William Alston Lecture Series

The Alston Lecture Series, held in honor in William Alston’s life and work, will take place on September 16, 2022 from 1-5pm in Falk 100.

Featured talks and speakers include:

• Alum Lecture: Seth Shabo (Delaware) on “A More Promising Argument Against Libertarianism” with a comment by Yishai Cohen (University of Southern Maine)
• Alston Lecture: Juan Comesaña (Rutgers) on “Revisiting the Argument from Illusion”

William Alston was a treasured member of the Syracuse University Philosophy faculty for thirty years, from his appointment in 1979 until his death in 2009 at the age of 87. Although Professor Alston officially retired in 1992, he continued to teach and write for a number of years thereafter through a series of post-retirement appointments, and was always available to students and colleagues. His work set new standards of achievements in epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of religion.

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