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Leverhulme Lecture Series 2008
Professor Catherine Wilson is to present this year's Leverhulme Lectures, a series of five public talks on ‘Life According to Nature’.
The lectures will draw on recent literature in the burgeoning field of evolutionary ethics, as well as on classical philosophical sources including the Stoics, Kant, and Rousseau.
Professor Wilson will explore some of the relationships - actual, hypothetical, and imaginary - between nature, culture, and morality.
Some of the topics to be addressed include the Darwinian account of the origins of human morality; the problem of “naturalism” in ethical theory and specialisation and the origins of social inequality.
These events are presented by the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, with the help of the Leverhulme Trust.
Full details of these lectures are available on the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences website.
For more information on this event, including any accessibility enquiries, please contact Ms Susan Richards on 0131 651 3733 or email her at the address below.
Professor Catherine Wilson
Catherine Wilson is Visiting Leverhulme Professor in Philosophy at the University.
She is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Andrew Heiskell Research Scholar at City University of New York Graduate Center.
She has published widely on the history and philosophy of science, moral theory and the philosophy of literature.
Event details
All lectures will be held in Lecture Theatre 5, Appleton Tower, 11 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9LE.
This article was published on Nov 7, 2008