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
Recognition and Recruitment in Overt Dogwhistles - Alnica Visser
Alnica Visser
Alnica argues for a distinction between two types of overt dogwhistles. The first, which Alnica calls sense codes, are overt dogwhistles that carry…
Regret Aversion - Hayden Wilkinson
Hayden Wilkinson
In this paper, Hayden describes patterns of preferences that seem intuitive, and that characterise many real-world agents, but that deviate from…
Intraspecific Economics: Interpersonal Utility Comparisons, Evolution, and Culture - Armin Schulz
Armin Schulz
One relatively recent pivot in the discussion concerning the possibility of interpersonal utility comparisons (IUC)—one of the foundational questions…