Department of Philosophy

LECTURES AND COLLOQUIA -- 2009-10
Events are listed in chronological order.
For further information about these events, call (313) 577-4583 or (313) 577-2475
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Friday, October 2, 2009 - 4:00 pm

The Twelfth Annual Seymour Riklin Memorial Lecture

Alfred Mele
The William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeiater Professor of Philosophy
Florida State University

"Free Will and Neuroscience"

(Click here for poster)

The Bernath Auditorium
David Adaman Undergraduate Library
on the campus of
Wayne State University


Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 4:00 pm


Bruce Russell
Professor of Philosophy
Wayne State University

"Epistemic Disagreement"

The Commons Room (12th floor)
The Philosophy Department
5057 Woodward Ave.
on the campus of Wayne State University


Friday, November 6, 2009 - 3:30 pm


Sapir Handelman
Visiting Assistant Professor
Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Wayne State University
Lentz Fellow in Peace and Conflict Resolution Research

"Peacemaking for an Intractable Conflict:  the Palestinian-Israeli Case"

The Commons Room (12th floor)
The Philosophy Department
5057 Woodward Ave.
on the campus of Wayne State University


Friday, January 22, 2010 - 3:30 pm

Ben Caplan
Ohio State University

"Counting and Arbitrariness"

The Commons Room (12th floor)
The Philosophy Department
5057 Woodward Ave.
on the campus of Wayne State University

Abstract:    Russell objected to Meinong's view about nonexistent objects on the grounds that it entails that some objects can't be counted. Recently, Anthony Everett objected to Kripke's and van Inwagen's view about fictional characters on the grounds that it entails that some objects can't be counted. That's the counting objection. I argue that several replies to the counting objection face one version or another of the arbitrariness problem: that there's no reason for preferring one answer to "How many of those objects are there?" over another.

Friday, February 5, 2010 - 3:30 pm

This event was originally scheduled for November 20th.

We apologize for the inconveneience.


Robert Stainton
Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean (Research)
University of Western Ontario

"The Role of Psychology in the Philosophy of Language"

The Commons Room (12th floor)
The Philosophy Department
5057 Woodward Ave.
on the campus of Wayne State University