Past Events
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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”
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Sep 12Madison Metaethics Workshop 2025
Pyle Center (702 Langdon St.), Room 325/326
An annual workshop for new work in metaethics, organized by Russ Shafer-Landau.
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Sep 5Colloquium: Steven Nadler (UW–Madison)
Helen C. White Hall, Room 6191
"Spinoza on the Unity of the Virtues"
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Apr 26
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Mar 15
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Dec 1
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Nov 16UW Philosophers at Work Series: Prof. James Messina
Grainger Hall Plenary Room #1310