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
Refugees and the Limits of Political Philosophy
31 Jul 2018
Refugees and the Limits of Political Philosophy Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution, but in practice many...Medieval Modal Spaces
25 Jul 2018
Bob Pasnau (University of Colorado) Medieval Modal Spaces The Aristotelian conception of modality tended, for much of its history, to be founded mainly on...Pursuit of Platonic Tethering to the Truth: An Outline of Learning-Theoretic Epistemology
24 Jul 2018
24 July, 3:30-5:30pm Sir Roland Wilson Building, 3.03/3.04 Note the unusual location. Hanti Lin (UC Davis) Pursuit of Platonic Tethering to the Truth: An...The Moral Significance of Introspection
17 Jul 2018
17 July 3:30-5:30pm Sir Roland Wilson Building, Room 2.02 Kranti Saran (Ashoka) The Moral Significance of Introspection While the significance of...Barry Lam - The Use of Narrative in Public Philosophy
26 Jun 2018
For those interested in public philosophy, there is a question about how to go about doing it in a way that is highly impactful, accessible, but faithful to...Brett Calcott - Genetic Programs, revised and upgraded
19 Jun 2018
A commonly expressed idea in biology is that DNA contains a program or a set of instructions for building a complex multicellular organism. A number of...Alexander Sandgren (ANU): New Work for a Theory of Intentionality
1 May 2018
My goal in this paper is to make progress toward a unified theory of intentionality that does not fall prey to either of the most serious species of puzzles...
