PhilSoc: Szymon Bogacz - "Buddhist epistemology and the liar paradox"
Seminar
Szymon Bogacz will present a paper titled “Buddhist epistemology and the liar paradox” at next Tuesday’s PhilSoc Seminar. More details below. You’ll find the paper attached; pre-read optional. Date and time: 11/05/21, 15:30-17:00 Zoom link: https://anu.zoom.us/j/89376839319?pwd=…
Claire Benn (ANU) -"Ethics Must Be Seen to Be Done: Signalling Compliance Under Interpersonal Uncertainty".
Seminar
This Friday, May 7th, Claire Benn (ANU) will present on "Ethics Must Be Seen to Be Done: Signalling Compliance Under Interpersonal Uncertainty". Abstract: Doing what is morally permissible is not the same thing as being seen to do what is morally permissible. In this…
PhilSoc: Hayden Wilkinson (Grads Only)
Seminar
The ANU Philosophy Society is a group of academics and graduate students in Philosophy and other disciplines, who meet regularly, giving seminars and discussing them. All philosophy events at ANU, including Philsoc talks, are announced on the philsoc mailing list. Subscribe to the philsoc…
Daniel Munoz (Monash University) - The Many, the Few, and the Nature of Value
Seminar
Abstract: John M. Taurek argues that, in a choice between saving the many or the few, the numbers should not count. Many of Taurek's detractors object that his view clashes with the transitivity of ‘better than’; others say the clash can be avoided. I survey the debate and stake out a middle ground…
Colin Klein (ANU) - Are Pains Cognitively Penetrable?
Seminar
Title: Are Pains Cognitively Penetrable? Abstract: Pretty much everyone who has thought about it assumes that pains are cognitively penetrable—that is, that our beliefs and desires can influence the presence or intensity of the pains that we feel. That seems so obvious that it is often taken for…
PhilSoc: Toby C.P. Solomon - "Betting on Freedom: a Defence of Libertarian Decision Theory"
Seminar
Toby C.P. Solomon will present a paper titled "Betting on Freedom: a Defence of Libertarian Decision Theory” at next week’s PhilSoc Seminar. This will serve as a Pre-Submission Talk. You may find more details below. Date and time: 13/04/21, 15:30-17:00 Location: RSSS 6.71 Zoom link: https://anu.…