Philosophy Events
[PAST EVENT] Reading Hume Today: A Conference in Honor of Elizabeth Radcliffe (Professor Emerita, W&M)
With the generous support of the Rachel and E.W. Thompson Philosophy Endowment and the Foradas Philosophy Department Speaker’s Series Endowment, the William & Mary Philosophy Department is hosting a one-day conference in honor of our colleague, Elizabeth Radcliffe. The order of talks, with titles and commentators, is as follows:
9:30 Welcome
9:45 – 10:45 Angela Coventry (Portland State), with comments by Miriam McCormick (University of Richmond)
“The Advancement of Naturalized Epistemology: A Comparative Study of David Hume, W. V. O. Quine and Elizabeth Anderson”
11:00 – 12:00 Kenneth Winkler (Yale) with comments by Chuck Goldhaber (Haverford)
“Causes and Causal Reasoning in Hume’s Enquiries.”
Lunch Break 12:00 to 2:00
2:00 – 3:00 Katharina Paxman (Brigham Young) with comments by Margaret Watkins (Providence College)
“Hume as an Affectivity Theorist”
3:15 – 4:15 Rachel Cohon (SUNY Albany) with comments by Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham)
“The Role of Gossip in Hume’s Artificial Virtues.”
4:30 – 5:00 Elizabeth Radcliffe, Response (William & Mary)
The conference will take place in Washington 301.
For more information, please contact Joshua Gert. Registration is free, but please let us know you'll be coming.
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