Past events
09
Apr
2013
Iván González Cabrera (ANU): Bonobos as model of the last common ancestor of humans and apes *Thesis Proposal Review*
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Discussions about the evolution of human cognition usually portray the last common ancestor of apes and humans as a chimpanzee-like hominid. This has long been the prevailing view in both the philosophical and biological literature. Such a view has been challenged only by few researchers—most…
08
Apr
2013
02
Apr
2013
Adam Bugeja (ANU): The ‘wishful thinking’ objection to non-cognitivism
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Edgar learns from his teachers that, if lying is wrong, liars will be punished in the afterlife. Through philosophical reflection, Edgar later comes to accept that lying is wrong. He infers that liars will be punished in the afterlife. Cian Dorr observes that Edgar's inference could well be…
27
Mar
2013
Life's Illusions: Three Episodes in the Scopic Regime of Sovereignty
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Herbst Colloquium. Fiona Jenkins