A Nominalistic Theory of Logical Consequence



Philosophy

Kimberley Nobel, PhD, MD
Columbia University

Title TBA: (socioeconomic disparities in children’s cognitive and brain development)

This week: Crawford (Tim) Elder, "Against Universal Mereological Composition."

A series of informal talks by philosophy faculty and graduate students. For a description and how to sign up, see http://philosophy.uconn.edu/brown-bags/.

An ECOM Spotlight introducing ongoing research by ECOM faculty members

As a part of Expression, Communication, and the Origins of Meaning Research Group's (ECOM) Spotlight Series, we will host Dr. Eiling Yee (Department of Psychological Sciences).

The Morphology Reading group meets on a regular (mostly weekly) basis throughout the semester to discuss recent and ongoing work in the areas of Morphology, Morpho-syntax and Morpho-phonology.

9/13 We will discuss Cyclic spell-out and the typology of word minimality by Glyne Piggott

Tuesday, Dec. 10: Dr. Anthony Perez

Research Talk: 9 a.m., Rowe 331E, Pursuing a Career in STEM: Can I do it? Why do I want to? What will it “cost” me?

Teaching Discussion: 10:30 a.m., Gentry 128C, Designing courses to promote the relevance of course content.

Informal Faculty meet-and-greet: 2:30 p.m., Gentry 340D

Please let a member of the search committee know of any questions (Catherine Little, Robin Grenier, Devin Kearns, Nicole Landi, Suzanne Wilson, Mike Young). Thanks!

Wednesday, Dec. 11: Dr. Justice Walker

Research Talk: 1:30 p.m., Tasker 12, When Paradigms Shift: Science Education Research on Middle School Synthetic Biology Learning

Teaching Discussion: 9:00 a.m., Gentry 128C, Debating Science: Challenges, Opportunities, and Best Practices in Engaging Socio-scientific Issues for Learning

Informal Faculty meet-and-greet: 11:00 a.m., Gentry 128C

The Morphology Reading group meets on a regular (mostly weekly) basis throughout the semester to discuss recent and ongoing work in the areas of Morphology, Morpho-syntax and Morpho-phonology.

9/13 We will discuss Cyclic spell-out and the typology of word minimality by Glyne Piggott

Monday, Dec. 16: Dr. Kathleen Lynch

Research Talk: 8:30 a.m., Gentry 144, title TBA

Teaching Discussion: 10:30 a.m., Gentry 128C,
topic TBA

Informal Faculty meet-and-greet: 10:00 a.m., Gentry 128C

Please let a member of the search committee know of any questions (Catherine Little, Robin Grenier, Devin Kearns, Nicole Landi, Suzanne Wilson, Mike Young). Thanks!

Tuesday, Dec. 17: Dr. Karrie Godwin

Research Talk: 1:00 p.m., Gentry 144, title TBA

Teaching Discussion: 9:00 a.m., Gentry 128C, topic TBA

Informal Faculty meet-and-greet: 3:00 p.m.

Please let a member of the search committee know of any questions (Catherine Little, Robin Grenier, Devin Kearns, Nicole Landi, Suzanne Wilson, Mike Young). Thanks!