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
Ryan Cox (ANU): ‘Because’ and ‘Why’ in Context
How does rational explanation—the explanation of actions and attitudes in terms of an agent’s reasons—relate to other kinds of explanation? Is it…
Shanna Slank (UW Madison): What, if any, is the practical value of political ideals?
In this talk, I take up a question in the context of the “ideal/nonideal theory” debate in political philosophy. The question is this: What, if any,…
Alma Barner (ANU): Perspectival Imaginings
Visual imagination is perspectival. For example, in visualizing a cup on a table, I imagine the cup and the table from a particular visual…