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 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
- Summer M&E Reading Group has selected papers from the forthcoming volume on Disagreement edited by Jennifer Lackey and David Christensen. - 8 Aug 2011
- The Northwestern Philosophy Department will host a one day workshop on the epistemology of groups Monday, August 1st, 2011. - 10 Jun. 2011
- A schedule of events has been posted for the upcoming visit of Elizabeth Fricker (Oxford). - 17 Mar. 2011
