Fall 2008

University of Idaho / Washington State University Colloquium Series — Fall 2008

October 3rd, 2008
3:30 PM, UI: TLC 032

Joseph Keim Campbell, "The Free Will Crisis"
Philosophy Department, Washington State University

October 24th, 2008
3:30 PM, WSU: Bundy Reading Room (Avery Hall)

Rebekah Rice, "What is a Causal Theorist to do about Omissions?"
Philosophy Department, Seattle Pacific University

October 29th, 2008
3:45 PM, UI: TLC 032

Nick Gier, "Aristotle and Confucius: Comparative Virtue Ethics"
Philosophy Department (Emeritus), University of Idaho

Spring 2008

University of Idaho / Washington State University Colloquium

Master of Arts Thesis Presenatations - Spring 2008

In partial fulfillment of the Master of Arts Degree the following graduate students will present their theses.

May 6, 2008
11:00AM, Morrill 402

Anthony Horton, "Liberty and the Will to be Free"

May 6, 2008
3:00PM, Morrill 302

Chris Fuchsteiner, "Morality and Ethics: Eco-phenomenology, Ethos, and Heidegger's Basic Move"

May 8, 2008
12:00PM, Morrill 302

Ian O'Loughlin, "On Pluralism and Consequence"

1st Annual University of Idaho / Univeristy of Montana Graduate Student Colloquium

2008 Topic: Environmental Philosophy

April 19, 2008, 1:00 - 5:00 pm

Crest Room, University of Idaho Commons

Joey Aloi, University of Montana

"Wildness, Perception, and Care"

Jason Fishel, Washington State University

"Reinterpreting the Land Ethic: Implications for Environmental Ethics"

Kristy Howe, University of Montana

"Beyond and Beneath the Logic of Domination"

Jennifer Stephens Perevodchikov, University of Idaho "Providing for Endangered Species within Rough Legislative Terrain: Philosophical Consderations and Legal Conjectures Regarding Critical Habitat Designation"

University of Idaho / Washington State University Colloquium Series — Spring 2008

Stay tuned to this page for further philosophical events.

January 17, 2008
4:00 PM, UI: TLC 047

Chris Haufe, "History and the Foundations of Environmental Values"
Candidate for Assistant Professor of Environmental Philosophy

January 22, 2008
5:00PM, UI: TLC 029

James Rocha, "Sexual Harrassment and Coercive Offers"
Candidate for Assistant Professor of Professional Ethics

February 1, 2008
4:00PM, UI: TLC 029
Justin Jeffrey, "How to Derive Intrinsic Value"
Candidate for Assistant Professor of Professional Ethics
February 4, 2008
4:30PM, UI: TLC 029
Erica Stonestreet, "Self-Creating Reasons"
Candidate for Assistant Professor of Professional Ethics

February 8, 2008
3:30 PM, WSU Bundy Reading Room

Joe Pergola, "Beyond Impartiality: Why Ethics is Stronger Without It"

Lewis-Clark State College

February 4, 2008
4:30PM, UI: TLC 029
Lisa Kretz, "Reconceptualizing the Self Ecologically"
Candidate for Assistant Professor

February 22, 2008
3:30 PM, WSU Bundy Reading Room

Andrew Light, "Deep Moral Disagreements: From Biotechnology to Nanotechnology"

University of Washington

March 28, 2008
3:30 PM, WSU Bundy Reading Room

Nathaniel Nicol, "A Defense of Plato's False Pleasures: 39c-50e"

Washington State University

April 11, 2008
3:30 PM, WSU Bundy Reading Room

Matt Stichterm, "Reciprocity as a Justification for Punishment"

Washington State University

April 24, 2008
3:30 PM, WSU Bundy Reading Room

Ryan Cole

Washington State University

   

Potter Memorial Lecture

The 46th Annual Potter Memorial Lecture will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at WSU. Bernard E. Rollin, University Distiguished Proffesor of Philosophy, Animal Sciences and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University, will present at 7:30 in CUE 203. His will present "Animal Rights as a Maintsream Phenomenon: Emerging Social Ethics for Animals".

Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference

INPC

The 11th Annual INPC will run from March 15th–17th, 2008 at the University of Idaho and Washington State on the theme of "Carving Nature at its Joints". Check out the Call for Papers. More details will be forthcoming.

Previous INPCs

 

Fall 2007

University of Idaho / Washington State University Colloquium Series — Fall 2007

September 12th, 2007
3:45 PM, UI: Morrill 302

Michael W. Myers, "The Possibility of Religious Pluralism"
Philosophy Department, Washington State University

September 28th, 2007
3:30 PM, WSU: Bundy Reading Room, Avery Hall

Brent Adkins, "Is Spinoza's Ethics a Virtue Ethics?"
Philosophy Department, Roanoke University, VA

October 24th, 2007
3:45 PM, UI: 302 Morrill Hall

Joseph Keim Campbell, "Strawson's Free Will Skepticism"
Philosophy Department, Washington State University

Spring 2007

Special Lectures

April 19thth, 2007
7:30 PM, Agricultural Science Building #106

Sponsored by the Department of Architecture and Interior Design with support from the Department of Philosophy

Professor Hubert Dreyfus, "Is Meaning Possible in Disembodied Cyberspace"
Philosophy Department, University of California at Berkeley

The 2007 Francis Seaman Lecture

April 6th, 2007
3:30 PM, Whitewater Room
(University of Idaho Commons)

Professor Achille Varzi, "The Perilous Bridge Between Logic and Metaphysics: Beware of the Gaps!"
Philosophy Department, Columbia University

University of Idaho / Washington State University Colloquium Series — Spring 2007

March 23rd, 2007
3:30 PM, UI: 302 Morrill Hall

Aaron Bunch, "Executing the Queen: The Allegorical Kant-Critique in Schiller's Maria Stuart"
Philosophy Department, Washington State University

April 13th, 2007
3:30 PM, CUE 418, WSU
Mike Myers, "A Coug Takes On the Fighting Irish: Myers on Plantinga and Van Inwagen, on Pluralism and Critical Studies Respectively"
Philosophy Department, Washington State University
April 20th, 2007
3:30 PM, Bundy Reading Room, Avery Hall, WSU
Michael O'Rourke, "Reference and Referring"
Philosophy Department, University of Idaho

Fall 2006

September 15th, 2006
3:30 PM, 302 Morrill Hall, UI

“Hebrew and Buddhist Selves: A Constructive Postmodern Proposal”
Nick Gier
Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Idaho

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
3:30 PM, 302 Morrill Hall, UI
NOTE DAY/TIME CHANGE
Chris Haufe, "'Grace' Under Fire: On Being Consistent with Evolutionary Theory"
Center for the Philosophy of Biology, Duke University
Monday, November 6th, 2006
3:30 PM, 302 Morrill Hall, UI
Gary Hardcastle, "Explanation and Understanding"
Philosophy Department, Bloomsburg University, PA
Monday, November 6th, 2006
6:30 PM, TLC 047
Gary Hardcastle, “Philosophy & Monty Python”
Philosophy Department, Bloomsburg University, PA
Friday, November 17th, 2006
3:30 PM at WSU (Bryan 305)
Matthew H. Slater, "Pluto and the Platypus"
Philosophy Department, University of Idaho

Friday, December 1st , 2006
3:30 PM, 302 Morrill Hall, UI

Joe Cambell, title TBA
Philosophy Department, Washington State University