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Causation and Necessity: Historical Perspectives

Friday, April 22, 2011 - 2:00pm

Cohen Hall 402, University of Pennsylvania

Please join The Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium and The Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania for a colloquium on causation and necessity.

2:00pm: Professor Susan Sauve Meyer (Penn): "Chain of Causes: what is the Stoic Doctrine of Fate?"

3:30pm: Professor Martin Lin (Rutgers): "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, detlefse@phil.upenn.edu

Paper Title

Causation and Necessity: Historical Perspectives