Past Events
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Apr 24Colloquium: Johann Frick (University of California-Berkeley)
Helen C. White 4027
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Apr 18Wisconsin Philosophical Association Conference
Annual meeting of the Wisconsin Philosophical Association (WPA).
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Apr 10
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Dec 5Colloquium: Jake Monaghan (University of Southern California)
Disorder in the Urban Mosaic Abstract: The philosophy and policy of the city confronts two related questions. One concerns the urban ideal, or what the city ought to look like in social and spatial terms. Another related question concerns disorder. What is disorder? Is it real or stance-dependent? I’ll defend what I call the “urban …
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Nov 14Colloquium: Gabriel Shapiro (University of Michigan)
Helen C. White Room 4207
Aristotle’s Argument for Essentialism Aristotle is about as much of an essentialist as one can be. He not only endorses essentialism—the view that things have essential features—but he also makes essentialism a central and foundational tenet of his philosophical system, and he subjects essentialism itself to careful study by developing sophisticated theories of core essentialist …
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Nov 12Focus on the Humanities Lecture: Russ Shafer-Landau
Elvehjem Building, Room L150, 800 University Ave.
"The Source of Morality"
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Oct 29UW Philosophers at Work
Gale VandeBerg Auditorium at the Pyle Center
This year, Professor Michael Titelbaum will present “Ways of Knowing” at 7 pm CDT on Wednesday, October 29, 2024. How do we come to know about the world? Can different, conflicting ways of knowing be equally valid? If two people draw different conclusions from the same evidence, did one of them make a mistake? Must knowledge …
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Oct 24Colloquium: Jill North (Rutgers University)
Helen C White Room 4207
Mathematical Representation in Physics: the Curious Case of the Complex Numbers We use mathematical objects and structures to formulate our physical theories and to represent physical reality. This gives rise to a host of philosophical questions surrounding the use of mathematics in physics, brought to the fore by a particular case. Physicists often remark that …
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Oct 9Fill the Hill 2025: October 9-10
Flamingos return to Bascom Hall during Fill the Hill. For 24 hours every gift to the UW- Philosophy Department will add a pink flamingo to Bascom and support our passionate students and faculty. Click Here to Donate What is Fill the Hill? Fill the hill is a 24 hour fundraising event that raises important …
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Sep 25Public Lecture: Sophia M. Connell (Birkbeck, University of London)
Memorial Library Room 126
“The Life and Philosophy of Alice Ambrose Lazerowitz”