Department of Philosophy

Philosophy Department Seminar Series - 2011

EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

Unless otherwise advertised, seminars are held on Fridays, 1.30pm-3.30pm. Locations are as indicated.

For further information contact:
Jeanette Kennett (+61 2 9850 1047) or Clara Wong (+61 2 9850 8837)

Past Series: 2009 | 2010

Semester 2 seminars start on 26 July. Keep an eye out for further details.

Tue 26 July 4.00-5.30pm C5C 498	Joint CAVE/MACCS/Philosophy seminar Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Duke University; MQ CAVE Distinguished Visitor) Do Psychopaths Make Moral Judgments? Abstract
5 August W6A Rm 708	Paul Biegler (Monash) & Patrick Vargas (Illinois) Conditioned Attitudes and the Ethics of Pharmaceutical Marketing Abstract
19 August W6A Rm 708	Adrian Heathcote (Sydney) The Origin of Metaphysics Abstract
2 September W6A Rm 708	Rob Sparrow (Monash) Hard Cases in the Politics of Human Enhancement Abstract
16 September W6A Rm 708	Richard Menary (Macquarie) The Enculturated Brain Abstract
30 September W6A Rm 708	CAVE Seminar Jocelyn Downie (Dalhousie University) End of Life Law and Policy: A New Arena for Restorative Justice details
7 October W6A Rm 708	Gregory Flaxman (UNC) Philosophy Among Friends: Nietzsche and Deleuze
21 October W6A Rm 708	Samantha Brennan (Western Ontario) Rethinking the Moral Significance of Micro-Inequities: The Case of Women in Philosophy Abstract
2 December W6A Rm 708	Glenn Carruthers (Macquarie) Dissolving the Hard Problem of Consciousness

11 March W6A Rm 708	Nicolas Bullot (Macquarie MACCS) The Artful Mind Meets Art History: Toward a Psycho-Historical Framework for the Cognitive Science of Art Abstract
25 March W6A Rm 708	Michael Devitt (CUNY) What’s Wrong with Contextualism?
29 April W6A Rm 708	Paul Formosa (Macquarie) Dignity and Respect: How to apply Kant’s Formula of Humanity Abstract
13 May W6A Rm 708	Adrian Walsh (UNE) Good Intentions and Political Life
27 May W6A Rm 708	Karen Jones (University of Melbourne) Epistemic Injustice and Self-Trust Abstract
7 June (Tue) 11am-1pm W6A Rm 708	Jessica Wolfendale (West Virginia University) The Right Not To Be Tortured Abstract

* Note different day and time

(last updated: 29/11/11 )