Material Evidence and Cognitive Evolution
Workshop
There is growing interest in developing interdisciplinary collaborations between philosophy and archaeology. On one hand, philosophers of science are becoming increasingly interested in the unique nature of the archaeological method, which raises important questions concerning evidence,…
Public Lecture: Cordelia Fine
Lecture
"The myth of the Lehman Sisters? Sex, testosterone, and financial risk-taking"Cordelia Fine, 4 September 2018, 4-6pm, ANU Centre for China in the World lecture Theatre There is growing scientific interest in the role of testosterone in financial risk-taking – a…
Animal Sentience: Pushing the Boundaries
Workshop
Recent work has extended the boundaries of animal sentience to an unexpected degree. Claims of non-mammalian consciousness, including invertebrates and even plants, have been seriously proposed.This one-day workshop, sponsored by the Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences, will explore the…
Celebration of Kim Sterelny's Laureate Project
Workshop
On August 6th-8th, the School of Philosophy and the Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences held a workshop to celebrate the completion of Kim Sterelny's Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship project "The Origins of Social Inequality, Hierarchy, and Social Complexity.” Over the three days,…
Cecilia Heyes "Cognitive Gadgets": Author-Meets-Critics Symposium
Symposium
Join Cecilia Heyes and the Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences for an author-meets-critics symposium on her new book Cognitive Gadgets: the Cultural Evolution of Thinking, from Harvard University Press.Schedule: 9:30-10:00 Cecilia Heyes (Oxford University)10:00-10:30 Morning tea10:30-11:15…
Interdisciplinary workshop on Social Cognition
Workshop
Social cognition, the ability to accept, process, and apply information about social situtations and contexts, has been studied from many different scientific and philosophical perspectives.This workshop, sponsored by the Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences, will bring together an…
Public Lecture: Huw Price - Philosophy, AI, and our Responsibility to the Future
Lecture
Thanks to a chance meeting in a taxi in Copenhagen in 2011, Cambridge now has two new Centres dedicated to ensuring that we humans avoid the pitfalls of our own technological success, and make the best of the opportunities of the twenty-first century (especially in Artificial Intelligence). Huw…