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MIND2006:
A Graduate Conference in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science
University
of Sussex
15th
- 16th June 2006
a
graduate conference in the Philosophy of Mind and the Philosophy
of Cognitive Science organised jointly by the graduate students
of the Department of Philosophy
at Edinburgh and the Department
of Informatics at Sussex
Following the success of MIND2005 the graduate students of the department
of Philosophy at Edinburgh and the department of Informatics at
Sussex are inviting submissions for MIND2006: A graduate conference
on the Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science. MIND2006 will be
hosted at the University of Sussex on June 15th/16th 2005.
Keynote Speakers:
Professor
David Papineau (Kings
College London)
Professor Susan L. Hurley
(University of Warwick)
Call for Papers:
We
invite abstracts from postgraduate students on any area within Philosophy
of Mind and Philosophy of Cognitive Science. Papers should present
a philosophical argument rather than an exposition of an area and
should make for a reading time of between 30-40 minutes. Facilities
for PowerPoint presentations will be provided. 500-word
abstracts should be submitted by 1st April. Please
email submissions to Mind2006@sussex.ac.uk
in Word or PDF format for blind refereeing.
You will be informed by 1st May whether your abstract has been accepted.
Responses to all graduate papers will be delivered by members of
the department of Philosophy at Edinburgh and the department of
Informatics at Sussex. Speakers must
submit full texts of their papers by 1st June so
that responses can be prepared.
Organisers
Conor McHugh (University of Edinburgh)
Ezio Di Nucci (University of Edinburgh)
Mog Stapleton (University of Sussex)
To contact us please email Mind2006@sussex.ac.uk
Registration/attendance is free
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One
Day Workshop on the Philosophy of the Enlightenment
Thursday
25th May
Institute
of Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Hope Park Square, Edinburgh
Speakers:
M.A.
Stewart
(Aberdeen)
John
P. Wright
(Edinburgh and Michigan)
Hannah
Dawson
(Edinburgh)
James
Harris
(St Andrews)
further
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Previously
Held Event (in 2006)
One
Day
Conference on The Demandingness of Morality
The
AHRC Scottish Ethics Network
University
of Edinburgh
Tuesday,
16th of May,
9:30am-
5pm
Chaplaincy,
Room 2, Pleasance Building, University of Edinburgh Campus
Programme:
09:30-10:00 Welcome/Set-up
10:00-11:30
Elinor Mason (University
of Edinburgh)
First
world apathy: Are we mistaken, irrational, or just plain bad?
11:30-11:40
Break
11:40-13:10
Robert Goodin (Australian
National University, RSSS)
Demandingness
as a Virtue
download
Goodin's paper
13:10-14:00
Short Lunch Break
14:00-15:30
Thomas Pogge (Columbia)
Severe
Poverty as a Human Rights Violation
download
Pogge's paper
15:30-17:00 Rowan
Cruft (Stirling University)
Rights,
Fellowship, and Needs
19:00
Dinner
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Previously
Held Event (in 2006)
11th
A.E. Taylor Lecture in Ancient Philosophy
5.15pm,
Friday, 5th May, 2006
Conference Room, David Hume Tower
Professor
Christopher Gill
Professor of Ancient Thought
Department of Classics, University of Exeter
"Holism
in Stoic Psychology and Ethics"
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details
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Event
Previously Held (in 2006)
Truth
and Proof: Kurt Gödel and the Foundations of Mathematics
Philosophy
Department, University of Edinburgh (UK)
25-26 March 2006
The year 2006 is the centenary of Kurt Gödel's birth.
This two-day conference will discuss some topics related to Kurt
Gödel's
work.
PROGRAMME
Saturday 25 March
12.00 - 1.00pm
Registration
1.00 - 2.30pm
John Dawson (Pennsylvania
State University):
Taking Truth Seriously
3.00 - 4.30pm
Hannes Leitgeb (University
of Bristol):
Type-Free Necessity, Truth, and Informal Provability
5.00 - 6.30pm
Richard Zach (University
of Calgary):
Gödel's First Incompleteness Theorem and
Mathematical Instrumentalism
Sunday
26 March
11.00am - 12.30pm
Philip Welch (University
of Bristol):
Games for Supervaluation and Dependency Fixed Points
Lunch
2.00 - 3.30pm
Stewart Shapiro
(Ohio State University / St Andrews):
We Hold These Truths to be Self-evident: But What Do We
Mean by That? The Rationalism of Frege and Zermelo
4.00 - 5.30pm
Panu Raatikainen
(University of Helsinki)
Indefinite Extensibility of Mathematics and the Powers
of the Human Mind
Registration
fee: £15 (£5 student / unwaged)
(Postgraduate
Travel Bursaries up to £50 are available.)
