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Philosophy Department

Fall 2003/Spring 2004
Friday Colloquium


This series of lectures is sponsored by the Philosophy Department at Boston University.



September 19, 4:00 pm

Location: Photonics Center
Room 203
 
 
Susan Okin, Stanford University
Multiculturalism and Feminism: No Simple Question, No Simple Answers

The audience is encouraged to read the entirety of this paper before Professor Okin's summary and the discussion.


October 17, 4:00 pm

Location: Photonics Center
Room 205
 
 
P.J. Ivanhoe, John Findlay Visiting Professor, Boston University
The Value of Spontaneity

The audience is encouraged to read the entirety of this paper before Professor Ivanhoe's summary and the discussion.


October 24, 4:00 pm

Location: Photonics Center
Room 203
 
 
Manfred Kuehn, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Kant's Virtues Reconsidered

The audience is encouraged to read the entirety of this paper before Professor Kuehn's summary and the discussion.


October 31, 4:00 pm

Location: Photonics Center
Room 203
 
 
Eckart Förster, Johns Hopkins University
The Significance of §§ 76 and 77 of the Critique of Judgment for the Development of Post-Kantian Philosophy

The audience is encouraged to read the entirety of this paper before Professor Förster's summary and the discussion.

January 23, 4:00 pm

Location: Photonics Center
Room 203
 
Günter Zöller, University of Munich
Of Empty Thoughts and Blind Intuitions: Kant's Answer to McDowell
The audience is encouraged to read the entirety of this paper before Professor Zöller's summary and the discussion.

 

April 16, 4:00 pm
Location: School of Theology Room B-19

 
 
Susan Neiman, Director, Einstein Forum (Berlin)
Chapter 4: Evil in Modern Thought
The audience is encouraged to read the entirety of this chapter before Professor Neiman's summary and the discussion.

April 23, 5:00-7:00 pm
Location: Photonics Center
Room 203

Henry Allison
,
Boston University
Kant and Two Dogmas of Rationalism

This is the Keynote Address of the Graduate Student Kant Conference.

 

Speakers in this colloquium normally provide their paper a week or two in advance, and then begin their presentation with a summary of their paper. The audience should have already read the paper. The remainder of the time is devoted to discussion. Participants may obtain copies of the speaker's paper by contacting the Philosophy Department.

These colloquia, which are almost always held on a Friday, run no longer than two hours.


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