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 2023 seminar convenor is Sean Donahue (Sean.Donahue@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
Deterring non-consensual interactions: A non-welfarist approach, applied to sexual harassment - Toby Handfield
2–3.30pm 8 Jun 2023
Speaker: Toby Handfield /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Some interactions have the following feature: depending on the preferences of those involved, the interaction...TBC - Daniel Muñoz
2–3.30pm 15 Jun 2023
Speaker: Daniel Muñoz /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Abstract TBC. Please note that these seminars are open to the public and in person only.TBC - David Builes (Princeton)
2–3.30pm 22 Jun 2023
Speaker: David Builes /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Abstract TBC. Please note that these seminars are open to the public and in person only.TBC - Barabra Vetter
2–3.30pm 29 Jun 2023
Speaker: /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Barabra Vetter /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Abstract TBC. Please note that these seminars are open to the public and in person...TBC - Gualtiero Piccinini (University of Missouri-St. Louis)
2–3.30pm 20 Jul 2023
Speaker: Gualtiero Piccinini /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Abstract TBC. Please note that these seminars are open to the public and in person only.TBC - Deborah Brown (University of Queensland)
2–3.30pm 21 Sep 2023
Speaker: Deborah Brown /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Abstract TBC. Please note that these seminars are open to the public and in person only.Past events
TBC - Susanna Siegel
1 Jun 2023
Speaker: Susanna Siegel /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Abstract TBC. Please note that these seminars are open to the public and in person only.Surprise! Deliberation does not establish Evidentialism about Reasons for Belief - Eleanor Gordon-Smith
25 May 2023
Speaker: Eleanor Gordon-Smith /*-->*/ /*-->*/ In this paper I’m going to show how the moral and practical upshots of believing p could possibly weigh...Truth in an age of irony - Regina Rini (York)
11 May 2023
Speaker: Regina Rini /*-->*/ /*-->*/ The online alt right is famous for its use of irony. Practitioners use fake-out goofy humor to openly encode...Cancelled - Catherine Mills (Monash University)
4 May 2023
Speaker: Catherine Mills /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Please note that this seminar has been cancelled.Happiness Pluralism - Caroline West (University of Sydney)
27 Apr 2023
Speaker: Caroline West /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Attempts by philosophers to analyse the concept of happiness have traditionally been monistic, in the sense of...AI Rule and a Fundamental Objection to Epistocracy - Sean Donahue (ANU)
20 Apr 2023
Speaker: Sean Donahue /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Epistocracy is rule by whoever is more likely than others to make correct decisions. AI epistocracy is rule by...CANCELLED - Caroline West (University of Sydney)
13 Apr 2023
Please note that this seminar has been cancelled.