Upcoming Events

Thu Mar 13, 2025
301 Philosophy Hall
12–1 PM
Work in Progress Talk
Shamik Dasgupta
Work in Progress Talk
Fri Mar 14, 2025
Room 170 Law Building
12–2 PM
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory
Patrick Deneen (Political Theory, Notre Dame)
Cold War Right Liberalism: The Case of Leo Strauss and the Straussians
Fri Mar 14, 2025
60 Evans Hall
4:10 PM
Logic Colloquium
Eddy Keming Chen (UC San Diego)
Exchangeability and Algorithmic Randomness: A New Proof of the Principal Principle
Sat Mar 15, 2025–Sun Mar 16, 2025
Conference
Berkeley Metaphysics Workshop
Sat Mar 15, 2025
Heyns Room, Faculty Club
1–3 PM
Sather Lecture
Josiah Ober (Classics, Stanford)
Cleverness Revisited: Why wicked and excellent people are called deinoi (Aristotle NE 1144a21-22)
Tue Mar 18, 2025
Howison Library
4–6 PM
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
Josefine Klingspor, John Carrierio, Sam Newlands, Russ Leo
Why read Spinoza’s Ethics? (Panel Discussion)
Thu Mar 20, 2025
Howison
4–6 PM
Philosophy Colloquium
Daniel Greco (Yale)
Knowledge from Fiction?
Fri Mar 21, 2025
Room 170 Law Building
12–2 PM
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory
James Orr (Religion, Cambridge)
TBA
Sat Mar 22, 2025
Heyns Room, Faculty Club
1 PM
Sather Lecture
Greg Woolf (ISAW)
A Distant Tyrant: Emperor, Empire, Impotence
Fri Mar 28, 2025
60 Evans Hall
4:10 PM
Logic Colloquium
TBD
Wed Apr 2, 2025
4–6 PM
Working Group in the History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Science
Harvey Lederman (UT Austin)
Thu Apr 3, 2025
Howison Library
4–6 PM
Philosophy Colloquium
J. Reid Miller (Haverford College)
TBD
Fri Apr 4, 2025
Room 170 Law Building
12–2 PM
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory
Linda Zerilli (Political Theory, Chicago)
Toward a Critical Freedom-Centered Feminist Historiography
Fri Apr 4, 2025
4:10 PM
Logic Colloquium
Ronnie Chen (University of Michigan)
Sat Apr 5, 2025
Heyns Room, Faculty Club
1–3 PM
Sather Lecture
Emily Gowers (Classics, Cambridge)
Various Trees
Mon Apr 7, 2025–Fri Apr 11, 2025
Townsend Visitor
Amia Srinivasan (Oxford)
Fri Apr 11, 2025
Room 170 Law Building
12–2 PM
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory
Sophie Smith (Political Theory, Oxford)
Should (Political) Philosophers Care about History?
Fri Apr 11, 2025
60 Evans Hall
4:10 PM
Logic Colloquium
Francesca Zaffora Blando (CMU)
Mon Apr 14, 2025
TBA
4–5:30 PM
Alfred Tarski Lectures
Jeremy Avigad (Carnegie Mellon University)
TBA
Wed Apr 16, 2025
4–5:30 PM
Alfred Tarski Lectures
Jeremy Avigad (Carnegie Mellon University)
TBA
Thu Apr 17, 2025
4–5:30 PM
Alfred Tarski Lectures
Jeremy Avigad (Carnegie Mellon University)
TBA
Fri Apr 18, 2025
Room 170 Law Building
12–2 PM
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory
Samuel Moyn (Law & History, Yale)
From One Crisis of Liberalism to Another
Mon Apr 21, 2025
301 Philosophy Hall
12–1 PM
Work in Progress Talk
Verónica Gómez Sánchez
Work in Progress Talk
Tue Apr 22, 2025
Toll Room, Alumni House
4:10–6:15 PM
Tanner Lectures on Human Values
Annabel Brett (Cambridge University)
The Times of Possibility Lecture I
Wed Apr 23, 2025
Toll Room, Alumni House
4:10–6:15 PM
Tanner Lectures on Human Values
Annabel Brett (Cambridge University)
The Times of Possibility Lecture II
Thu Apr 24, 2025
Toll Room, Alumni House
4:10–6:15 PM
Tanner Lectures on Human Values
Annabel Brett (Cambridge University)
The Times of Possibility Seminar and Discussion with Commentators
Fri Apr 25, 2025
Room 170 Law Building
12–2 PM
Workshop in Law, Philosophy, and Political Theory
Michelle Schwarze (Political Theory, Wisconsin)
After Liberal Utopia: Judith Shklar on Injustice and Political Reform
Fri May 2, 2025
60 Evans Hall
4:10 PM
Logic Colloquium
Omer Ben-Neria (UCLA)
Mon May 5, 2025
301 Philosophy Hall
12–1 PM
Work in Progress Talk
Wes Holliday
Work in Progress Talk
Sat May 17, 2025
Faculty Glade at the Faculty Club
4:30–6:30 PM
Departmental Events
Philosophy Department Graduation
Mon Apr 13, 2026–Fri Apr 17, 2026
4–6 PM
Townsend Visitor
Professor Ray Briggs (University of Chicago)

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