The conference is supported by:
Mind Association,
London Mathematical Society,
British Society for the Philosophy of Science,
British Logic Colloquium,
Scots Philosophical Club
The Analysis Trust.
Conference
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Held Event (in 2006)
Truth
and Truthfulness
Edgecliffe,
The Scores, University of St Andrews
Wednesday,
6th December 2006
10.30
Jens Timmermann (St
Andrews)
The Murderer at the Door – A Kantian Dilemma?
Respondent: Peter Baumann
(Aberdeen)
2.00
David Owens (Sheffield)
The Wrong of Untruthfulness
Respondent: Ralf Bader
(St Andrews)
4.15
Tamar Schapiro (Stanford)
Kantian Rigorism and Mitigating Circumstances
Respondent: Carolyn Benson
(St Andrews)
Contact:
Jens Timmermann (jt28@st-andrews.ac.uk)
for further details.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Scots Philosophical
Club.
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Third
Arché Graduate Conference
University of St Andrews
17-19 November 2006
Arché,
the AHRC Research Centre for the Philosophy of Logic, Language,
Mathematics and Mind in St Andrews is pleased to announce the third
in a
series of graduate conferences aimed at showcasing graduate work
in contemporary analytic philosophy.
Keynote Speakers:
• Prof. Graham Priest
(University of Melbourne)
• Prof. Jason Stanley
(Rutgers University)
• Prof. Diana Raffman
(University of Toronto)
Call for Papers:
Papers by graduate students are invited on any topic in the philosophy
of
logic, language, mathematics and mind, epistemology, metaphysics
and related areas.
Deadline for submission: 16th
August 2006
For further information please visit the Conference
Website
or contact us on archephimail@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Held Event (in 2006)
Symposium
in Honour of J.S. Mill
Lord
Rector of the University, 1865-68
University
of St Andrews, Philosophy Departments
September
15th, 2006
Programme
Symposium
Sessions (Senate Room, St Mary's College, South St):
-
9.30: John Skorupski (University
of St Andrews):
''The
Proper Function of an University''
-
11.30: Peter Berkowitz
(George Mason University and Hoover Institution):
John
Stuart Mill's Idea of the University
Respondents:
Dudley Knowles (University
of Glasgow), Rowan Cruft
(University
of Stirling)
-
2.30: Round Table Discussion (Chair: John Haldane, University of
St Andrews)
The
JS Mill Bicentenary Lecture (School III, St Salvator's
College, North St):
-
5.00: Philip Kitcher
(Columbia University):
Mill,
Education, and the Good Life
Travel
bursaries for PhD students are available, thanks to the support
of
the Analysis Trust. The organisers also acknowledge the support
of
the
School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies, and of
the
University's Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs.
For
information, or to apply for travel subsidies, contact Enzo Rossi
The
event is free and open to the public. However, those intending
to
attend
the symposium sessions are kindly encouraged to notify Enzo
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Previously
Held Event (in 2006)
The
H.J. Paton Colloquium in Kantian Ethics
University
of St Andrews
Wednesday,
5 July
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Previously
Held Event (in 2006)
The
Summer Reflectorium 2006
Seminar
Room (104), Edgecliffe, University of St Andrews
Monday,
12 June
*
Informal Talks about Research in Progress *
Departments
of Logic & Metaphysics
and
Moral Philosophy, St Andrews
09.30 Paul
McCallion: Has the Caesar Problem Gone Away?
10.45
Berys Gaut: Opaque Pictures
12.00
Dan López de Sa:
Rigidity and Over-Generalization
2.30
Amber Carpenter:
Pleasure in the 'Philebus'
3.45
Andrew Jorgensen:
Holism, Communication and Money
5.00
John Haldane: The
Argument (for God) from Desire
All
welcome!
Jens Timmermann (jt28@st-andrews.ac.uk)
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Previously
Held Event (in 2006)
Arché
Modality Conference
University
of St Andrews
7-9
June 2006
The Leverhulme Arché research project on the Metaphysics and
Epistemology of Modality is staging a conference to mark the end of
the project, which has been running at the University of St Andrews
since
January 2003.
