Upcoming talks in the Philosophy Departmental Seminar Series are listed below. Seminars are held on Thursdays (unless indicated on the schedule) from 3:30-5:00pm in the Auditorium, Level 1, RSSS Building. They're followed by tea and a casual dinner within walking distance of campus. All are welcome.
The 2025 seminar convenor is Alex Duval (alexandre.duval@anu.edu.au).
Other philosophy seminars at ANU
- The ANU Philosophy Society (Philsoc), which is run by ANU Philosophy students, also operates a seminar series, on Tuesdays. Papers are read by students, staff and visitors, and there is wine and snacks.
- The Centre for Consciousness has regular seminars, most of which are part of the RSSS Thursday Seminar Series or the ANU Philosophy Society series.
- The Automated Reasoning Project has occasional seminars on logic that may be of interest to philosophers.
Seminar announcements
Announcements of forthcoming meetings of all four seminar series are distributed by means of the philsoc list. To join the philsoc mailing list or unsubscribe from it, click here.
Contact
- Alexandre Duval
Past Events
Paolo Santorio (ANU): "Cognitive Relocation"
Ordinary agents are subject to changes in their position in the world: for example, their position in time. What is the appropriate cognitive…
Seth Lazar (ANU): "Necessity in Self-Defence and War"
It is generally agreed that using lethal or otherwise serious force in self-defence is justified only when three conditions are satisfied: first,…
Nic Southwood (ANU): "How to Solve the Problem of Rationality"
Rational requirements such as the Instrumental Requirement and the Enkratic Requirement raise a problem. It seems to be the case that (1) rational…