The Department of Philosophy

What is Philosophy? and Philosophy at VCU

    Faculty Information

       Admission Information

           Requirements for the Majors and the Minors

             General Advice for Students

            Fall 2013 Course Schedule

            Spring 2013 Course Schedule

       VCU Graduation on Saturday, May 11, 2013:
       10:00 a.m. Commencement in the Richmond Coliseum
       3:00 p.m. Philosophy department ceremony in the University Student Commons

NEWS

Welcome to Lisa Leininger (Ph.D., University of Maryland), who joins VCU's philosophy faculty beginning fall 2013! Dr. Leininger specializes in the philosophy of science and metaphysics.

Spring 2013 Talks

2/13	Neil Sinhababu (National University of Singapore), "Desire and Pleasure in Practical Reasoning" Wednesday, February 13, 5:00–6:30 p.m., Starke House 101
2/18	Jennifer Wang (Rutgers University), “Linguistic Counterpart Theory” Monday, February 18, 4:00 p.m., Starke House 101
2/20	Lisa Leininger (University of Maryland), “Presentism and the Myth of Passage” Wednesday, February 20, 10:30 a.m., Starke House 101
2/28	Andrew Moon (Kansas State University), “Clairvoyance and Internalism” Revised date: Thursday, February 28, 10:30 a.m. (previously Wed., Feb. 27), Starke House 101
3/22	Joshua Gert (William & Mary), "Indeterminate Determinables," a talk about the philosophy of color Friday, March 22, 3:30–5:00 p.m., Starke House 101
4/5	Harold Langsam (University of Virginia), "The Intuitive Case for Naive Realism" Friday, April 5, 3:30–5:00 p.m., Starke House 101
4/26	James Brent, O.P. (The Catholic University of America), "Skepticism about Skepticism" Friday, April 26, 3:30–5:00 p.m., Starke House 101