Hi everyone,
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Luara Ferracioli, (University of Sydney)
The title of the talk is "Justice in Gestation and Moral Integrity: A Dilemma".
Here is an abstract for the talk:
Political philosophers have recently turned to
Hi everyone,
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Thomas Corbin (joint work with Gene Flenady), (Macquarie University)
The title of the talk is "Teaching Philosophy in the Age of GenAI". Here is an
abstract for the talk:
Generative AI (GenAI) has made
Hi everyone,
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Alex Lefebvre, (University of Sydney)
The title of the talk is "Liberalism as a Way of Life". Here is an abstract for
the talk:
This presentation is based on my forthcoming book, Liberalism as a Way of
Hi everyone,
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Inês Hipólito, (Macquarie University)
The title of the talk is "The Human Roots of AI". Here is an abstract for the
talk:
In the era of intertwined human and AI-generated content, understanding their
Hi everyone,
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Glen Pettigrove, (University of Glasgow)
The title of the talk is "The Well-Tempered Musician: On the Virtue of
Obedience and the Value of Tradition". Here is an abstract for the talk:
At the time Thomas
Hi everyone,
Please disregard the previously advertised room change for today’s talk. The
initially planned works are no longer going ahead. The talk will take place in
the usual location, the Philosophy Seminar Room (N494).
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar
Hi everyone,
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Jordi Fernandez, (University of Adelaide)
The title of the talk is "Imagination and the paradox of fiction". Here is an
abstract for the talk:
When we engage with fiction, we seem to have emotions
Hi everyone,
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Alex Kocurek, (Cornell)
The title of the talk is "Verbal Disputes and Metadisputes". Here is an
abstract for the talk:
Impasses in philosophical discourse often prompt us to question the very nature
of
Hi everyone,
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Sam Shpall, (University of Sydney)
The title of the talk is "Limerence". Here is an abstract for the talk:
I explore the psychologist Dorothy Tennov's (1979) largely neglected account of
limerence—or,
Hi everyone,
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Brian Epstein, (Tufts)
The title of the talk is "How to theorize about social construction". Here is
an abstract for the talk:
The claim that basic kinds and categories in the world are “socially
Hi everyone,
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Anna Smajdor, (University of Oslo)
The title of the talk is "Epigenetics and the non-identity problem". Here is an
abstract for the talk:
The ‘non-identity problem’ has profoundly influenced the ways in
Hi everyone,
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Peter Millican, (Oxford University and National University of Singapore)
The title of the talk is "Hume and Hájek on Miracles". Here is an abstract for
the talk:
My aim here is to outline and then assess
Hi everyone,
This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Kyle Blumberg, (University of Melbourne)
The title of the talk is "Fictional Reality (joint work with Ben Holguín)".
Here is an abstract for the talk:
This paper defends a theory of fictional truth.
Hi everyone,
The University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series returns this week.
This week's speaker is Emanuel Viebahn, (FU Berlin).
The title of the talk is "Is lying morally wrong?". Here is an abstract of the
talk:
While few hold that lying is always morally wrong all things considered,
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Matthew Slater (Bucknell University).
The title of Matthew’s talk is “A Four Day Work Week for Natural Kinds”. Here’s
the abstract for the talk:
What sort of philosophical work are natural kinds suited
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Professor A. C. Grayling (Northeastern University London).
Professor Grayling will be presenting material from an extract of his
forthcoming book The Metaphysics of Experience entitled “Truth and
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Natalja Deng (Yonsei University).
The title of Natalja’s talk is “Time as ineffable”. Here’s the abstract for the
talk:
The relation between time and temporal experience lends itself to
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Teresa Baron (University of Nottingham).
The title of Teresa’s talk is “Justice for ‘thwarted fathers’? Problems for
retrospective parental rights claims”. Here’s the abstract for the talk:
This paper
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Kristin Gjesdal (Temple University).
The title of Kristin’s talk is “A Malady of the Soul: Germaine de Staël on
Passions, Politics, and Fanaticism”. Here’s the abstract for the talk:
Over a period of
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Brian Hedden (ANU).
The title of Brian’s talk is “Parity and Pareto”. Here’s the abstract for the
talk:
Pareto principles are at the core of ethics and decision theory. The Strong
Pareto principle says
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Supriya Subramani (Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney).
The title of Supriya’s talk is “Othering and Ethics of Belonging: Why it
Matters for Migrant Healthcare?”. Here’s the abstract for the
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Michael Nielsen (University of Sydney).
The title of Michael’s talk is “Simple Probability”. Here’s the abstract for
the talk:
It is widely held that our credences should have the structure of
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Michael Devitt (CUNY).
