麻豆传媒

Dr. Maggie Little Georgetown University
Public Lecture: Thursday, March 7th 2019  "Pregnant Women: The moral imperative for medical research".
Departmental Lecture: Friday, March 8th 2019  "Ethics & Epistemology in the Digintal Revolution"

Dr. Cheshire Calhoun Arizona State University
Public Lecture: Wednesday, June 14th "Contentment with Imperfection"
Departmental Lecture: Thursday, June 15th  "Motivating Practical Hope"

Dr. Sally Haslanger, Ford Professor of Philosophy and Women's & Gender Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Public Lecture: Thursday, March 17, 2016, "Racial Ideology and Racist Practices: Moving Beyond Critique?"
Departmental Lecture: Friday, March 18, 2016, " Social Practices and Epistemic Critique?

Dr. Tom Regan, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy and Religion, North Carolina State University
Public Lecture: Thursday, November 29, 2012 "'Empty Cages': An introduction to animal rights"
Departmental Lecture: Friday, November 30, 2012 "G.E. Moore: the Myth and the Man"

Dr. John Cottingham University of Reading
Public Lecture:Thursday, October 20, 2011 "Integrity and Human Flourishing"
Departmental Lecture: Friday, October 21, 2011 "Descartes and "consciousness"; human thoughts and animal passions

Dr. Jan Zwicky University of Victoria
Public Lecture: Thursday, March 10, 2011 "Auden as Philosopher: How Poets Think"
Departmental Lecture: Friday, March 11, 2011 "Why is Diotima a Woman?"

Dr. Susan James Birkbeck University of London
Public Lecture: Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 "Narrative as the Means to Freedom, Cultivating a Co-operative Way of Life"
Departmental Lecture: Friday, Nov 13, 2009 "When does Truth Matter: The Politics of Spinoza's Philosophy"

Dr. Elizabeth Anderson University of Michigan
Public Lecture: Sept 17, 2009 "What is Egalitarianism?"
Departmental Lecture: Sept 18, 2009 "Expanding the Egalitarian Toolbox" 

Dr. David Copp Department of Philosophy, University of Florida
Public Lecture: Feb 12, 2009 "The Politics of Reasonable Disagreement: Rawls' Defense of Liberalism"
Departmental Lecture: Feb 13, 2009 "Toward a Teleological Theory of Normativity"

Dr. Alan H谩jek Research School of the Social Sciences, Australian National University
Public Lecture: April 3, 2008 "Most Counterfactuals are False" 
Deparmental Lecture: April 4, 2008 "Arrows and Haloes: Probabilities of Conditionals and Desire as Belief"

Dr. Robert Audi Departments of Management and Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
Public Lecture: Oct 11, 2007 "Intuition, Inference, and Moral Obligation"
Departmental Lecture: Oct. 12, 2007 "Skepticism 麻豆传媒 the A Priori: Self-evidence, Defeasibility, and Cogito Propositions"

Dr. Alasdair Urquhart Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto
Public Lecture: May 17, 2007 鈥淧=?NP-Some Recent Thoughts.鈥�
Departmental Lecture: May 18, 2007 The Place of Logic in Philosophy and of Philosophy in Logic.鈥�

Dr. Ray Jennings Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University
Public Lecture: Oct 19, 2006 "Language as Biology" 
Departmental Lecture: Oct 20, 2006 "Knowledge and Understanding" 

Dr. Gary Watson Department of Philosophy, University of California Riverside
Public Lecture: Oct 5, 2006 "Standing in Judgement"
Departmental Lecture: Oct 6, 2006 "Acceptance and Self-Acceptance"

Dr. Barry Stroud Department of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley
Public Lecture: March 30, 2006 "Dissatisfactions with Subjectivism: Values and Modality"
Departmental Lecture: March 31 2006: "Metaphysics and Necessities of Thought" .

