The Digital Republic - Public Lecture by Jamie Susskind
Lecture
Susskind’s latest book, The Digital Republic, tackles one of the biggest political questions of our time: how freedom and democracy can survive - and flourish - in a world transformed by digital technology. Not long ago, the tech industry was widely admired and the internet was regarded as a tonic…
Incommensurateness is Vagueness - John Broome (ANU/Oxford University)
Seminar
Speaker: John Broome Abstract: We often encounter pairs of objects where neither seems better than the other, and yet they do not seem to be equally good. I say they are ‘incommensurate’. The aim of this paper is to argue that incommensurateness is no more than the vagueness of comparative…
How Different is Supposition from Imagination? - Margot Strohminger (Australian Catholic University)
Seminar
Speaker: Margot Strohminger Abstract: Imagining something to be the case seems to be different from “merely” supposing it. For example, it looks as though there are many propositions that one can suppose but not imagine. Reflecting on intuitive contrasts between the two attitudes have led some to…
Becoming Cisgender - Louise Richardson-Self (University of Tasmania)
Seminar
On Thursday 7 April, Louise Richardson-Self will present on "Becoming Cisgender". Abstract: The metaphysics of sex and gender is of significant philosophical, social, and cultural interest at present. Terms like transgender and cisgender have come into wider circulation in the fight for gender…
An Alternative Approach to Normative Ethics - Michael Smith (Princeton University)
Seminar
On Thursday 31 March, Michael Smith will present on "An Alternative Approach to Normative Ethics". Abstract: Constitutivism, a metaethical theory, entails a normative ethical theory that is in some ways similar to and in other ways different from the theories that are currently on offer in…
Hume’s Law and Other Barriers to Entailment - Gillian Russell (Australian Catholic University)
Seminar
On Thursday 24 March, Gillian Russell will present on "Hume’s Law and Other Barriers to Entailment". Abstract: This paper looks at how to prove Hume’s law as one of a number of interrelated barriers to entailment and in particular what to make of proposed counterexamples that require complex…
CMSPT Seminar Series 2021 and 2022
Seminar
Each seminar will be a one-hour discussion of a precirculated paper, with the discussion group convening in 6.71 and the author virtually present on Zoom through a screen in the room. Authors will send us their paper one week before the session. 2022 seminars: 11 Feb - Leif Wenar (Stanford…