Prof. Ned Hettinger will be participating in a symposium on “Reconsidering Dualistic Thinking on Non-Native Species and Their Role in Conservation” (Julian Olden, organizer), at The North America Congress for Conservation Biology, Missoula, MT (July 2014); presentation title “Defending Native Species: Naturalness, Cosmopolitanization, and Novel Ecosystems”.
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Prof. Hettinger to deliver the keynote address at the 11th Annual Meeting on Environmental Philosophy
Ned Hettinger will be delivering the keynote address “Age of Man Environmentalism and Respect for an Independent Nature” for the 11th Annual Meeting on Environmental Philosophy in Allenspark, Colorado in June 2014.
Congratulations to this year’s student award and departmental scholarship winners
A big congratulations to this years student award and departmental scholarship winners:
HSS Scholar: Stefan Koester
Outstanding Student in Philosophy: Erica Lux and Joseph Suthers
Tomo Cook Scholarship 2014 – 2015: Matthew Rabon and Rebbeca Stanley
Profs. Boyle, Nadelhoffer, and Nunan to present at Pacific Division APA Meeting
Profs. Deborah Boyle, Thomas Nadelhoffer, and Richard Nunan will be presenting at the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division meeting this week.
Prof. Deborah Boyle will be providing the commentary for the invited symposium, The Philosophy of Mary Astell.
Prof. Thomas Nadelhoffer will be giving a talk as part of the invited symposium, The Philosophy and Psychology of Moral Humility.
Prof. Richard Nunan will chair the symposium of the Society for the Philosophical Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts and present a paper, 12 Monkeys and Observation Equivalence Among Time Travel Films.
Prof. Baker giving a paper at the Association of Private Enterprise Education annual meeting
Prof. Jennifer Baker will be presenting a paper, “Virtue and Civic Liberty: Past Actions and Present Requirements” at the annual meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 14th in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Prof. Lesses giving a paper at the Workshop in Ancient Philosophy
Prof. Lesses will be presenting his paper, “Socrates the Stoic: Agency & Rational Eros in the Symposium” at the American Philological Association’s Workshop in Ancient Philosophy in Lexington, KY on 3/22/14.
Prof. Nadelhoffer publishes a new book chapter and article
Prof. Thomas Nadelhoffer’s two most recent publications have appeared in print.
The book chapter: Nadelhoffer, T. (2014). “Dualism, Libertarianism, and Scientific Skepticism about Free Will.” In W. Sinnott-Armstrong (Ed.), Moral Psychology: Neuroscience, Free Will, and Responsibility (Vol. 4). MIT Press: 209-216.
The article: Nadelhoffer, T., Shepard, J., Nahmias, E., Sripada, C., & Ross, L. (2014). “The Free Will Inventory: Measuring Beliefs about Agency and Responsibility.” Consciousness and Cognition, Vol. 25: 27-41.
Prof. Nadelhoffer invited to present at Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology
Prof. Thomas Nadelhoffer has been asked to participate in an invited symposium, “Punishment” at the upcoming Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology. He will be giving a talk, Psychopathy and the Problem of Pure Retributivism.
Prof. Boyle giving a paper at Eastern APA
On December 30th, Prof. Deborah Boyle will be speaking at the American Philosophical Association meeting on “The Philosophy of Margaret Cavendish.”
Prof. Baker invited to participate in a seminar on “Experimental Economics”
Associate Professor Jennifer Baker has been invited to a seminar on “Experimental Economics” with economists Bart Wilson and Nobel Prize winning economist Vernon Smith, to take place October 25-27th in Orange, CA