Dr. Terence Diffey Department of Philosophy, University of Sussex, UK
Public Lecture: October 20, 2005 "The Aesthetic Conception of Art"
Departmental Lecture: October 21, 2005 "Experiencing Nature and Experiencing Art"

Dr. Joan C. Tronto Department of Political Science, Hunter College, New York
Public Lecture: March 3, 2005 鈥淚s Peace Keeping Care Work?鈥�
Deparmental Lecture: March 4, 2005 鈥淒emocratic Caring鈥�  

Dr. Richard Creath Philosophy Department and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
Public Lecture: December 9, 2004 鈥漈he Construction of Reason: Kant, Carnap, Kuhn and Beyond 鈥�
Departmental Lecture: December 10 2004 鈥淭urning Point: Quine's Indeterminacy of Translation at Middle Age鈥�

Dr. Catherine Wilson FRSC Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia
Public Lecture: November 13, 2003 鈥淭he Aim and Structure of a Moral Theory鈥�
Departmental Lecture: November 14, 2003 鈥淚nterpreting Descartes' Sixth Meditation鈥�

Dr. Elisabeth Lloyd Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University
Public Lecture: October 16, 2003 鈥淓volution, Sex and Bias In Science: What is Female Orgasm For?鈥�
Departmental Lecture: October 17, 2003 鈥淥bjectivity: An Anatomy鈥�
Dr. Lloyd's visit was co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry, the History of Science and Technology programme (University of King's College), and Women's Studies.

Dr. Paul Griffiths Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
Public Lecture: September 12, 2003 鈥淐onceptual Analysis And The History of Science鈥�
Departmental Lecture: September 11, 2003 鈥淲hat is Innateness?鈥�

Dr. Ann Cudd Kansas University
Public Lecture: September 19, 2003 "Oppression: A Framework for Analysis"
Departmental Lecture: September 20, 2003 "Material Forces of Oppression: Violence and Deprivation"

Dr. Robert Brandom Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh
Public Lecture: April 11, 2002 鈥淩eason, Expression, and the Philosophic Enterprise鈥�
Departmental Lecture: April 12, 2002 鈥淢odality, Normativity, and Intentionality鈥�

Dr. Gerald Cohen All Souls College, Oxford University
Public Lecture: March 10, 2001 鈥淔acts and Principles鈥�
(In collaboration with the Department of Political Science, 麻豆传媒 and with Contemporary Studies, University of King's College)
Departmental Lecture: March 10, 2001 鈥淔reedom and Money鈥�
(In collaboration with the Department of Political Science, 麻豆传媒 and with Contemporary Studies, University of King's College)

Margaret Walker Department of Philosophy, Fordham University
Public Lecture: April 9, 2000 鈥淩esentment and Assurance鈥�

Dr. Sydney Shoemaker Cornell University
Public Lecture: September 23, 1999 "Colour Inversion Revisited"
Departmental Lecture: September 24, 1999 "Realization & Mental Causation"

Dr. Claudia Card Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Public Lecture: April 8, 1999 鈥淲omen, Evil, and Gray Zones鈥�
(Cosponsored by the Women's Studies programme of 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: April 9, 1999 鈥淣ietzsche's Genealogy of Evil鈥�
(Cosponsored by the Women's Studies programme of 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Ruth Millikan Department of Philosophy, University of Connecticut
Public Lecture: November 5, 1998 鈥淭he Language Thought Partnership鈥�
Departmental Lecture: November 6, 1998: 鈥淎bilities鈥�

Dr. Brian Barry Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Public Lecture: October 22, 1998 鈥淭he Trouble with Culture: A Critique of Cultural Politics鈥�
(Cosponsored by the Department of Political Science, 麻豆传媒 University)
Departmental Lecture: October 23, 1998 鈥淎 Theory of Group Rights鈥�
(Cosponsored by the Department of Political Science, 麻豆传媒) 

Dr. Paul Boghossian Department of Philosophy, New York University
Public Lecture: September 24, 1998 鈥淩elativism: The Very Idea鈥�
Departmental Lecture: September 25, 1998 鈥淩easons and the A Priori鈥� 

Dr. Dan Garber University of Chicago
Public Lecture: April 16, 1998 "Making Science Safe for Society in the Early 17th Century"
(In collaboration with the Contemporary Studies Programme at King's)
Departmental Lecture: April 17, 1998 "Theolohy Naturalized: Spinoza on God and His Modes"
(In collaboration with the Contemporary Studies Programme at King's)

