Colloquia and Other Events, 2007-2008
Departmental Colloquia
Unless otherwise noted, colloquia begin at 3:45 p.m. in room 213 of Bolton Hall. Refreshments are served one half hour preceding talks given by out of town visitors. For more information, call (979) 845-5660 or send email.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 20 | Roger Sansom (Texas A&M University) | "Why Gene Regulation Networks Are the Controllers of Ontogeny" |
| Oct. 16 10:30 AM, Rudder 504 |
Jeanette Boxill (University of North Carolina) | "Affirmative Action Reconsidered" |
| Oct. 18 | Michael Hand (Texas A&M University) | "Two Antirealist Strategies: The Common and the Strict" |
| Nov. 1 | Jackie Kegley (California State University, Bakersfield) | "Science and Philosophy: The Unspoken Quest for Certainty" |
| Nov. 5 2:00 PM Rudder 302 |
Alvin Goldman (Rutgers University) | "Externalism and the Architecture of Justification" |
| Nov. 15 | Robert Burch (Texas A&M University) | "If Universes Were As Plentiful As Blackberries: Peirce on Bayesianism" |
| Nov. 29 | Ramon del Castillo Santos (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia) | "The Anxiety of Experiences: William James and his Critics" |
| Dec. 4 | David Henderson (Texas A&M University) | "On the Possibility of Managing for Wilderness" |
| Dec. 6 | Kit Fine (New York University) | "A New Approach to Vagueness" |
| Feb. 21 | John Deigh (University of Texas, Austin) | "Moral Agency and Criminal Insanity" |
| Mar. 6 | Timothy Williamson (Oxford University) | [Title to be announced] (Lone Star Tourist) |
| Mar. 27 | Erin McKenna (Pacific Lutheran University) | "Eating Apes, Eating Cows" |
| Apr. 10, 2008 MSC Room 225, 3:30 P.M. | Douglas Browning (University of Texas, Austin) | The Manuel Davenport Lecture |
Co-Sponsored Speakers
| Date/Location | Speaker | Title | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 Oct. 16 Forsyth Galleries |
Jeanette Boxill (University of North Carolina) | "Sport As a Public Forum for Ethics" | Glasscock Center |
| 7:30 Nov. 5 Glasscock Center Library |
Alvin Goldman (Rutgers University) | "Social Epistemology: Theory and Applications" | Glasscock Center |
| 7:00 Nov. 12 Glasscock Center Library |
Elliott Wolfson (New York University) | "Knowing the Unknowing: Mysticism and the (A)temporal Quest for Gnosis" | Glasscock Center |