Speakers:
John Divers (Sheffield)
Kit
Fine (NYU)
Dominic
Gregory (Sheffield)
Frank
Jackson (ANU)
Gideon
Rosen (Princeton)
Ian
Rumfitt (Birkbeck College)
Robert
Stalnaker (MIT)
Stephen
Yablo (MIT)
Each paper will be accompanied by a response from an invited commentator.
There will also be places for four submitted papers, which will be
selected by a panel of referees. The conference will result in a
volume of collected papers.
Registration
All conference sessions and accommodation will be in David Russell
Hall, St Andrews.
Registration fee (deadline 15 May):
£230.
Late registration fee (after deadline or on-site): £25.
Registration is now open, you can download a registration form
at the Conference
webpage in the Arché
site
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DISTRIBUTING
HEALTH CARE
Principles,
Practices and Policies
CENTRE
FOR ETHICS, PHILOSOPHY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Tuesday April 11th, 2006
All sessions will be held in St Mary's College Hall, South Street
Lunch
will be served in Department of Moral Philosophy, Edgecliffe, The
Scores.
Registration and coffee 9 – 9.30am
Introduction
(9.30-10.00am)
Philosophical issues in the allocation of health care
Speaker:
Dr Niall Maclean,
Research Fellow,
Centre
for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, St Andrews
Session
I (10.00-11.30am).
The
current system of health allocation in the UK
Speaker:
Prof. Howard Glennerster,
London School of Economics
Discussion
(10.45-11.30am)
Lunch
(11.30-12.45pm).
Session
II (12.45-2.15pm)
Reforming
the UK ' s health allocation system
Speaker:
Prof. John Appleby,
Kings Fund, London
Discussion
1.30-2.15pm
Coffee (2.15-2.30pm)
General
discussion (2.30-3.30)
THE
EVENT IS WITHOUT CHARGE AND ALL ARE WELCOME. However,
if you are interested in attending please contact Dr Niall Maclean
at ndm10@st-and.ac.uk.
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Held Event (in 2006)
The
Northern Association for Ancient Philosophy (NAAP), 2006
University
of St Andrews
Thursday
30th and Friday 31st of March
Speakers:
Amber
Carpenter (St Andrews)
‘Putting the Philebus’ Indispensable Method
to Use’ |
Thu,
16.30 - 17.45 |
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Ursula
Coope (Birkbeck)
‘Aristotle on Self-Movement’ |
Thu,
18.00 - 19.15 |
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Jamie
Dow (St Andrews)
‘Emotion-arousal in Aristotle’s Rhetoric: a
Contradiction?’ |
Fri,
09.00 - 10.15 |
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David
Sedley (Cambridge)
‘The Teleology of Anaxagoras’ |
Fri,
10.45 - 12.00 |
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Stephen
Makin (Sheffield)
‘Aristotelian Habits: How Can We Acquire Abilities
By Practice?’ |
Fri,
12.15 - 13.30 |
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All sessions will be held in Edgecliffe on The Scores (the St Andrews
main Philosophy building).
Tea and coffee will be available in Edgecliffe from 3.30 pm on Thursday,
30 March. There will be a dinner Thursday evening at North Point
in North Street. Buffet lunch will be available in Edgecliffe at
1.30 pm on Friday.
We can still sign people on as non-residential participants. The
full non-residential rate is £32.50 (dinner £21.50;
lunch £6.00; conference fee £5.00). There are some half-rate
places available for post-graduate students.
Please direct all inquiries to the organizer, Sarah Broadie:
sjb15@st-andrews.ac.uk
The NAAP gratefully acknowledges support for this meeting from:
The Classical Association, The Hellenic Society, The Mind Association,
The Scots Philosophical Club, and The University of St Andrews School
of Philosophical and Anthropological Studies
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Previously
Held Event (in 2006)
The
Winter Reflectorium 2006
Seminar
Room (104), Edgecliffe, University of St Andrews
Tuesday,
10th January
Informal talks about research in progress.
09.30 Niall Maclean:
Equality of Opportunity and Health Care
10.45 Patrick Greenough:
The Open Future
12.00 Lisa Jones:
Revisiting Imaginative Resistance
14 .30 Joseph Diekemper:
Thisness and Events
15 .45 Katherine Hawley:
Parthood
17 .00 Amber Carpenter:
Pleasure in the 'Philebus'
Everyone welcome!
Katherine Hawley: kjh5@st-and.ac.uk
Jens Timmermann: jt28@st-and.ac.uk
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