Upcoming talks in the Philosophy Departmental Seminar Series are listed below. Seminars are held on Thursdays (unless indicated on the schedule) from 3:30-5:00pm 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 2025 seminar convenor is Alex Duval (alexandre.duval@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.
Contact
- Alexandre Duval
Past Events
Doxastic Wronging, Disrespectful Belief and The Moral Over-Demandingness Objection - Stephanie Sheintul
Dr Stephanie Sheintul (University of Adelaide)
Some scholars working on the ethics of belief argue that we can wrong each other in virtue of what we believe. This thesis is known as doxastic…
Engineering Ecocide is Morally Wrong - Christopher Lean
Christopher Lean (Macquarie University)
Recently philosophers have argued that genetically engineering predators to become herbivores is a morally viable option (Bramble 2020; Pearce 2015;…
A Defense of Statistical and Character Evidence in the Law - Nevin Climenhaga
Nevin Climenhaga (Australian Catholic University)
According to legal probabilism, a legal standard of proof (such as “preponderance of evidence” or “beyond a reasonable doubt”) is met just in case…