UPDATE: Moved to Front

We’ve selected five young philosophers to come speak in our Young Philosophers Podcast Lecture Series. Competition was very tough this year, but we’ve managed to select five. Meet this year’s Young Philosophers.

Joshua Spencer
Syracuse University
(Ph.D., 2008, University of Rochester)

• Research Talk: “Time Travel Counterexamples to Principles of Alternative Possibilities” (December 3, 6:30 PM, Fenton Hall 105)
• Intro-level Talk: “Time Travel and Freewill” (December 4, 2:00PM, Fenton Hall 105)

Chris Tucker
University of Notre Dame/University of Auckland
(Ph.D., 2008, Purdue University)

• Research Talk: “Why Open-Minded People Should Endorse Dogmatism” (February 4)
• Intro-level Talk: “What My Dog Can Tell Us About the Problem of Evil” (February 5)

Dennis Whitcomb
Western Washington University
(Ph.D., 2007, Rutgers University)

• Research Talk: “Grounding Precludes Omniscience”
  • February 24, 6PM
  • Fenton 105
• Intro-level Talk: “Two Branches of Wisdom”
  • February 25 @ 12PM
  • Fenton 105

Todd Long
California Polytechnic State University
(Ph.D., 2003, University of Rochester)

• Research Talk: “Assets of Mentalism Revealed by Super-Blooper Epistemic Design”
  • March 25 @ 6PM
  • Fenton 105
• Intro-level Talk: TITLE TBA
  • March 26 @ 12 PM
  • Fenton 105

Richard Brown
La Guardia College, CUNY
(PhD, 2008, Graduate Center, CUNY)

• Research Talk: “Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness and the Phenomenology of Belief”
  • April 29 @ 6PM
  • Fenton 105
• “Zombies, Super-Scientists, and the Metaphysics of Consciousness” (Intro Talk)
  • April 30 @ 12PM
  • Fenton 105