Philosophy Departmental Seminars
Contacts
Upcoming talks in the Philosophy Departmental Seminar Series are listed below. Seminars are held on Thursdays (unless indicated on the schedule) from 2:00-3:30pm in the Auditorium, Level 1, RSSS Building. They're followed by tea and a casual dinner within walking distance of campus. All are welcome.
The 2024 seminar convenor is Mike Barnes (Michael.Barnes@anu.edu.au).
Other philosophy seminars at ANU
- The ANU Philosophy Society (Philsoc), which is run by ANU Philosophy students, also operates a seminar series, on Tuesdays. Papers are read by students, staff and visitors, and there is wine and snacks.
- The Centre for Consciousness has regular seminars, most of which are part of the RSSS Thursday Seminar Series or the ANU Philosophy Society series.
- The Automated Reasoning Project has occasional seminars on logic that may be of interest to philosophers.
Seminar announcements
Announcements of forthcoming meetings of all four seminar series are distributed by means of the philsoc list. To join the philsoc mailing list or unsubscribe from it, click here.
Upcoming events
Justice in Gestation and Moral Integrity: A Dilemma - Luara Ferracioli
2–3.30pm 16 May 2024
Political philosophers have recently turned to the topic of justice in gestation, emphasising that the uterine environment contributes to future health...Engineering Conceptual Prototypes - Rachel Rudolph
2–3.30pm 23 May 2024
Discussion of conceptual engineering within philosophy tends to focus on changes to concepts that result in changes in their extensions. Consider, e.g.,...Liberalism as a Way of Life - Alexandre Lefebvre
2–3.30pm 13 Jun 2024
This presentation is based on Professor Lefebvre's new book, Liberalism as a Way of Life, and about how liberal values and practices can be the basis for a...Aesthetic Appreciation, Aesthetic Judgments, and Love (coauthored with Joel Van Fossen) - Daniel Star
2–3.30pm 20 Jun 2024
Aesthetic appreciation is a mental process, while aesthetic judgment is a mental state. This paper explores some interesting mistakes that arise in aesthetics...Pages
Past events
How to theorise about social construction - Brian Epstein
9 May 2024
The claim that basic kinds and categories in the world are “socially constructed” is perennially debated in philosophy and social theory. Over the years, lots...A Genealogical Argument for Radical Moral Encroachment - Brandon Yip
2 May 2024
According to radical moral encroachment, certain moral considerations encroach on epistemic norms to avoid making conflicting demands on agents. In this paper...Knowing what to do - Arc Kocurek
18 Apr 2024
Much has been written on whether practical knowledge (knowledge-how), i.e., knowledge ascriptions embedding a how-to question, reduces to propositional...Assertion Without its Constitutive Norm - Neri Marsili
4 Apr 2024
There is philosophical disagreement about which norm regulates assertion. Proponents of factive accounts argue that only true propositions are assertable,...Cognition on the Edge of Chaos: The Free Energy Principle - Inês Hipólito
28 Mar 2024
Cognition stands as one of the most formidable challenges in scientific inquiry. Living organisms exhibit behaviour teetering on the precipice of chaos. The...Mental Simulation and Language Comprehension - Michelle Liu
21 Mar 2024
According to the simulation view, language comprehension often constitutively involves perceptual-motor simulations. In this talk, I will survey the empirical...Is Lying Morally Wrong? - Emanuel Viehbahn
14 Mar 2024
While few hold that lying is always morally wrong all things considered, many take lying to be pro tanto (or prima facie) morally wrong. This talk will explore...
