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The Amherst Lecture in Philosophy each year brings a distinguished philosopher to Amherst College for a public lecture. Our next Lecturer, on 24 March 2022, will be Louise Antony.

All lectures, along with supplemental materials, are freely available on this website through a fully archived and catalogued publication. The most recently published lecture is:

Lecture 15, 2022

“The Importance of Being Partial: The Constructive Role of Bias in Human Life”
Louise Antony
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

The Amherst Lecture in Philosophy is published by the Department of Philosophy at Amherst College.