• CEPPA Talk (in-person & online) – Adrian Walsh (University of New England)

    Edgecliffe 104

    Title: Internal Validity, External Validity and the Evaluation of Thought Experiments in Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy Abstract: Thought experiments clearly play a central role in much contemporary ethical theorising. In the recent literature on thought experiments, some commentators (e.g. Wilson 2016; Dowding 2019) have criticised the lack of attention paid by moral philosophers to…

  • Unity Seminar: Pre-Read – Mereotopology 1

    Edgecliffe G03

    Casati, Roberto & Varzi, Achille C. (1999). Parts and Places: The Structures of Spatial Representation. MIT Press. Ch. 4: Connection Structures https://direct.mit.edu/books/monograph/2441/chapter/64762/Connection-Structures

  • Language and Mind seminar: Brice Bantegnie

    Edgecliffe G03

    Title: It’s personal and it’s fine Abstract: Believing is something that one does, or so one might say. Seeing as well. Detecting the edges of objects is not. Believing is a personal state. Seeing as well. Detecting is a sub-personal event or process. The personal/sub-personal distinction is intuitive. In recent papers, some have argued that it is problematic.…

  • FPST Seminar: Naomi Kachani (58³Ô¹Ï) – In-person

    Edgecliffe G03

    Title: Feminism and Multiculturalism: Measuring Gendered Cultural Harms Abstract: Deeply ingrained in the multiculturalism versus feminism debate is the idea that certain minority practices are more deserving of attention and criticism for their misogynistic undertones than other (liberal) practices. In this talk, I’ll consider one of the potential reasons for this asymmetrical focus on minorities.…