Jack Smart Lecture with Prof Gideon Rosen
The Jack Smart Lecture is a celebration of the profound impact Professor J. J. C. (Jack) Smart had at the Research School of Social Sciences. Each year, the School of Philosophy invites an eminent…
UN Human Development Report Cites Work of Professor Seth Lazar
The 2025 Human Development Report, titled A Matter of Choice: People and Possibilities in the Age of AI, places philosophy at the heart of global policy. In its chapter analysing algorithmic power,…
Symposium on Valuing Life and Health
The Symposium on Valuing Life and Health (held on January 20-22 2025) aimed to investigate how difficult trade-offs in allocating public resources are best made, especially when impacts on life…
Gold and bronze in the 2024 Tertiary Ethics Olympiad
The ANU School of Philosophy is delighted to announce that two teams of undergraduate students were recently awarded the gold and bronze medals in the 2024 Tertiary Ethics Olympiad.Gold-…
Congratulations to Professors Lea Ypi and David Chalmers
We are thrilled to announce that our esteemed Honorary Professors, Lea Ypi and David Chalmers, have been elected as Fellows of The British Academy! This prestigious honour recognises their…
Double congratulations to Professor Alan Hájek
Congratulations to Professor Alan Hájek for being elected as a Corresponding Member of the International Academy for the Philosophy of the Sciences (Académie Internationale…
Congratulations to Jeremy Strasser
Congratulations to PhD student Jeremy Strasser for winning the Australasian Association of Philosophy’s Postgraduate Presentation Prize for his talk A view of induction from the…