Posted by Derek Brown on

2013-14 David Hume Fellow Peter Fosl, “Hume and the Promise of Philosophy”

Edinburgh, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square.

Tuesday, 19 November, 4 pm.

“Hume and the Promise of Philosophy”

Peter Fosl (Transylvania University)

Peter S. Fosl is Professor of Philosophy at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky.  He is currently the 2013-14 David Hume Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The University of Edinburgh.  The Fellowship has been made possible by the generous support of The Hume Society, the Scots Philosophical Association and IASH Fellows and supporters.

As space is limited, please email iash@ed.ac.uk to book a place.

More information.

**SPA sponsored**

Posted by Derek Brown on

Visiting speakers, week of 16th September

Next week’s visiting speakers (more information):

  • Adrienne Janus (University of Aberdeen), “Boxes and Bubbles: Serres and Sloterdijk,” at Dundee on Wednesday, 18th September.
  • Nick Jones (University of Oxford), “The Fundamentality of the Familiar,” at St Andrews on Wednesday, 18th September, and at Stirling on Thursday, 19th September.
  • Ross Cameron (University of Leeds), “How Can You Know You’re Present?,” at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 18th September.
  • Peter Vickers (University of Durham), “Magic and Miracles in Physics,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy of Science seminar on Thursday, 19th September.
  • Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (University of North Carolina) at Edinburgh on Friday, 20th September.