ANU Annual Economics & Philosophy Workshop
Workshop
ANU Annual Economics & Philosophy Workshop Friday 22nd November 2019 Fred Gruen Seminar Room, Research School of Economics, ANU Note that all teas and lunch will be served nearby in the inner courtyard. Schedule: 9.30 – 10.45 Stéphane Zuber, Paris School of Economics “A new puzzle…
Glenda Satne (Wollongong): “Varieties of Shared Activity: From the Genus to the Species and back again"
Seminar
Abstract: There are many forms of shared activity, from those pursued by informal groups spontaneously, to actions performed by highly coordinated dyads of individuals in face-to-face situations, to institutional actions spread in space and time. Following some recent accounts of shared…
Stephane Zuber (PSE): Discounting and intergenerational ethics
Seminar
The question of social discounting is central in intertemporal cost-benefit analysis that often shapes economists’ recommendations regarding climate policy. The practice of discounting has been the object of heated debates among economists and philosophers, revolving around the issue of…
Nick Willis (TPR): Philsoc Seminar - “Burge and Belief"
Seminar
I present an overview of my proposed Masters thesis on the relation between language and propositional attitudes. I will present two responses to Burge's (1979) Arthritis thought experiment. If the conclusion Burge draws from his thought experiment is correct, then social contexts partly determine…
Suki Finn: MSPT Seminar - Bioethical Applications of the Metaphysics of Pregnancy
Seminar
Bioethical Applications of the Metaphysics of Pregnancy As with most areas of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), surrogacy is highly regulated. And soon the law will have to catch up with the new developments in artificial womb technologies, such as ectogenesis. But ART legislation and…
Daniel Muñoz (Monash): “Three Paradoxes of Supererogation"
Seminar
Abstract: Supererogatory acts—good deeds “beyond the call of duty”—are a part of moral common sense, but conceptually puzzling. I propose a unified solution to three of the most infamous puzzles: the classic Paradox of Supererogation (if it’s so good, why isn’t it just obligatory?), Horton’s All or…
Wlodek Rabinowicz (Lund): Are Probabilities Values?
Seminar
According to the fitting-attitude analysis of value (FA-analysis), to be valuable is to be a fitting object of a pro-attitude. A very similar approach can be taken towards probability: To be probable is to be a fitting object of credence - fitting given the available evidence. In other words, to be…