Welcome to LEMMings@Northwestern
LEMMings@Northwestern is a resource for local work in philosophy on Language, Epistemology, Mind, and Metaphysics.
Why LEMMings
In late November of 2004 Brian Weatherson (Rutgers University) was looking for a label for the areas of philosophy that he (and many others) worked in. He wrote at the time that:
"The best suggestions seemed to be that I have a purely disjunctive label. But “Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Mind” seemed to be too long. What we needed was a shortening. Maybe an acronym. But LEMM seemed boring. If we just add a suffix we could have a name. I know… LEMMINGS!"
The moniker has stuck, though we are still waiting for a job ad in Jobs for Philosophers saying “We want to hire a Lemming”.
Recent Updates
- The schedule for the Conference on the Epistemology of Groups has been posted, here. - 29 Mar. 2012
- We have announced the lineup for the 3rd annual Northwestern-Notre Dame Epistemology Graduate Conference - 24 Mar. 2012
- We have announced the participants for the sixth annual Midwestern Epistemology Workshop - 22 Mar. 2012
- Jennifer Lackey will be hosting a conference, The Epistemology of Groups, June 23-24th, 2012
- The department will be hosting a workshop with Jason Stanley, March 11th, 2012
- The Winter M&E Reading group has selected Epistemic Modality, Eds. Andy Egan & Brian Weatherson - 23 January, 2012
- Photos from the fifth annual Midwest Epistemology Workshop are now available. - 7 Nov. 2011
- Indiana University, Bloomington will be hosting the sixth annual Midwest Epistemology Workshop. -31 Oct. 2011
- Speakers for the Pre-APA Philosophy of Language Workshop have been announced. - 3 Oct. 2011
- The Fall M&E Reading group has selected Lexical Meaning in Context, by Nicholas Asher. - 28 Sept. 2011
- CFP: 3rd Annual Northwestern/Notre Dame Epistemology Conference. - 8 Aug. 2011
