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For our first meeting of the winter quarter we are delighted to welcome Sarah Conly (Bowdoin College & Chicago) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “One Child:  Do We Have a Right to More?”. The meeting will take place … Continue reading →

Our schedule for the winter is below. This quarter our meetings will run from 10.30am – 12.20pm on Fridays in Social Sciences 401 (with the exception of Wednesday February 5th). Winter 2014 1/24 – Sarah Conly (Bowdoin College & Chicago) – “One … Continue reading →

Please join us for the  Philosophy Graduate Research Conference (co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department and the Practical Philosophy Workshop) which features three past speakers at the PPW: David Holiday, Mark Hopwood, Joe Jubenow (Chicago, graduate students). David Holiday’s talk, entitled “Moral Incapacity: When … Continue reading →

We are delighted to welcome Stephen Shortt (Chicago, graduate student) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “The Disappearing Other: The Vacancy of Darwall’s Second-Person Standpoint”. The meeting will take place on Friday November 22nd from 10.30am – 12.20pm in Wieboldt 408. … Continue reading →

We are delighted to welcome Kate Abramson (Indiana University) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “Virtues, Natural Abilities, and Aspects of Mental Health: Lessons from Hume”. The meeting will take place on Friday November 15th from 10.30am – 12.20pm in Wieboldt 408 In accordance with our usual … Continue reading →

We are delighted to welcome Mark Schroeder (USC) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “The Price of Supervenience”. The meeting will take place on Friday November 8th from 10.00am – 11.50am in Wieboldt 408 [Please note the earlier meeting time] In accordance with our usual practice, … Continue reading →

For our first meeting of the year, we are delighted to welcome Charles Mills (Northwestern) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “Decolonizing Western Political Philosophy”. The meeting will take place on Friday October 18th from 10.30am – 12.20pm in Wieboldt 408. In accordance with our usual … Continue reading →

Welcome back to Chicago, and to the fifth year of the Practical Philosophy Workshop! Our schedule for the fall is below. A couple of comments: 1) The workshop will usually meet on even weeks this year. However, since it is occasionally … Continue reading →

Have a great summer!

For our final meeting of the year, we are delighted to welcome Jonny Thakkar (Chicago, graduate student) to the PPW to present a paper entitled “Plato As Critical Theorist: Craftsmanship and Moneymaking in Adam Smith, Karl Marx and Michael Mann”. The … Continue reading →