Sprague and Taylor Lectures
Sprague and Taylor Annual Lecture
The Philosophy Department has hosted an annual philosophy lecture each spring since 1950. In 1997, this lecture series was renamed theSprague and Taylor Lecture in honor of two distinguished emeriti of our department, Professors Elmer Sprague and Paul Taylor.
The Sprague and Taylor Lecture has always been one of the highlights for the faculty and our majors, as it has given our community the opportunity to bring in an impressive array of experts from a range of subfields in philosophy. Speakers at past annual lectures have included such notable scholars as Anthony Appiah, Peter Singer, Charles Mills, Catherine Wilson and Lewis Gordon. In the recent past, lectures have been given by such distinguished philosophers as Virginia Held, Christia Mercer, Jason Stanley, Miranda Fricker, Rebecca Kukla, and Dean Zimmerman.
