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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

The 'Quixote' Myth and the New Eastern Europe: A Hermeneutic Study Based on Films
Jorge Latorre, University of Navarre,
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

The Wason Task and the Paradox of Confirmation
Branden Fitelson, associate professor of philosophy, UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Transatlantic Islam: Carlyle, Emerson, Irving
Wai Chee Dimock, professor of English and American studies, Yale University,
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

The Origins of Morality—Empathy, Rules, and Causal Reasoning
Alison Gopnik, professor of psychology, UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Grace Nicholson: Pasadena's Merchant Princess
Kathleen Peck, independent scholar and reader, the Huntington Library,
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

American Pastorals: Philip Roth and the Mid-Century Discourse of Happiness
Mary Esteve, visiting associate professor of English, Caltech, and associate professor of English, Condordia Univeristy,
Monday, May 5th, 2008
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

Commemorating Darwin: 1809, 1859, 2009
Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of the history of science, Harvard University,
Friday, April 18th, 2008
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Moral Intuitions as Heuristics
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, professor of philosophy, Dartmouth College,
Friday, April 11th, 2008
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Electrolysis Before the Modern Ionic Theory: Underdetermination, Closure, and Pluralism
Hasok Chang, senior lecturer in philosophy of science, University College London,
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Pistols! Treason! Murder!: A Multimedia Assassination
Jonathan Walker, research fellow in history, University of Sydney,
Friday, February 29th, 2008
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Three Applications of Means-Ends Epistemology
Oliver Schulte, associate professor of computing science, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada,
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

The Fall of the Roman Empire: Natural Scientific Approaches
Michael McCormick, professor of medieval history, Harvard University,
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Voice and Text in Medieval Lyric
Seth Lerer, professor of English, Stanford University,
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Archipelagic Macbeth
John Kerrigan, professor of English, University of Cambridge,
Friday, November 9th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

The Specter of the Telescope: Radical Instrumentalism from Galileo to Hooke
Ofer Gal, lecturer in the history and philosophy of science, University of Sydney,
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Conscience, Rights, and the 'Delirium of Democracy': Charles Brockden Brown's Inalienable Alien
Nancy Ruttenburg, professor of comparative literature, New York University,
Thursday, May 24th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Understanding without Explanation?
Peter Lipton, department of history and philosophy of science, University of Cambridge,
Monday, May 14th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

Robert Hooke in the Round: Ingenious Scientist, Newton's Nemesis, and a Most Disastrous Clerk
Lisa Jardine, professor of renaissance studies, Queen Mary University, London,
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Intervention and Causal Inference in Rats
Aaron Blaisdell, assistant professor of psychology, Brain Research Institute, UCLA,
Friday, April 27th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Acknowledging the Unthinkable: Returning the Domestic Slave Trade to Its Central Role in the History of the United States
Steven Deyle, associate professor of history, University of Houston,
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

Watson, Crick, and the Mushroom Cloud
Soraya de Chadarevian, department of history and the New Center for Society and Genetics, UCLA,
Friday, April 13th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

American Transportation Politics in the Twentieth Century
Mark H. Rose, professor of history, Florida Atlantic University,
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Complexion and Classification: Narratives of Skin Color in Historical Sources
Martha Hodes, associate professor of history, New York University,
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Becoming African in America
James Sidbury, associate professor of history, The University of Texas at Austin,
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Workin' on the Chain Gang: Walter Mosley's Message to White Middle-Class America
Cecelia Tichi, visiting professor of English, Caltech, and professor of English, Vanderbilt University,
Friday, September 15th, 2006
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Why the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection Always Was and Still Is a Causal-Explanatory Theory
Jon Hodge, senior fellow, department of philosophy, Leeds University,
Friday, May 26th, 2006
4:00pm 5:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar

Harmonious Triads: Physicists, Musicians, and Instrument Makers in Nineteenth-Century Germany
Myles W. Jackson, associate professor of the history of science, Willamette University,
Friday, May 12th, 2006
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

George Gallup in Hollywood
Susan Ohmer, assistant professor of modern communication, University of Notre Dame,
Friday, April 7th, 2006
4:00pm 5:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar

Descartes' Attempt (in the Regulae) to Base the Certainty of Algebra on Mental Vision
Hendrik Bos, Professor of History of Mathematics, Utrecht University, Visiting Professor of History, Caltech,
Monday, March 6th, 2006
5:30pm 6:30pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Unification and Coherence
Stephan Hartmann, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method , London School of Economics,
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Innateness as Closed Process Invariance
Jonathan Weinberg, Philosophy, Indiana University,
Thursday, May 26th, 2005
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

The Japanese Sword, a Cultural Icon
Richard Suran,
Friday, May 13th, 2005
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Slavery and the Missouri Crisis Revis'd
Sean Wilentz, Professor of History; Director, Program in American Studies, Department of History, Princeton University,
Friday, April 15th, 2005
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Using "Error" as a Probe in Historical Analysis: The Case of Galileo vs. Kepler
Giora Hon, University of Haifa and the Dibner Institute,
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

Moral Luck: Why Chance Is Morally Irrelevant
Julian Nida-Rumelin, Professor of Philosophy, Chair for Political Theory and Philosophy, University of Munich, Visiting Associate in Philosopy, Caltech,
Thursday, March 3rd, 2005
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization

Is There a Neurophysiological Challenge to Freedom and Responsibility of Human Action
Julian Nida-Rumelin, Professor of Philosophy, Chair for Political Theory and Philosophy, University of Munich, Visiting Associate in Philosophy, Caltech,
Friday, February 25th, 2005
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

The Real Reason Genes Are at the Center of Attention in Biological Research
Ken Waters, University of Minnesota,
Wednesday, February 9th, 2005
4:00pm 5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar

The Evolution and Evolvability of Culture
Kim Sterelny, The Australian National University,