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 Theo Murray and Darryl Mathieson.
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Past Events
11
Feb
2014
Adrian Currie (ANU): How to Build a Sea-Urchin: Models Mitigate Incomplete Data and Test Theories
Models are an essential part of the scientist’s toolkit. By exploiting idealized, abstract surrogates, feats are achieved which are unviable through…
04
Feb
2014
Kirsten Walsh (Otago): Phenomena in Newton’s Experimental Philosophy
Newton described his Principia as a work of ‘experimental philosophy’, in which theories were supposed to be deduced from phenomena. To this…