访问ing Speakers

On the occasion of his retirement in 2016, the Dept. of 哲学 established the C. Stephen Layman Speaker Series in 哲学 in honor of Professor Emeritus of 哲学 和 long-time chair, 史蒂夫门外汉. Dr. Layman is author of God: Eight Enduring Questions (University of Notre Dame Press, 2022), Philosophical Approaches to the Atonement, Incarnation, 和 the Trinity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), Letters to Doubting Thomas: A Case for the Existence of God (Oxford University Press, 2006), The Power of Logic, editions 1-3 (McGraw Hill, 2005, 2002, 1999), as well as numerous articles 和 book chapters. 请参阅 Dr. Layman’s faculty profile for a full list of his publications. Past Layman lecturers can be found below.

Donations to the Layman lecture can be made 在这里. Please select “other” 和 write in: “Layman Speaker Series in 哲学.”

Layman Lecture, Thursday, January 12, 2023, 4pm, Eaton 112

"The Terms of the Free Will Debate: Defining 'Free Will'"

艾丽西亚雀

艾丽西亚雀, Associate Professor of 哲学, Northern Illinois University.

 

In addition, the Department hosts occasional talks by visiting philosophers. Recent speakers include:

2019年秋季, Jill Graper Hern和ez (Layman Lecture), “Early Modern Women 和 the Need to Do More”

2018年的春天, Meghan Sullivan (Layman Lecture), “Time Biases 和 Valuing Afterlives”

2017年秋季, Billy Dunaway, “Theological Predication: Duns Scotus, Univocity, 和 Knowledge”

2017年春季, 罗伯特·奥迪 (Layman Lecture), “信仰, Belief, 和 the Problem of Evil” 

2016年秋季, Trent Dougherty, “信仰, Reason, 和 Religious Disagreement: Surprising Results”

2016年的春天, 史蒂夫门外汉, Book Symposium: Philosophical Approaches to the Atonement, Incarnation, 和 the Trinity. With comments by Daniel Howard-Snyder特伦斯Cuneo

 2014年秋季, 阿尔弗雷德Mele, “Free Will 和 Neuroscience,” 和 “On the Situationist Challenge to Free Will”

Spring 2012, SPU 哲学 校友 Panel: Jennifer Corns, Jonathan Jacobs, 内森王, John Mouracade           

2009年秋季, Jaegwon金, “Metaphysical Considerations on Consciousness 和 the Science of Consciousness”

2009年秋季, Kevin Corcoran, “Persons, Bodies, 和 Relationality”

2008年秋季, Nicholas Wolterstorff , “Beauty, Love, Justice, 和 Worship”

2008年的春天, Daniel Dombrowski, “The Concept of God: A Process Point of View”

2007年秋季, James Van Cleve, “Direct Realism 和 Double Vision”