The title of Michael’s talk is “Ostrich Nominalism”. Here’s the abstract for
the talk:
“Ostrich Nominalism” is Armstrong’s (1978) pejorative name for the Quinean
response to the
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Caroline West (University of Sydney).
The title of Caroline’s talk is “Happiness as a psychological good”. Here’s the
abstract for the talk:
Theories of happiness generally divide into those that analyse
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Alex Horne (Sydney).
The title of Alex’s talk is “The Self-improvement machine”. Here’s the abstract
for the talk:
Suppose that in the not-too-distant future, scientists invented a
self-improvement
Hi everyone,
The University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is on hiatus this week. We
resume next week with a talk from Alex Horne (University of Sydney). The usual
advertisement for the talk will be sent out next Monday.
Enquiries about the seminar series can be directed to
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Joseph Rouse (Wesleyan University).
The title of Joseph’s talk is “Radical Naturalism: Giving up a Fourth Dogma of
Empiricism”. Here’s the abstract for the talk:
Around mid-20th Century, naturalism
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Tom Hercules Davies (University of Melbourne).
Tom is the Seymour Reader in Ancient History and Philosophy at Ormond College
and the University of Melbourne. He works on philosophy and science in the
Hi everyone,
On Monday the 14th of August at 3:30 p.m. we have a special edition of the
University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series. Our speaker is Arash Abizadeh,
R.B Angus Professor of Political Science and Associate Member of the Department
of Philosophy, McGill University.
The title of
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Tom Dougherty (University of North Carolina).
The title of Tom’s talk is “Social Scripts”. Here’s the abstract for Tom’s talk:
Social scripts specify the normal way for people to interact in certain
Hi everyone,
The University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series returns for Semester 2 this
Wednesday. This week’s speaker is Michaela Manson (Monash University).
The title of Michaela’s talk is “Equality and Elitism: Early Modern Women and
the Philosophy of Friendship”. Here’s the abstract
Hi everyone,
This week we are hosting a Supplementary Seminar to the usual University of
Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series. Please note the unusual day and time below.
(Also note that the scheduled time of the seminar has changed since the
previous announcement).
Our speaker is Daniel Muñoz
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Daniel Halliday (University of Melbourne).
The title of Daniel’s talk is “The Foundations and Limits of Employer
Authority”. Here’s the abstract for Daniel’s talk:
Employment is among the more entrenched
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Jonathan Sholl (Bordeaux).
The title of Jonathan’s talk is “Is anything in nutrition future proof?”.
Here’s the abstract for Jonathan’s talk:
In her 2021 book Why Trust Science?, Naomi Oreskes claims
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Shang Long (NUS/Monash).
The title of Shang’s talk is “The Individual Goods of Attention and How to
Distribute Them”. Here’s the abstract for Shang’s talk:
We live in an age where attention is a central
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Clas Weber (University of Western Australia).
The title of Clas’s talk is “Determinacy of the Self and Imagination from the
Inside”. Here’s the abstract for Clas’s talk:
The persistence of ordinary
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Mark Alfano (Macquarie University).
The title of Mark’s talk is “Trust from mistrust”. The full abstract for Mark’s
talk is included below.
The talk will take place on Wednesday the 19th of April at 3:30
Hi everyone,
Due to strike action this Wednesday (April 5th), there will be no seminar in
the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series this week.
We will return after the mid-semester break on the Wednesday April 19th with a
talk from Mark Alfano (Macquarie University).
This week’s
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Alastair Wilson (University of Birmingham).
The title of Alastair’s talk is “Priority, Emergence, and Structural Realism”.
Here’s the abstract for Alastair’s talk:
I argue for a distinction between two
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Jennifer Mensch (Western Sydney University).
The title of Jennifer’s talk is “Kant’s Four Examples: On South Sea Islanders,
Tahitians, and Other Cautionary Tales for the Case of ‘Rusting Talents.’”.
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Kathryn MacKay (University of Sydney).
The title of Kathryn’s talk is “Institutions and Virtues”. Here’s the abstract
for Kathryn’s talk:
This paper proposes a theory of virtue for socio-political
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Jessica Gelber (University of Toronto).
The title of Jessica’s talk is “Aristotle on Interspecies Relations”. Here’s
the abstract for Jessica’s talk:
Scientific explanations of the relations that hold
Hi everyone,
This week’s speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is
Tyler Doggett (University of Vermont).
The title of Tyler’s talk is “Knowing and Linking”. Here’s the abstract for
Tyler’s talk:
We have limited resources. We can’t help everyone. This talk is partly
Hi everyone,
We’re very excited to be kicking-off the University of Sydney Philosophy
Seminar Series for 2023 next week (on Wednesday the 22nd of February at 3:30
p.m.) with our first speaker, Mandi Astola (Delft University of Technology).
The title of Mandi’s talk is “Moral Creativity”.
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