Bishop's is part of a wider network of scholarship. Throughout the year the philosophy department hosts many guest speakers, students and professors from other schools (some who are graduates of Bishop's) who present their work. Here are some of our planned speakers for the 2007-08 year.
September 20, 2007
Paul Gooch, President, Victoria University, University of Toronto
Topic: "Thinking About Happiness: Some Ancient and Perennial Paradoxes"
November 13, 2007
Laura Benitez and Jose Antonio Robles, UNAM
Topic: "The History of Philosophy in Mexico during the 20th Century"
February 14, 2008
Daniel Garber, Princeton University
Topic: TBA
February 15, 2008
Aruna Handa (Glendon College)
Title: 'Pramana Theory, Dignaga and Inference for One's Own Sake'
Preston Room at 3:00pm
February 22, 2008
Graeme Hunter (University of Ottawa)
Title: 'The Most Beautiful Modal Proposition: How Leibniz Fixed Descartes' Ontological Argument'
Preston Room at 3:00pm
March 13, 2008
Roger Ariew, University of South Florida
Topic: Descartes and Modernity
