ACT Lecture | Michael Eng: Sound and Semiocapitalism: ...
ACT Lecture | Michael Eng: Sound and Semiocapitalism: Affective Labor and ...
Sound and Semiocapitalism: Affective Labor and the Metaphysics of the Real This talk will analyse the sonic and affective turns that have appeared relatively recently in both contemporary art practice and current critical thought from the standpoint of what Franco ...
Profile: Caspar Hare
Caspar Hare - How we (should) decide
Associate professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Caspar Hare aims to develop theories of practical rationality that may just help us make real-world decisions. Read more about Hare's work at http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/pr
20th Killian Award Lecture (1992) - Noam Chomsky, ...
20th Killian Award Lecture (1992) - Noam Chomsky, "Language: The Cognitive ...
Professor Noam Chomsky delivers the 20th annual James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award and Lecture, titled "Language: the Cognitive Revolutions," on April 8, 1992. The Killian Award was established in 1971 to recognize extraordinary professional ...
Humanities in the Digital Age
Humanities in the Digital Age
Reports of the demise of the humanities are exaggerated, suggest these panelists, but there may be reason to fear its loss of relevance.
The Dignity of Difference
The Dignity of Difference
10/16/2007 4:30 PM Wong AuditoriumSir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British CommonwealthDescription: In a talk that interweaves philosophy, history, religion and some classic rabbinic banter, Sir Jonathan Sacks calls for a "paradigm shift in ...
Global Poverty: How Demanding Are Our Obligations?
Global Poverty: How Demanding Are Our Obligations?
09/21/2007 3:30 PM 32-155Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and laureate professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of MelbourneDescription: Peter Singer walks listeners through one of his most ...
Where Morals Come From (And Why it Matters)
Where Morals Come From (And Why it Matters)
09/20/2007 5:30 PM Wong AuditoriumBeatriz Luna, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh; John Mikhail, Associate Professor, Law Center and Philosophy Department, Georgetown University; Patrick Byrne, ...