Welcome

The Amherst Lecture in Philosophy each year brings a distinguished philosopher to Amherst College for a public lecture.
Our next Lecturer will be Jonathan Lear, on September 28, 2023.

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.