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 Shalom Chalson and Justin Mendelow Justin Mendelow.
Past events
CANCELLED Zach Swindlehurst: Philsoc Seminar
31 Mar 2020
This event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak and social distancing recommendations.James Edgar Lim (TPR): "The Right Against Public Shaming"
26 Nov 2019
Public shaming is sometimes thought of as a “easier” alternative to formal punishment. Formal punishments like incarceration usually come with significant...Nick Willis (TPR): Philsoc Seminar - “Burge and Belief"
12 Nov 2019
I present an overview of my proposed Masters thesis on the relation between language and propositional attitudes. I will present two responses to Burge's (1979...Jenny Hung: On the same-order representational theory of consciousness
29 Oct 2019
In recent years, much debate has centered around the same–order representational theory of consciousness, according to which (1) conscious mental states are...Ellen Clarke (Leeds): “The Metaphysics of Sex Categories"
20 Aug 2019
Abstract: The folk take sex categories to be exhausted by the binary of male and female, but this sits badly with the biological reality of intersex conditions...