Dr. Charles Mills University of Illinois at Chicago
Public Lecture: November 13, 1997 鈥淧hilosophy & Race"
(Cosponsored by the Department of Political Science, 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: November 14, 1997 鈥漌hite Right: The Idea of a 'Herrenvolk Ethics'"
(Cosponsored by the Department of Political Science, 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Linda Alcoff Syracuse University
Public Lecture: September 26, 1997 "Identity Politics Revisited"
(Cosponsored by the Women's Studies programme of 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: September 27, 1997 "Immanent Truth" (CSWIP panel)
(Cosponsored by the Women's Studies programme of 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Hilary Kornblith University of Vermont
Public Lecture: September 11, 1997 "Distrusting Reason"
Departmental Lecture: September 12, 1997 Knowledge in Humans and Other Animals"

Dr. Shelley Kagan Department of Philosophy, Yale University
Public Lecture: May 8, 1997 鈥淭he Evils of Death鈥�
Departmental Lecture: May 9, 1997 鈥淓quality and Desert鈥�

Dr. Michael Ruse University of Guelph
Departmental Lecture: February 14, 1997 "Some of my Best Friends are Reductionists - but would I want my Sister to Marry One?" (with response by Richard Lewontin)
(In cooperation with the Contemporary Studies Programme at King's and the Biochemistry Department at 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Richard Lewontin Harvard University
Public Lecture: February 13, 1997 "What can we learn about Human Beings from the Human Genome Project?" (with response by Michael Ruse)
(In cooperation with the Contemporary Studies Programme at King's and the Biochemistry Department at 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Virginia Held Distinguished Professor, City University of New York
Public Lecture: November 14, 1996 鈥淢edia Culture and Democracy鈥�
(Cosponsored by the Women's Studies programme of 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: November 15, 1996 鈥淟iberalism and the Ethics of Care鈥�
(Cosponsored by the Women's Studies programme of 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Susan Haack University of Miami
Public Lecture: September 12, 1996 "Science as Social? - Yes & No"
Departmental Lecture: September 13, 1996 "As for that Phrase 'Studying in a literary Spirit'..."

Dr. Elliott Sober Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Public Lecture: July 18, 1996 鈥淓volution and Optimality鈥�
(In cooperation with the Department of Biochemistry, 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: July 19, 1996 鈥淧hylogenetic Inertia鈥�
(In cooperation with the Department of Biochemistry, 麻豆传媒) 

Dr. Marilyn Frye Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University
Public Lecture: February 29, 1996 鈥淭he necessity of differences: Constructing a positive category of women鈥�
(In cooperation with the Women's Studies programme of 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: March 1, 1996 鈥淧ostmodern Performatives: Revisiting Austin鈥�
(In cooperation with the Women's Studies programme of 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Langdon Winner Rensselarer Polytech
Public Lecture: January 25, 1996 "Living in Electronic Space: Political Theory in the Era of Global Networks"
(In cooperation with the Political Science Department at 麻豆传媒 and the Contemporary Studies Programme at King's)
Departmental Lecture: January 26, 1996 "From Autonomous Technique to Social Construction: Necessity & Choice in the Philosophy of Technology"
(In cooperation with the Political Science Department at 麻豆传媒 and the Contemporary Studies Programme at King's)

Dr. Hilary Putnam Cogan University Professor, Harvard University
Public Lecture: October 19, 1995 鈥淭he Importance of Nonscientific Knowledge鈥�
Departmental Lecture: October 20, 1995 鈥淲ittgenstein & Philosophy of Mathematics鈥� 

Dr. James Tully McGill University
Public Lecture: March 23, 1995 "The Quebec Referendum and the Future of Canada"
(In cooperation with the Political Science Department at 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: March 24, 1995 "Problems of Cultural Recognition"
(In cooperation with the Political Science Department at 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Sandra Harding Delaware University and UCLA
Public Lecture: October 6, 1994 "Is Western Science and Ethno-Science? Feminist and Post-colonial Issues"
(In cooperation with the Women's Studies Programme of 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: October 7, 1994 "Strong Objectivity: After the Neutrality Ideal"
(In cooperation with the Women's Studies Programme of 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Daniel Dennett Tufts University
Public Lecture: September 29, 1994 "Some Confusions about Evolution"
Departmental Lecture: September 30, 1994 "Consciousness of Time - and Time of Consciousness"

