November 16
11:30
(111 Breslin)

GRAHAM PRIEST
“Embracing the Groundlessness of Reality”
Graham Priest is Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center. His talk is hosted by the Department of Philosophy and by Hofstra University Honors College.

February 17
3:00
(Sch. of Medicine)

JOHN McDERMOTT
“Caring ‘for’ and ‘about’ One Person at a Time: The Value of Humanism”
John J. McDermott is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University. His talk is hosted by the School of Medicine.

April 4
4:30
(109 Hauser)

ROB GOLDBERG
“How Our Brains Find Meaning in the World”
Robert Goldberg (Hofstra '99) is a researcher in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

April 6
11:30–12:45
(201 Starr)

AMY BAEHR
“Liberal Feminism: Comprehensive and Political”
Amy Baehr is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hofstra.

April 26
11:10–12:05
(Fortunoff Theater)

RICHARD BERNSTEIN
“Hannah Arendt and the Problem of Evil”
Richard Bernstein is Vera List Professor of Philosophy at the New School University in New York City. His talk is presented by Honors College.

May 4
11:30–12:30
(Axinn 10th fl.)

DARWIN/HUME DAY 2011
Celebrating David Hume's 300th birthday and Charles Darwin's 202nd, “Darwin and Hume's Excellent Intelligent Design Adventure” takes a theatrical approach to displaying connections among Hume's ideas, Darwin's ideas, and the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District trial. The event is sponsored by Axinn Library.