Welcome to LEMMings@Northwestern
Elizabeth Fricker, Magdalen College, Oxford
Kreeger-Wolf Visiting Professor
Philosophy Department at Northwestern
April 4 -15, 2011
Schedule of Events
WEDNESDAY April 6
Event: Epistemology Brownbag: “The Social Norm for Assertion”
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm
Location: Kresge 2-345
THURSDAY April 7
Event: Session 1 on book manuscript: “What is Testimony? Part I: Belief from Testimony, Belief Through Testimony”
Time: 2:00- 3:30 pm
Location: Kresge 3-420
Event: Cocktail party in honor of Lizzie Fricker’s visit
Time: 8:00-10:30 pm
Location: 2814 Grant St., Evanston (home of Sandy Goldberg)
FRIDAY April 8
Event: Session 2 on book manuscript: “What is Testimony? Part II: Events of Testifying”
Time: 1:00-2:30pm
Location: Kresge 2-345 (Philosophy Seminar Room)
MONDAY April 11
Event: Session 3 on book manuscript: “Defending the Transmission Principle”
Time: 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Location: University Hall 112
TUESDAY April 12
Event: Session 4 on book manuscript: “Perception and Testimony”
Time: 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Location: University Hall 112
WEDNESDAY April 13
Event: Session 5 on book manuscript: “Understanding and Knowledge of What is Said”
Time: 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Location: Kresge 2-345 (Philosophy Seminar Room)
Event: a public (university-wide) lecture, “The Prizes and Perils of Trusting Others.”
Time: 5:00-7:00 pm
Location: Kresge 2-380. Reception to follow.
FRIDAY April 15
Event: Colloquium talk: “Stating and Insinuating”
Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: University Hall 102
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
