Young Philosophers Schedule: 2009-2010
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)
- Intro-level Talk: “Two Branches of Wisdom” (February 25)
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)
- Intro-level Talk: TBA (March 26)
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)
- Intro Talk: TBA (April 30)
I only have specific times and locations for Joshua Spencer, since he is coming this Fall. I have to wait until February to book locations/times for the talks in the Spring Semester. I’ll let you all know as soon as I do. But the dates are set in stone, so you can mark those in your calendar.
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