Susan Haack, who was included in “100 Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World’s Greatest Thinkers” by Peter J. King (Barron, 2004), launches the winter term’s Philosophy Speaker Series Thursday, Jan. 24 at 4:30 p.m. in the Schaffer Library Phi Beta Kappa Room.
Haack is professor of Philosophy and Law and the Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami (Fla.). Her talk, “The Growth of Meaning and the Limits of Formalism: In Science, in Law,” is free and open to the public.
Haack is noted for her lively writing style, wry sense of humor and philosophical achievements. Her numerous articles and books on logic, science, formalism and epistemology include “Putting Philosophy to Work: Inquiry and Its Place in Culture” (Prometheus Books, 2007).
She has been a visiting lecturer at institutions around the world, and her interdisciplinary work has been translated into 10 languages. She holds a doctorate from Cambridge University, where she was the Fellow of New Hall and later taught. She also served as professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick, UK.
Other offerings in the Philosophy Department's series include: Linda Martin-Alcoff, Syracuse University, “Social Identity, Rationality and Epistemic Agency” (Feb. 7); Sean Kelley, Harvard University, “The Normative Nature of Perceptual Experience” (Feb. 21); and Katalin Balog, Yale University, “Libertarian Freedom and the Experience of Agency” (March 6).
All talks will be held in the PBK Room at 4:30 p.m. Funding for the series is provided by the Ichabod Spencer Foundation. For more information, contact Department Chair Raymond Martin at ext. 6376 or martinr@union.edu.