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
The Choice Argument for Proportional Representation - Adam Lovett
Dr Adam Lovett (Australian Catholic University)
What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger’s law: under PR…
The Privilege of Self-Control
Jeanette Kennett (Macquarie University)
People living in poverty are subject to a range of stigmatising social myths linking their poverty to a blameworthy lack of individual self-control…
Rethinking Consciousness - Albert Newen
Albert Newen (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
The talk aims to address two central questions regarding consciousness - Why did phenomenal consciousness evolve, and when are we justified to…