Past Events

April 10, 2026 @ 3:30 pm

December 5, 2025 @ 3:30 pm

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. …

Helen C. White Room 4207
November 14, 2025 @ 3:30 pm

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 …

Elvehjem Building, Room L150, 800 University Ave.
November 12, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

"The Source of Morality"

Gale VandeBerg Auditorium at the Pyle Center
October 29, 2025 @ 7:00 pm

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 …

Helen C White Room 4207
October 24, 2025 @ 3:30 pm

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 …

October 9, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - October 10, 2025 @ 5:00 pm

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 …

Memorial Library Room 126
September 25, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

“The Life and Philosophy of Alice Ambrose Lazerowitz”

Pyle Center (702 Langdon St.), Room 325/326
September 12, 2025 @ 9:00 am - September 14, 2025 @ 1:00 pm

An annual workshop for new work in metaethics, organized by Russ Shafer-Landau.

Helen C. White Hall, Room 6191
September 5, 2025 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

"Spinoza on the Unity of the Virtues"