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
Bruno Ippedico: When Chomsky Meets Evolution
17 Apr 2018
How did language evolve? The answer depends on what your theory of language says about language. In this talk we will look at Chomsky's latest theory of...Timothy L Williamson (ANU): Causal Decision Theorists are Unstable [TPR]
10 Apr 2018
Causal Decision Theorists (Gibbard & Harper 1978, Lewis 1981, Joyce 1999) think that an act's expected value is determined by what that act is likely to...Graduate and Postdoc Work in Progress presentations
3 Apr 2018
Today's Philsoc is a graduate students/postdoc only special session.We'll have James Willoughby and Matt Kopec presenting.1) James WilloughbyWhy Global...Brian Garrett (ANU): Beyond the Infinite: Bilking, Backwards Causation and Being Itself
27 Mar 2018
In this short talk I attempt to spell out clearly the most plausible version of the so-called ‘bilking argument’ against the possibility of backwards causation...Chaz Firestone (John Hopkins University): Cognition does not affect perception
20 Mar 2018
What determines what we see? A tidal wave of recent research alleges that visual experience is 'penetrated' by higher-level cognitive states such as beliefs,...Special Session
19 Sep 2017
Special Session speakers Donald Nordblom, Daniel Kilov, and James Willoughby.Lachlan Umbers, Compulsory Voting: A Defence
12 Sep 2017
Turnout is in decline in established democracies around the world. Where, in the mid-1800s, 70%- 80% of eligible voters regularly participated in US...
