Departmental Colloquium
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The Department of Philosophy Colloquium brings leading scholars to the University at Buffalo to share new research and engage in discussion with students and faculty. These events are an opportunity to experience current philosophical research, ask questions and connect with visiting scholars.
When: Selected Fridays, 2–4 p.m.
Where: Philosophy Seminar Room, 141 Park Hall
For more information, contact Prof. Toby Friend
How to Be an Eliminativist About Thought
Alex Rosenberg | Duke University
Date: November 6, 2026
Time: TBD
Location: 107 Capen Hall, Honors College
In the 40 years since its first promulgation, contemporary eliminativism about thought, that has securing considerable additional support in neuroscientific findings and no significant counter evidence in the now much more considerable study of the brain and its components. The paper reports some of the most telling of these results. Three serious issues remain to be dealt with by philosophical proponents of eliminativism: claims that neuroscience’s frequent use of the word ‘representation’ requires or presupposes that neural circuitry actually carries such content; claims that the phenomenology of first person introspection reveals the undeniable existence of intentional content; arguments that eliminativism is self-refuting, contradictory or pragmatically paradoxical owing to its assertions that there are no true assertions. This talk will address these three arguments against eliminativism.
November 6, 2026
Arianna Falbo (Toronto Metropolitan)
December 4, 2026
Mark Warren (Daemon)
February 12, 2027
Mike Shaffer (Canisius)
March 5, 2027
Julian Cole (Buffalo State)
April 9, 2027
Marleen Rozemund (UToronto)
April 23, 2027
Ted Poston (Alabama)
September 26, 2025
Alison Peterman (Rochester)
October 17, 2025
Muhammad Ali Khalidi (CUNY)
November 7, 2025
Joseph Heath (University of Toronto)
March 27, 2026
Carlotta Pavese (Cornell)
April 17, 2026
Paul Audi (Rochester)