The Great Conversation Continues with the UNCG Philosophy Club Three philosophy club members present on gender roles and human rights. Cecil Yancey describes the way gender roles are reinforced in classical Greek poetry with its connections between the defiance of those roles and tragic suffering. Charkie Huegel presents an argument for… Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Mike Matteson, UNCG Dept. of Philosophy War is hell. It is a condition in which soldiers are justified in killing one another and in which soldiers are liable to being killed. The Just War tradition has been engaged in trying to make this hell as tolerable… Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. John King, UNCG Dept. of Philosophy Many fantastic scenarios have been employed in arguments for skepticism—evil spirits messing with minds, mad scientists messing with brains, extragalactic aliens messing with thoughts—but the presumably counterfactual character of the scenarios has kept them from winning many converts. Our… Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. Robert Guttentag, UNCG Dept. of Psychology We are all aware of how common it is for other people to hold beliefs that we think are odd, weird, or just plain wrong. Some of these beliefs relate to matters of opinion, but others involve beliefs in… Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. John Roberts, UNC Chapel Hill Dept. of Philosophy Among the ancient Greek philosophers, it was a common view that there can exist only a “potential infinity,” never an “actual infinity”: So for example, you could designate a point on a line and then designate another… Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. Gary Rosenkrantz, UNCG Dept. of Philosophy, Dr. Rosenkrantz will defend the metaphysical thesis that every known living organism has an essential, vital part which determines its identity. This essential, vital part regulates or controls all of the biological functions of the parts of that living… Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Chris Metivier Whatever your view of death, we can all agree that one thing is certain: we will all die. And given that we are sure to die, we are inclined to ask the question of whether it will be bad for us. In this conversation,… Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. Heather Gert It might seem obvious that if someone asks you what you see, the correct response is a description of whatever you happen to be looking at. Even better, you can direct his attention to that thing and he’ll see it for himself…. Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. Eric Kraemer Talk of “evil” is everywhere; in fact it is so common that you may think the term has no real meaning. In this discussion, Eric Kraemer, a philosopher from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, presents an account of evil and… Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. Steve Danford Anyone who has studied physics knows of the intimate bonds between physics and mathematics. We’ll use several examples from physics and astrophysics to explore these connections, and to speculate on the nature of mathematics. How mathematics works in the service of physics will… Continue reading…
