Philosophy Events at the Claremont Colleges

Spring 2012
 

Monday, February 13, 2012
Philosophy Colloquium
Nick Bostrom, Oxford University
"Motivation Systems and Superintelligent Agentsl"
4:15 pm Kravis LC 62, Freeburg Forum
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Philosophy Colloquium
Voula Tsounas, UCSB
3:00 pm, Kravis 102

Fall 2011

Thursday, September 15, 2011
Pomona College Colloquium
Stavroula Glezakos, Wake Forest University
"The Limits of Meaning Well"
4:15 pm Pearsons Hall Room 101

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Monday, September 19, 2011
Philosophy of Religion and Theology Colloquium
Stephen T. Davis, Claremont McKenna College
"Horrendous Evils and Christ"
7:30 pm The School of Religion Library CGU

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Monday, October 24, 2011
Ancient Philosophy Week
Suzanne Obdrzalek,Claremont McKenna College
"Contemplation and Self-Mastery in Plato's Phaedrus"
4:15 pm Pearsons Hall 101, Pomona College
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Ancient Philosophy Week
Richard McKirahan, Pomona College
"Wisdom and Self-Restraint in Plato's Protagoras"
4:15 pm Pearsons Hall 101, Pomona College
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Ancient Philosophy Week
Malcolm Schofield, Cambridge
"Infancy and Childhood in Ancient Greek Philosophy"
4:15 pm Pearsons Hall 101, Pomona College
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Ancient Philosophy Week
Tony Long, UC Berkeley
"What's the Good of Greek Philosophical Happiness (eudaimonia)?"
4:15 pm Pearsons Hall 101, Pomona College
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October 27-28, 2011
Pomona College Colloquia
Tony Long, University of California Berkeley (10/27)
Malcolm Schofield, Cambridge University (10/28)
time and place TBA

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Friday, December 9, 2011
Claremont McKenna College Colloquium
Sharon Street, NYU
time and place TBA

Fall 2010
 

Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 6pm
Rose Hills Theater, Pomona College
Movie: Fight Club
With a brief introductory lecture on personal identity by
Professor Amy Kind, Chair of the CMC Philosophy Department
Presented by The Philosophy Club of the Claremont Colleges
Refreshments will be served

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Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 4:15pm
Pearsons 202
Henry Krips, Cultural Studies Chair, Claremont Graduate University
"How to be a classical realist and still do Quantum Mechanics"
Pomona College

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 6:45pm
Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum
Susan Wolf, Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina
CMC

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Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Roberts North Room 15
Susan Wolf, Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina
Philosophy Colloquium
CMC
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Smith Campus Center - Room 201 (Hart Room)
Women in Philosophy
Meet and Mingle with Women that teach and study in Philosophy
Come for dinner and learn more about the 5C Philosopjy Program
Pomona College

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Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 4:15 pm
204 Humanities
Saul Smilansky, Professor of Philosophy, Universit of Haifa
"A Hostage Situation"
Scripps College
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum
Alex Rajczi, Claremont McKenna College
"American Values, American Health Care."
CMC

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Friday, December 10, 2010 at (TBA)
Founders Room
Rae Langton,MIT, Philosophy Department
"Beyond Belief: Pragmatics in Hate Speech and Pornography"
CMC

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Spring 2010

Friday, April 9, 2010 at 3:30
Pearson Hall room 101
Paul Hurley, Claremont McKenna College
"Rights, Value and The Nature of Desire"
Pomona College

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Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 3:30
Pearsons 101
Jonathan Kvanvig, Baylor University
"Curiosity and a Response-Dependent Account of the Value of Understanding"
Pomona College

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Thursday, February 11, 2010, at 4:15
Burkle Building Room 16
Dr. John Cottingham, Depatment of Philosophy, University of Reading
"The De-secularization of Descartes"
Claremont Graduate University

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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010, at 4:15
Balch Auditorium
Daniel Dennett, University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University,
"Difficulties with Darwin's Dangerous Idea: What Fodor and Nagel Don't Understand"
Scripps College

Fall 2009

Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Garrison Theater
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University
Social Identity as a Source of Individuality
Scripps College

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Friday, October 23, 2009 at 4:00pm
Burns Lecture Hall 
Dr. Alva Noë, University of California Berkeley
Neurophilosophy, Perception & Consciousness
Keck Science Center

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Saturday November 7, 2009
Southern California Philosophy Conference
http://mugwump.pitzer.edu/~ccp/SoCalPhilConference

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December 4th and 5th, 2009
2009 Bradshaw Conference on Early Modern Philosophy
All Sessions at Honnold Library, Irvine Room 3rd Floor
http://www.cgu.edu/pages/6587.asp