toward a Synthesis of Reliabilism and Evidentialism
4 December 2008 Dimitri El MurrParis-Sorbonne University Title TBA
14 November 2008 Robert HowellSouthern Methodist University Necessitation, Deduction, and Consciousness
31 October 2008 Wolfgang MannColumbia University Title TBA
3 October 2008 Stephen DarwallYale University Title TBA
26 September 2008 Mark WilsonUniversity of Pittsburgh From the Bending of Beams to the Problem of Free Will
12 September 2008 Augstín RayoMassachusetts Institute of Technology An Account of Possibility