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.
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You can submit a paper by emailing the Philsoc convenors, currently Theo Murray and Darryl Mathieson.
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Past Events
Heather Browning (ANU): Validating scientific indicators – a robustness approach
Much of science involves measurement of objects or states of the world. Often instead of direct measurement, scientists employ the use of indicators…
Lachlan Walmsley (ANU): How climate simulations earn their credentials
Climate models are complicated things. Their construction often begins with off-the-shelf physical equations, but these equations are always…
Kirsten Mann (ANU): Aggregation cases and the large numbers objection (TPR)
Can a very large number of instances of low (but positive) value outweigh a small number of instances of very high value? When faced with thought…