Upcoming talks in the Philosophy Departmental Seminar Series are listed below. Seminars are held on Thursdays (unless indicated on the schedule) from 3:30-5:00 pm in the Auditorium, Level 1, RSSS Building. They are followed by drinks and a casual dinner within walking distance of campus. All are welcome.
The 2025/2026 seminar convenor is Dr Nuhu Ossman Attah.
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.
Seminar announcements
Announcements of forthcoming meetings of all seminar series are distributed by means of the philsoc list. To join the philsoc mailing list or unsubscribe from it, click here.
Contact
- Dr Nuhu Osman Attah
Past Events
Continuity, Catastrophic Risk, and Severe Uncertainty
Joe Roussos (Stockholm University)
The Continuity axiom of expected utility theory implies that no catastrophe is so bad that one should not be willing to accept a gamble that might…
The Tragedy of the Conventions
Chad Lee-Stronach (Northeastern University)
Many pressing social problems require coordinated changes across multiple interconnected domains. Climate action, for instance, requires simultaneous…
Affect and the Body
Hong Yu Wong (University of Tübingen)
The paper examines the sense of body ownership through various empirical and clinical phenomena, including somatoparaphrenia and the Rubber Hand…