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 2026 seminar convenor is Joshua Pearson.
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
- Joshua Pearson
Past Events
Gregory Strom (Sydney): "A Case for the Practical Imagination"
I claim that no acceptable account of ethical value can be compatible with the possibility that an agent is in what I term the "ought-ought gap" when…
Katalin Balog (Rutgers): "Acquaintance and the Mind-Body Problem"
In this paper I begin to develop an account of the acquaintance that each of us has with our own conscious states and processes. The account is a…