Events (2014-15)
2014-2015 Forry and Micken Lecture Series
on
"The Promise and Problems of Citizenship"
A lecture series funded by the Forry and Micken Fund in Philosophy and Science
Anna Stilz (Princeton University)
Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 5:00pm, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall
"The Value of Self-Determination"
Laurence Thomas (Syracuse University)
Thursday, March 5, 2015, 5:00pm, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall
"Fitting-In: Autonomy vs Evolutionary Biology"
Daniel Silvermint (University of Connecticut)
Thursday, March 26, 2015, 5:00pm, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall
"Looking Out for Yourself: Victims, Complicity, and Resistance"
Erin Taylor (Cornell University)
Thursday, April 30, 2015, 5:00pm Paino Lecture Hall, 107 Beneski Building
"Fairness and the Political Obligations of Citizenship"
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The Amherst Lecture in Philosophy
Jerry A. Fodor (Rutgers University)
Thursday, April 9, 2015, 5:00pm, Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall
"What's All The Fuss about Consciousness?"
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Other Events & lectures Scheduled 2014-2015
Subrena Smith (University of New Hampshire)
Thursday, November 13, 2014, 5:00pm Pruyne Lecture Hall, Fayerweather Hall
"Human Psychology from Evolutionary Theory: What's Warranted?"
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Daniel Koltonski (currently teaching at Amherst College)
Thursday, February 5, 2015, 5:00pm The Babbott Room, The Octagon
"Working for Free: Vocational Commitments, Institutional Exploitation, and Professions in a Market Economy"
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Gina Schouten (Illinois State Universtity)
Thursday, February 12, 2015, 5:00pm, The Babbott Room, The Octagon
"Is the Gendered Division of Labor a Problem of Distribution?"
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Rafeeq Hasan (University of Chicago)
Thursday, February 19, 2015, 5:00pm The Babbott Room, The Octagon
"Non-Domination and Economic Justice: Rousseau and Pettit"
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For further information, please phone Dee Brace at (413) 542-5805 or send e-mail to djbrace@amherst.edu.