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Colloquium Series, 2006-2007

DATE SPEAKER AFFILIATION TITLE
Thursday, September 28 Linda Zagzebski University of Oklahoma "Self-Trust and the Diversity of Religions"
Thursday, October 12 Robin Smith Texas A&M University "Aristotle on What We Know"
Friday, November 3 (4:00 P.M.) Linda Martin Alcoff Syracuse University "Rorty's Anti-Representationalism in the Context of Sexual Violence"
Thursday, November 16 Stefano Franchi Texas A&M University "Contingency, Teleology, and Autonomy: Reflections on Some Kantian Themes in the Philosophy of Life"
Thursday, November 30 Larry May Washington University "Humanitarian Intervention: Problems of Collective Responsibility"
Thursday, January 25 Robert Brandom University of Pittsburgh "Kantian Lessons about Mind, Meaning, and Rationality"
Thursday, February 8 Scott Austin Texas A&M University "Parmenidean Dialectic and Logic"
Thursday, March 1 Gary Varner Texas A&M University "Personhood and Biography: Distinguishing Persons from Near-Persons and the Merely Sentient"
Thursday, March 22 Frederick Beiser Syracuse University "Neo-Kantianism and Normativity"
Thursday, April 5 Christia Mercer Columbia University "Material Difficulties: What Went Wrong in Early Modern Philosophy"
Thursday, April 12 Kristi Sweet Grand Valley State University "Practical Reason and Systematicity in Kant's Philosophy: The Moral Import of the Critique of the Power of Judgment"
Thursday, April 26 Ned Markosian Western Washington University "The Right Stuff, or Five Reasons Why You Should Include Stuff in Your Ontology"
Colloquia begin at 3:45 p.m. in room 213 of Bolton Hall. Refreshments are served one half hour preceding talks given by out of town visitors. For more information, call (979) 845-5660 or send email.