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Past Talks

(in reverse order, from most recent)

James van Cleve (USC), "Berkeley vs. Reid on Three Puzzles of Vision" (2 Nov 09)

Shahin Izadi (University of Wisconsin-Madison), "Well-Being and Childhood" (2 June 09)

Voula Tsouna (UC Santa Barbara), "Anger and Revenge in Greco-Roman Philosophy" (28 May 09)

Kayley Vernallis, "Courage and Childbirth" (6 May 09)

Louise Antony (UMass), "What Do We Need to Know about Human Nature?" (23 April 09)

Joe Levine (UMass), "Consciousness and Self-Knowledge: Getting Acquainted With Our Thoughts" (20 April 09)

Margret Grebowicz (Goucher College), "Posthuman Pornographies: On the Animal in Woman" (1 April 09)

National Self Determination and Global Justice: An American Communities Program Works-In-Progress Colloquium with Professor Mohammed Abed (18 Feb 09)

Alexa Schriempf (Penn State PhD), "Powercharged Communication: Testimony, Speech, and Disability" (28 Jan 09)

Lauren Ashwell (MIT PhD), "What Do Women Want in a Meta-ethical Theory?" (26 Jan 09)

Karen Frost-Arnold (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), "Trust, Power, and Betrayal" (22 Jan 09)

Anna Carastathis (Universite de Montreal), "Patriarchalization, Western Feminism, and the Imperialist Gaze: Revisiting Okin's Argument about Multiculturalism and Women's Rights" (20 Jan 09)

Myeong-Seok Kim (National University of Singapore), "Emotion and Moral Judgment in Mencius" (15 Jan 09)

Manyul Im (Fairfield University), "Courage and Context: Making Sense of the Greeks, Chinese, and the Likes of Us" (8 Jan 09)