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
Adrian Haddock (University of Stirling): Self-Identification and its Significance
The primary aim of this paper is to expound G.E.M. Anscombe’s remark that “I” is not a referring term. Part of the difficulty of this remark is…
Ten-Herng Lai (ANU): Justifying Uncivil Disobedience (Mid-term Review)
A prominent way of justifying civil disobedience is to postulate a pro tanto duty to obey the law and to argue that the considerations that ground…
Toby Solomon (ANU): Wagering on Free Will: How to do as Well as You Can [Thesis Proposal Review]
Pascal would have us wager for the existence of god, since the reward is so great it is worth any but an infinite risk. I would have you wager for…