Philosophy

Past Colloquia

Spring 2008

Paul Churchland (Valtz Chair of Philosophy, UC San Diego)
"Chimerical Colors: Some Phenomenological Predictions from Cognitive Neuroscience"

Angela Smith (U of Washington; Willamette '92)
"The Trouble with Tolerance"

Fall 2007

Mark Bedau (Reed)
"The Mystery of Why Evolution is So Creative"

Erin Cline (U of Oregon)
"What Confucius Didn't Say: Nameless Virtues and Restrained Speech in the Analects"

Nicholas Smith (Lewis & Clark)
"Contextualism and Closure"

Spring 2007

Jeffrey Gauthier (U of Portland)
"Prostitution, Sexual Autonomy, and Sex Discrimination"

Kevin Hill (Portland State)
"Heidegger's Nietzsche: Neo-Kantian, Phenomenological, or Metaphysical?"

William Peck (Reed)
"Romantic Philosophy"