Philosophy in the Age of New Media

Sean D. Kelly believes philosophers ought to pose the question of how to live a good life to people who “are busy living.”

Richard Tuck Sheds New Light on Bentham

Richard Tuck, chair of the committee on degrees in social studies, offered an unusually humane portrayal of Jeremy Bentham, an eighteenth-century British philosopher who is often perceived as a cold utilitarian.

Gisela Striker’s Exit Casts Program In Doubt

Philosophy and Classics Professor Gisela Striker—who attempted to foster an interdisciplinary graduate program in the study of ancient philosophy during her nearly two decades at Harvard—will retire after the end of this academic year.

Philsophy Professor Thomas M. Scanlon connected moral philosophy to political philosopy yesterday at the Law School during his lecture, titled “Individual Morality and the Morality of Institutions.”

Today in Photos (09/24/10)

Students enjoy mooncakes and other Chinese pastries while looking at the moon and the Cambridge skyline on the roof of the Science Center at the Mooncake Study break last night.

Philosopher Lectures on Human Responsibility

McDowell, a philosophy professor at the University of Pittsburgh, was invited by the Harvard Review of Philosophy for the publication’s fifth annual lecture.

Panelists Talk Science, Ethics

Mixing DNA and Descartes, the panel discussed how developments in evolutionary biology and the mind sciences should be applied to law, philosophy, and economics.

12 Questions with Alison Simmons

In this series, we ask people around campus the same set of 12 questions. Want to suggest an interviewee? Leave a comment or e-mail us at flyby@thecrimson.com. ALISON SIMMONS, Samuel H. Wolcott Professor of Philosophy

Today in Photos (03/26/10)

Members of the Student Labor Action Movement and Harvard employees rally outside of the Holyoke Center yesterday encouraging the University to stop employee layoffs.

Pinker speaks about Darwin and God

Steven Pinker and his wife Rebecca Newberger Goldstein discuss Darwin, the role fiction should play in intelligent life, arguments on the existence of God, as well as other topics of literature, science, and philosophy.

Project Zero Returns to Square One of Artistic Education

“Everybody assumes that to be a scientist or a mathematician requires thinking and problem solving and so on. But a ...