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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. 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

Prof. Lesses presenting at 31st annual SAGP meeting

Prof. Glenn Lesses will be presenting his paper, “Socrates the Stoic: Moral Psychology in Plato’s Symposium,” at the 31st annual meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy at Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, October 11-13.

Christian Coseru and Sheridan Hough will serve as Participants-at-Large at the “Mind and Attention in Indian Philosophy” seminar, Harvard University

Christian Coseru and Sheridan Hough will serve as Participants-at-Large at the “Mind and Attention in Indian Philosophy” seminar at Harvard University, Sept 20-21, 2013. The event is sponsored by the Harvard Provostial Fund for Arts and Humanities, Harvard South Asian Studies, the Center for the Study of Mind and Nature in Oslo, and the Network for Sensory Research, Canada.

Conference Program

Prof. Hettinger Presenting Keynote Address for the 10th International Summer Conference on Environmental Aesthetics – Values in the Environment: Relations & Conflicts

Prof. Ned Hettinger will be presenting a keynote address, “Prospects for Aesthetic Preservationism” for the 10th International Summer Conference on Environmental Aesthetics on “Values in the Environment: Relations and Conflicts“. The conference is sponsored by the International Institute of Applied Aesthetics in Lahti, Finland.

Prof. Nadelhoffer & Prof. Wright (Psychology) Awarded Grant for their project “Humility, Conviction, and Disagreement in Morality: An Interdisciplinary Investigation”

Congratulation to Professors Thomas Nadelhoffer and Jennifer Wright (Psychology) who have been awarded a $245,000 grant from the Templeton Foundation for their project “Humility, Conviction, and Disagreement in Morality: An Interdisciplinary Investigation”.

A summary of their project can be found here.

Baker Sabbatical Lecture 4/16: Virtue Ethics & Market Behavior

Visible Hands: Virtue Ethics & Market Behavior – Tuesday, 4/16/13 at 3:15pm in the Levin Library (Room 209 of the Yaschik Jewish Studies Center, 96 Wentworth)

Prof. Neufeld Presenting at Cornell Law School’s Law & Humanities Colloquium.

Jonathan Neufeld was invited to give a talk at Cornell Law School’s Law and Humanities Colloquium on March 14, 2013

Prof. Hough Presenting at Central APA

Prof. Sheridan Hough will be chairing a session on Nietzsche, Moral Psychology, and Empirical Psychology and presenting commentary on the paper, “Stories and Their Place in Theories” at the Central meeting of the American Philosophical Association February 21 – 24 in New Orleans.

Department of Philosophy

College of Charleston