Noted Philosopher Discusses Skepticism, Knowledge in Pair of Lawrence University Lectures

APPLETON, WIS. -- Philosopher Ernest Sosa, one of the country's leading scholars on the theory of knowledge, traces the ancient and modern sources of that aspect of human reasoning that questions the assumptions of what we know and how we know it in a Lawrence University Stevens Lectureship in the Humanities address.

Sosa, the Romeo Elton professor of natural theology and professor of philosophy at Brown University, presents "Philosophical Skepticism: Its Historical Roots and Contemporary Relevance" Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Wriston Art Center auditorium.

In a second address, Sosa will discuss how possession of knowledge is dependent upon the situation a person finds himself or herself in at any given moment of time. Sosa's Main Hall Forum, "Knowledge and Context" will be presented Thursday, Oct. 17 at 4:30 p.m. in Main Hall, Room 201. Both lectures are free and open to the public.

Sosa joined the faculty at Brown in 1964 after earning his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh. The author of more than 70 published articles, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001.