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I now have rooms and times officially booked for our remaining three Young Philosophers visits. Here is all of the information regarding our three remaining speaker visits. Dennis Whitcomb Western Washington University (Ph.D., 2007, Rutgers University) “Grounding Precludes Omniscience” (Research Talk) February 25, 6PM Fenton 105 “Two Branches of Wisdom” (Intro Talk) February 26 @ 12PM Fenton 105 Todd Long California Polytechnic State University (Ph.D., 2003, ...

Young Philosophers was just approved to distribute to the Roku Player on the Blip.TV channel. So if you have a Roku Player, you can watch Young Philosophers on your big TV from the comfort of your couch. I don’t see any way to browse to the show. The easiest way to find it ...

I just posted Chris Tucker’s Intro Talk called “What My Dog Can Tell Us About The Problem of Evil” over at the Young Philosophers site. Enjoy! ...

I just posted Chris Tucker’s research talk – “What Open-Minded People Should Endorse Dogmatism” This was a great talk. You should check it out. ...

Next week, Chris Tucker will kick off the Spring 2010 Young Philosophers Lecture Series. Here are the details. ...

I just posted Joshua Spencer’s research talk titled “A New Counterexample to Principles of Alternative Possibilities.” Check it out. Aside: This is by far the fastest, I’ve been able to get these talks up (thanks Flip HD). ...

I just posted Joshua Spencer’s intro level talk Time Travel and Freewill. Check it out. Spencer kicked off our 2009-2010 Young Philosophers Lecture Series. I’ll post Spencer’s research talk “A New Counterexample to Principles of Alternative Possibilities” by sometime tomorrow. Also note that we have four excellent speakers ...

Attention ABDs and recent Ph.Ds: The deadline for submitting a paper to the Young Philosophers Podcast Lecture Series is just 4 DAYS AWAY! Why don’t you take that paper that you submitted to the Pacific APA and send it our way too? If you didn’t submit something, take that polished piece that you’ve been sitting on and ...

Kevin Timpe, one of the recent speakers in our Young Philosophers Podcast Lecture Series, was invited to write a review of the audio book version of a novel he discussed in his introductory talk. See his post about it here. The person saw his Young Philosophers lecture, and it looks like the person is not a ...