Jeff McMahan Accepts White’s Chair of Moral Philosophy

Jeff McMahan recently accepted the White’s Chair of Moral Philosophy at Oxford.

Previously held by John Broome, James Griffin, Bernard Williams, and R.M. Hare, this is arguably the most prestigious position in moral philosophy. McMahan was offered the chair earlier in the year and recently decided to accept.

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More:

• History/endowment of White’s Chair]
• Oxford Centre for Ethics and Philosophy of Law

The 2010 Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing and Brown University are pleased to present “Learning from Experience”, three Lectures by Scott Sturgeon, CUF Lecturer in Philosophy, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Wadham College, University of Oxford.

The three public lectures will take place consecutively from  Monday 29^th November to Friday 3^rd December 2010, as follows:

• Theories of Visual Input
  Monday, November 29 at 4:00pm
• Visual Episodes and Perceptual Justification
  Wednesday, December 1 at 4:00pm
• Basic Epistemic Commitments
  Friday, December 3 at 4:00pm

Location:

All lectures will take place at:

Gerard House

Room 119

54 College Street

Providence, RI 02912

Click here for directions

Previous Blackwell/ Brown lecturers include Philip Pettit (2008), Frank Jackson (2006), Timothy Williamson (2005), John Broome (2003), and Kit Fine (2002), and to mark the occasion Wiley-Blackwell are offering a 20% discount on all titles in the accompanying book series (code: PHC10), valid on their website until 31^st December 2010.