Several times per semester, the philosophy department hosts a "Lunchtime Talk," where a member of the department, faculty or graduate student presents a work-in-progress. Department members have a chance to share ideas with pizza, fruit, and snacks provided by the department.
Upcoming Lunchtime Talks
Fall 2026
Oct. 9 - Christian Pace, “Inverting the Tie-Up Break Up: Cannot Implies Not Ought Not?"
Oct. 23 - Caroline Deck, "Institutional Blame and Public Education"
Oct. 30 - Nik Kennelly, "What are Natural Predispositions?"
Nov. 20 - Piers Rawling, "Are There Really Any Counterexamples to Modus Ponens?"
Recent Lunchtime Talks
Spring 2026
April 3 - Yahui Chen, “When Friendship Is Not a Moral Dilemma”
April 10 - Anthony Nguyen, “Data Colonialism: The Rise of the Landless Empire”
April 17 - Tyler Minnich, "A Master Key to Knowledge”
Feb. 18 - Daniel Sega, “The Quantum Russian Roulette of David Lewis”
Fall 2025
Sept. 26- Gregory Frisby, "Does Consequentialism Lead to a Contradiction Given Widely Accepted Premises? An Argument for the Moral Law"
Oct. 3 - Matthew Jernberg, "How Does Death Harm the One Who Dies"
Oct. 10 - Nolan Cannon, "Defending Dependence"
Spring 2025
Feb. 14 – Nickolaus Kennelly, "A Problem for Cross-Species Comparisons of Ontogenetic Flexibility"
Feb. 28 – Matthew Jernberg, "Who is Harmed by Death? Epicurus and the Problem of the Subject"
March 21 – Zachary Akin, “Nuclear Deterrence for Nuclear Pacifists”
March 28 – William Vincent, “Essence, Convention, and the Identity of Persons”
April 4 – Olga Lenczewska, "Kant on Women’s Role in Moral Development and Their Moral Patienthood"
Fall 2024
Sept. 20 – Zack Akin, "A More Robust Robustness Objection: Completely Eliminating Robust Alternatives in Frankfurt-style Cases”
Nov. 1 – Simon Căbulea May, “What Is the Right to Do Wrong?”
Nov. 15 – Yahui Chen, “The Degrees of Standing and Hypocritical Blame”
Spring 2024
March 8 – Michael De Vivo, “Against Intellectualist Skill Models of Virtue”
March 29 – Myungjun Kim, “"Is Deciding an Action?”
April 26 – Nikolaus Kennelly, “Animal Flexibility and Inter-Species Practices”