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
Jakob Hohwy (Monash), "Phenomenally social: the private and public nature of conscious experience"
Conscious experience is usually portrayed as so inherently private that its actual role in our cognitive lives becomes deeply puzzling. This talk…
Karen Jones (Melbourne), "Rational Self-Governance as Trajectory Dependent"
What is the role and authority of conscious reflective judgment in our rational self-governance, given it plays such a small part in deciding what…
John Broome (Oxford), "Rationality Through Reasoning"
I shall examine the nature of reasoning as something we do, the criteria of correct reasoning, and how reasoning can bring us to satisfy…