Dr. Naomi Scheman University of Minnesota
Public Lecture: February 10, 1994 "On Waking Up One Morning and Discovering We Are Them"
(In cooperation with the Women's Studies Programme at 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: February 11, 1994 "Closets, margins, and Forms of Life"
(In cooperation with the Women's Studies Programme at 麻豆传媒"

Dr. Barbra Partee University of Massachusetts Amherst
Public Lecture: November 4, 1993 "Quantification in Natural Languages and Some Questions for Semantic Typology"
Departmental Lecture: November 5, 1993 "Generalized context-Dependence in Quantified Structures"

Dr. Paul Horwich MIT
Public Lecture: October 14, 1993 "Is Time Travel Possible"
Departmental Lecture: October 15, 1993 "What is it Like to be a Deflationary Theory of Meaning?"

Dr. Ian Hacking University of Toronto
Public Lecture: September 30, 1993 "Memoro-Politics: Trauma and the Soul"
(In cooperation with the Political Science Department at 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: October 1, 1993 "Reasoning and Realism"
(In cooperation with the Political Science Department at 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Jean Hampton University of Arizona
Public Lecture: September 22, 1993 "On Instrumental Rationality"
(In cooperation with the Political Science Department at 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: September 22, 1993 "Why Expected Utility Theory isn't an Instrumental theory of Reason"
(In cooperation with the Political Science Department at 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Ronald Giere Department of Philosophy, Director, Center for Philosophy of Science University of Minnesota
Public Lecture: August 5, 1993 鈥淯ndetermination, Relativism, and Perspectival Realism鈥�
Departmental Lecture: August 6, 1993 鈥淰isual Models and Scientific Judgment鈥�

Dr. Susan Wolf John Hopkins University
Public Lecture: July 8, 1993 "Freedom within Reason"
Departmental Lecture: July 9, 1993 "The Moral of Moral Luck"

Dr. Elizabeth Spelman Department of Philosophy, Smith College
Public Lecture: February 11, 1993 鈥淐hanging the Subject: Studies in the Appropriation of Pain鈥�
(In cooperation with the Women's Studies Programme of 麻豆传媒 University)
Departmental lecture: February 12, 1993 鈥淪lavery and Tragedy鈥�
(In cooperation with the Women's Studies Programme of 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Will Kymlicka University of Ottawa
Public Lecture: October 1, 1992 鈥淢oral Philosophy and Public Policy: The Case of New Reproductive Technologies鈥�
Departmental Lecture: October 2, 1992 鈥淭wo Models of Pluralism and Tolerance鈥� 

Dr. Stephen Stich Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Public Lecture: May 19, 1992 鈥淢oral Philosophy and Mental Representation鈥�
Departmental Lecture: May 20, 1992 鈥淚ntentionality and Naturalism鈥� 

Dr. Helen Longino Rice University
Public Lecture: March 19, 1992 鈥淔eminism & Science: Current Directions and Future Directions鈥�
Departmental Lecture: March 20, 1992 鈥淓ssential Tensions: Feminist Philosophical & Social Studies of Science鈥�

Dr. M. J. Cresswell Victoria Wellington, NZ
Public Lecture: November 22, 1991 "The Ontological Status of Matter in Aristotle"
Departmental Lecture: November 23, 1991 "The Stuff of Belief"

Dr. Iris Young University of Pittsburgh
Public Lecture: October 3, 1991 "Gender and Seriality: Thinking of Women as a Collectivity"
Departmental Lecture: October 4, 1991 "How Gender Upsets Paradigms of Justice"

Dr. Richard Miller Cornell University
Public Lecture: August 8, 1991 "Moral Objectivity"
(In cooperation with the Political Science Department of 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: August 8, 1991 "Justice and Social Freedom"
(In cooperation with the Political Science Department of 麻豆传媒)

Dr. Gary Hatfield Department of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
Public Lecture: June 10, 1991 鈥淩epresentation and Environmental Context鈥�
Departmental Lecture: June 10, 1991 鈥淩orty and Modern Philosophy鈥�

Dr. Linda Nicholson State U. of NY
Public Lecture: January 18, 1991 "Feminism, Postmodernism & Social Theory"
(In cooperation with the Women's Studies Programme of 麻豆传媒)
Departmental Lecture: January 19, 1991 "Reflections on Feminist Theory and Postmodernism"
(In cooperation with the Women's Studies Programme of 麻豆传媒)