Department of Philosophy

Philosophy Colloquium

The Program maintains an ongoing and interactive Speakers Series. The Series has various goals:

  • Acquaint students with current developments in the field;
  • Familiarize students with prominent scholars in the field;
  • Provide students with better appreciation of the skills and interests of their professors as they participate in discussions;
  • Enable students to better appreciate, and gain practice in, the debate and argumentation central to philosophical activity;
  • Forge and nurture a community among those interested in philosophy at UNF and in Jacksonville.

The Philosophy Speakers Series has taken and will continue to take many forms: a colloquium with one guest speaker; a panel discussion or forum with UNF philosophers, often with other UNF faculty; and an interdisciplinary symposium that includes philosophers. The Series is often arranged in conjunction with the UNF Philosophy Club. Past speakers have included:

Speakers Series

  • Linda Martin Alcoff (Syracuse University)
  • Kwame Anthony Appiah (Princeton University)
  • Margaret Pabst Battin (University of Utah)
  • Seyla Benhabib (Yale University)
  • Robert Bernasconi (Memphis University)
  • John Brough (Georgetown University)
  • Kelly James Clark (Calvin College)
  • Annie Cohen-Solal (Cultural Office of French Embassy)
  • Robert D'Amico (University of Florida)
  • Robert De George (University of Kansas)
  • Thomas Donaldson (University of Pennsylvania)
  • James Doyle (University of Bristol)
  • Owen Flanagan (Duke University)
  • Shaun Gallagher (University of Central Florida)
  • Joshua Gert (Florida State University)
  • Simon Glynn (Florida Atlantic University)
  • Christopher Grau (Florida International University)
  • Charles B. Guignon (University of South Florida)
  • Kenton Harris (University of Miami)
  • David Hoekema (American Philosophical Association)
  • Hans Ineichen (Emory University / University of Nuremberg, Germany)
  • Christoph Jamme (University of Lueneburg, Germany)
  • Mark Johnson (University of Oregon)
  • Carol van Kirk (Ohio University)
  • Donald Kuspit (SUNY Stony Brook)
  • Anthony Lisska (Denison Univeristy)
  • Sebastian Luft (Emory University)
  • Lenny Moss (Notre Dame University)
  • Jacob Owensby (Jacksonville University)
  • Christian Perring (Dowlling College)
  • Robert Pippin (University of Chicago)
  • Christopher Pollman (Harvard University, University of Alete, France)
  • James Rachels (University of Alabama, Birmingham)
  • Manfred Riedel (University of Nuremberg, Germany)
  • Michael Ruse (Florida State University)
  • Chrisoph Schmidt am Busch (Frankfurt University, Germany)
  • Thomas Schmidt (University of Frankfurt, Germany)
  • Ofelia Schutte (University of Florida)
  • Robert Shain (University of South Florida)
  • George Sher (Rice University)
  • Karsten Stueber, College of Holy Cross
  • Peter Singer (Princeton University)
  • Nicolas D. Smith (Lewis and Clark College)
  • Rosemarie Tong (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
  • Klaus Vieweg (University of Jena, Germany)
  • Georgia Warnke (University of California, Riverside)
  • Gary Watson (Univesity of California, Riverside)
  • Joanne Waugh (University of South Florida)
  • Michael Zimmerman (Tulane University)