Philosophy Today Lecture Series – College of Arts & Sciences

Philosopher Discusses Consciousness at Philosophy Today Lecture

February 14, 2017

Dr. Wayne Wu, an associate professor of philosophy and the associate director of The Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University, will discuss how science and philosophy can illuminate consciousness in the upcoming Philosophy Today lecture. His lecture, “Mysteries of Consciousness: Connecting Mind and Brain,” will be held February 23 at 7:30 p.m. in room 205 of Smith Hall on the UA campus. The lecture is free and open to the public. Wu argues that science […]

UCLA Philosopher to Present Lecture on Free Will, Moral Responsibility

February 10, 2014

Dr. Pamela Hieronymi, professor of philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles, will deliver the final lecture of the 2013-2014 Philosophy Today lecture series. The lecture, “The Problem of Free Will and Moral Responsibility,” will be Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in 205 Smith Hall on The University of Alabama campus. The event is free and open to the public. Hieronymi will discuss the different ways people come to worry about whether they are free and responsible and the […]

Philosopher of Mind Discusses Consciousness

January 7, 2014

From the January 2014 Desktop News | Dr. John Searle, Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the next lecture in the 2013-2014 Philosophy Today lecture series. His lecture, “Consciousness, the Brain, and the Soul,” will be presented Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in 30 ten Hoor Hall on The University of Alabama campus. Searle is noted for his contributions to the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and consciousness, on the characteristics of socially […]

Philosophy Today Series Opens with Time Travel Discussion

October 24, 2013

Dr. Ned Markosian, a professor in the philosophy department at Western Washington University, will discuss the topic of time travel in the first lecture in the 2013-2014 Philosophy Today Series. His lecture, “Is Time Travel Possible?,” will be held Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in room 205 of Smith Hall on The University of Alabama campus. Markosian will discuss the possibility of time travel to the past using the two leading theories about the nature of time: the Static Theory of […]