Causation & Necessity: Historical Perspectives

Please join the GPPC and the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Philosophy for:

Causation and Necessity: Historical Perspectives
April 22, 2011 - 2pm-5pm
Cohen Hall 402
University of Pennsylvania

Schedule:

2:00pm: Susan Sauve Meyer (University of Pennsylvania)
"Chain of Causes: What is the Stoic Doctrine of Fate?"

3:30pm: Martin Lin (Rutgers University)
"Logical and Causal Necessity in Spinoza and Leibniz"

Reception to follow the event.

Penn Philosophy is grateful for funding provided by the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium which makes this event possible.

For further information contact Professor Karen Detlefsen, 215.898.8563 or detlefse@phil.upenn.edu