What Is Self-Narrative? - Regina Fabry (Macquarie)
Seminar
Speaker: Regina Fabry Abstract: In recent years, philosophers of mind have explored the relationship between lived embodied experiences and self-narratives in bringing about a sense of self. This relationship has been vividly debated, with no consensus in the field. While some have…
Indirect Genetic Causes - Kate Lynch (USyd)
Seminar
Speaker: Kate Lynch Abstract: Indirect genetic effects occur when genes exert their influence on traits via the environment. Sometimes this occurs when individuals modify their own environment, such as having a genetic propensity to seek out educational resources. Other times people…
Niko Kolodny (Berkeley)
Seminar
Niko Kolodny (Berkeley) 12–1PM 14 OCTOBER 2022 Location: RSSS room 6.71 or online via this Zoom link Paper title, details for accessing the paper and session details will be circulated through the Philsoc-l mailing list, which you can subscribe to here.
Which Majority Should Rule? - Daniel Wodak (UPenn)
Seminar
Speaker: Daniel Wodak Abstract: When voters are divided into districts, 'election inversions’ are possible: the party that wins a majority of the votes overall may not win the majority of districts. So which majority should rule? There's no consensus about what majority rules requires in…
Expanding the Scope of Human Rights - Suzanne Killmister (Monash)
Seminar
Speaker: Suzanne Killmister Abstract: It is sometimes suggested that human rights ought to be extended to some non-humans – be it non-human animals such as great apes, or forms of artificial intelligence. While such suggestions are typically motivated by a belief that these non-human…
The Skill Model: A Dilemma for Virtue Ethics - Nick Schuster (ANU)
Seminar
Speaker: Nick Schuster Abstract: According to agent-centered virtue ethics, acting well is not a matter of conforming to agent-independent moral standards, like acting so as to respect humanity or maximize utility. Instead, virtuous agents determine what is called for in their…
Humility and Fidelity - Alex Sandgren (Umeå)
Seminar
Speaker: Alex Sandgren Abstract: Following some of David Lewis' later work, I develop and defend a kind of `Ramseyan Humility' thesis according to which the content and truth conditions of representations (beliefs, sentences, models, etc.) are tied to whether roles are occupied rather…