Colloquia

March 17, 2023 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM Dodd 121   Join us on March 17th, 2023 for a colloquium with Eddy Keming Chen, UC San Diego. The talk will take place in Dodd 121 from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow.   RSVP HERE     A strongly deterministic theory of physics is one that permits exactly one possible history of the universe. In the words of Penrose (1989), “it is not just a matter of the future being determined by the past; the entire history of the universe is fixed, according to some precise mathematical scheme, for all...

April 21, 2023 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT Royce Hall 243 (and Zoom) Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98234276234?pwd=ZkpiMFNCSjFvSVNoK1FpWFBJWjkzQT09   Join us on April 21, 2023 for a colloquium with Kyla Ebels Duggan, Northwestern University. The talk will take place in Royce Hall Room 243 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM with a reception on the 3rd floor Royce Patio to follow.   RSVP HERE   The Reasons We Cannot Share   According to political liberals, a pluralist society should leave each person free to pursue their own conception of the good, but individuals should bracket these values when engaging in...

April 28th, 2023 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT Kaplan Hall 193 (and Zoom) Hosted by Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) at UCLA Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94960209231?pwd=Q3lLbnRzNXZPRkgxZ3FnOFFEbHVEZz09   Join us on April 28th, 2023 for a colloquium with Dr. Johnathan Flowers, California State University, Northridge. The talk will take place in Kaplan Hall Room 193 from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow.   RSVP HERE   Note: ASL interpreters will be available for the duration of the talk.   Against Philosophy, Against Inquiry   This talk will position the current practice of inquiry in philosophy, colloquially described as “just asking questions,” as enabling the maintenance...

May 8, 2023 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PT Kaplan 193 and Zoom Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99674975385   On May 8, 2023, the Philosophy Dept. History Occasional Colloquium will host a talk by and discussion with Professor Margaret Schabas (UBC) on “Hume and Economic Inequality.” The talk will take place in Kaplan Hall Room 193 from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.  Here is the Zoom link if you would like to join virtually: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99674975385 RSVP HERE   Hume and Economic Inequality   In his essay “Of the Original Contract,” Hume endorsed the longstanding belief in “how nearly equal all men are...

May 12, 2023 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT Kaplan 193 (and Zoom) Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98656610498?pwd=TkRXeUMvdDVkRDlPY1piQVVxZ2gydz09   Join us on May 12, 2023 for a colloquium with Alberto Urquidez, St. Olaf College. The talk will take place in Kaplan Hall Room 193 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM with a light reception on the Shostak Terrace in front of Murphy Hall to follow.   RSVP HERE   Does Institutional Racism Presuppose Racist Ideology?   What is racism? Standard definitions depict racism as a personal phenomenon thereby inviting questions about personal responsibility. A common definition analyzes racism as a cognitive phenomenon,...

May 26, 2023 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM Royce 314 Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99826733700?pwd=cGUvN1ZzdXdrZmVibElaVVRTZnJTZz09 RSVP HERE   Join us on May 26, 2023 for a colloquium with C. Thi Nguyen, University of Utah. The talk will take place in Royce 314 from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception on the Royce Patio (3rd floor) to follow.   RSVP HERE   Art as a Shelter from Science   Aesthetic judgment is different from scientific judgment. For many, a key difference is that aesthetic judgment does not proceed via inferences. We cannot infer the existence of an aesthetic property based on the application of...