Philsoc seminars

The ANU Philosophy Society is a group of academics and graduate students in Philosophy and other disciplines, who meet regularly, giving seminars and discussing them.
All philosophy events at ANU, including Philsoc talks, are announced on the philsoc mailing list. Subscribe to the philsoc mailing list.
Submit a paper
You can submit a paper by emailing the Philsoc convenors, currently Theo Murray and Darryl Mathieson.
Upcoming events
Past events
21 Mar - TBC
21 Mar 2023
Almost all of our reasoning is *defeasible*: that is, our inferences go through only other things equal, and there are always more of them -- the list of...Bounded Utilities and Ex Ante Pareto
14 Mar 2023
/*-->*/ /*-->*/ This talk shows that decision theories on which utilities are bounded, such as standard axiomatizations of Expected Utility Theory,...Failing to Tell the Truth: A Transparent Approach to Truth-Tellers, Liars, and Curry
7 Mar 2023
/*-->*/ /*-->*/ The first sentence in this abstract is true. What does the previous sentence—a contingent truth-teller—say? Well, truth is transparent...Alethic Paradoxes and Epistemology
28 Feb 2023
Please note that this talk is moved to Lectorial 1 on the ground floor of the RSSS building. In my talk, I will introduce the Buddhist epistemological...Magnets, How Do They Work?
21 Feb 2023
/*-->*/ /*-->*/ According to reference magnetism, there are facts independent from our psychology and conventions which make certain things more...I'm mistaken
15 Nov 2022
Abstract: I know that not everything I believe is true -- no one is right about everything. Does this mean, or at least strongly suggest, that my beliefs are...Pre-Submission Talk - Denying Spirits Exist: Epistemic Error Theory and The Self-Undermining Objection
6 Sep 2022
Epistemic Error Theory denies that there are epistemic reasons. This theory stands accused of being self-undermining. To accept, assert, argue for, believe,...