Berry Lectures at Vanderbilt

Please join us for the first in our 2014 series of Berry Lectures in Public Philosophy on Tuesday, February 11th in Buttrick Hall, Room 101.  The theme for this year’s series is Human Existence: Insights from Philosophy’s History.   The full schedule appears below. 

Our first speaker in the series is Professor Lenn Goodman.  His topic is “Two Ways to do Metaphysics without Really Trying: Aristotle and Avicenna on Being at Large.”  The lecture begins at 7:00pm, and will be preceded by a light reception at 6:30pm.  All are invited. 

Many Thanks,

--Robert Talisse

Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair

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The Berry Lectures in Public Philosophy

Human Existence: Insights from Philosophy’s History

Tuesday, February 11

7:00pm, Buttrick Hall, Room 101

Lenn Goodman

Two Ways to do Metaphysics without Really Trying:

Aristotle and Avicenna on Being at Large

Tuesday, February 18

7:00pm, Buttrick Hall, Room 101

Julian Wuerth

What is Enlightenment?

Kant’s Copernican Revolution

Tuesday, February 25

7:00pm, Buttrick Hall, Room 101

David Wood

‘What does not kill me makes me stronger’:
Why we Still Read Kierkegaard and Nietzsche

Thursday, March 13

7:00pm, Wilson Hall, Room 126

José Medina

Love and Other Demons:

Wittgenstein and Skepticism

All Lectures are Free and Open to the Public

Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Philosophy Department with the Generous Support of the Berry Fund