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.
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You can submit a paper by emailing the Philsoc convenors, currently Theo Murray and Darryl Mathieson.
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Past Events
Sharing Pain: A Command for Concern
Jada Wiggleton-Little
When a person communicates that they are in pain, it is often assumed that the speaker is providing an assertion or report. Call this the cognitivist…
The Individual Goods of Attention and How to Distribute Them
Shang Long Yeo
We live in an age where attention is a central commodity – where social media companies like TikTok and Facebook take this attention as a…
Money, Markets & Meaning – The Ethics of Commodification
Ned Lis-Clarke
A common argument in debates about commodification is that it is impermissible to buy and sell certain goods because to do so would…