Speaker to Address 'Epistemic Significance of Disagreement'

WOOSTER, Ohio - Richard Fumerton, the F. Wendell Miller Professor of Philosophy at The University of Iowa, will present "The Epistemic Significance of Disagreement" on Thursday, Nov. 16, at The College of Wooster. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7:30 p.m. in Room 105 of Scovel Hall (944 College Mall). A dessert reception precedes the event at 7 p.m.

Fumerton is one of the most important contributors to the field of contemporary epistemology. He is a model philosopher known for his analytic clarity and for the precision of his argumentation. A graduate of the University of Toronto, Fumerton earned his M.A. and Ph.D. at Brown University. His publications include Epistemology (2006), Realism and The Correspondence Theory of Truth (2002), Metaepistemology and Skepticism (1996), Reason and Morality: A Defense of the Egocentric Perspective (1990), and Metaphysical and Epistemological Problems of Perception (1985). He has also received a number of honors, including the F. Wendell Miller Professorship (2003), the Regents Award for Faculty Excellence (1997), the Collegiate Teaching Award (1996), and the M. L. Huitt Award for Excellence in Teaching (1994). He also was a Canada Council Fellow (1973-74) and a Woodrow Wilson Fellow (1971-72).

"Dr. Fumerton was one of my professors in graduate school and sat on my dissertation defense committee," said John Rudisill, assistant professor of philosophy at Wooster. "He has had a tremendous impact on my development as a philosopher and certainly as a teacher of philosophy."

The lecture is sponsored by the department of philosophy with support from the Cultural Events Committee. For additional information, call 330-263-2380.