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Philosophy events, week of 1st December

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Peter Jones (University of Newcastle) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 2nd December.
  • Sarah Cook (University of Dundee), “Biomediations in Exhibition form: Art, Life, Media Technologies, Gender, Histories,” at Dundee’s Philosophy Seminar on Wednesday, 3rd December.
  • Endre Szécsényi (University of Aberdeen) at Aberdeen’s Philosophy Colloquium on Wednesday, 3rd December.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Scots Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, St Andrews, 5th – 6th December.  Speakers: Julia Driver (Washington University in St Louis), Andrew Peet (University of St Andrews/University of Stirling), Ben Sachs (University of St Andrews), Justin Snedegar (University of St Andrews).
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SPA Annual Meeting registration closes 28th November

A reminder that registration for the 2014 SPA Annual Meeting (5th-6th December at St Andrews) will close this Friday, 28th November.  To register, visit this site:

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/events/?eventid=593

The speakers at the meeting will be: Andy Peet (University of St Andrews), Julia Driver (Washington University in St Louis), Ben Sachs (University of St Andrews), and Justin Snedegar (University of St Andrews).

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Rae Langton delivering 2014 New Enlightenment Lecture

The Edinburgh Women in Philosophy Group invites you to the

2014 NEW ENLIGHTENMENT LECTURE

On Friday 12 December 2014  at the University of Edinburgh

3:00pm – 3:50pm
Roundtable discussion with Prof Rae Langton (Cambridge)

4:00pm – 5:30pm
2014 New Enlightenment Lecture by Prof Rae Langton

in Room 3.10/3.11, Dugald Stewart Building, University of Edinburgh

Places for lecture are LIMITED so please do register soon and by no later than 03 December by using our convenient e-pay link:
http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&catid=10&prodid=1754

For details about both events, please see:
http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/events/view/new-enlightenment-lecture-1

We would like to acknowledge the generosity of the workshop’s sponsors: the Scots Philosophical Association, and the School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences.

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Philosophy events, week of 24th November

One more reminder: registration for the 2014 SPA Annual Meeting (at St Andrews) closes on 28th November.  To register go to:

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/events/?eventid=593

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Colin Blakemore (Institute of Philosophy, London), “What has science ever done for perception?,” at Glasgow’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience Research Seminar on Monday, 24th November.
  • Joe Morrison (Queen’s University Belfast) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 25th November.
  • Patrick Todd (University of Edinburgh) at St Andrews’ Philosophy Club on Wednesday, 26th November.
  • Sarah Broadie (University of St Andrews), “Virtue and the natural goods: an Aristotelian perspective,” at Stirling’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Thursday, 27th November.
  • Juha Saatsi (University of Leeds), “Truth, progress and realism in science,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Debates on Thursday, 27th November.
  • Kenneth Walden (Dartmouth College), “Realizing respect,” at Edinburgh’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Friday, 28th November.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Knowledge-First workshop, Edinburgh, 26th November.  Speakers: Jesper Kallestrup (Edinburgh), Martin Smith (Glasgow), Clayton Littlejohn (Kings College London), Aidan McGlynn (Edinburgh), Heather Logue (Leeds).
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Michael Ignatieff in Scotland, 15th – 17th December

Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, and author of The Needs of Strangers (1984), Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism (1993), Isaiah Berlin: A Life (1998), The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror (2004) and Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics (2014), will be in Scotland for the 2014 Knox Lecture at the University of St Andrews and a lecture at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Details are below; for further information contact Prof. John Haldane FRSE, Director, Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, St Andrews and Chair, Royal Institute of Philosophy, London: jjh1@st-and.ac.uk.

University of St Andrews Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs: 2014 KNOX MEMORIAL LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Monday 15th December, 2014

  • 11am – 1pm:Seminar 1: Capitalist Freedom and Political Tyranny (Room 104, Dept of Philosophy, The Scores)
  • 5.15 – 6.30pm: 30TH SIR MALCOLM KNOX MEMORIAL LECTURE: CIVIL COURAGE AND THE MORAL IMAGINATION (School III, St Salvator’s Quad, North Street)

Tuesday 16th December, 2014

  • 11am – 1pm: Seminar 2: Knox Lecture Discussion (Room 104, Dept of Philosophy, The Scores)

1ST ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY and ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH LECTURE

Wednesday 17th December, 2014

  • 6pm: Liberal Democracy and Authoritarian Capitalism (Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ).

 

 

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Philosophy events, week of 17th November

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Chris Mills (UCL) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 18th November.
  • Knox Peden (Australian National University), “The History of Spinozism as a Philosophical Problem,” at Aberdeen’s Philosophy Colloquium on Wednesday, 19th November.
  • Laurence Hemming (Lancaster University), “The End of Sex: Power and Justice in the Loves of Foucault, Heidegger and Mimnermus,” at Dundee’s Philosophy Seminar on Wednesday, 19th November.
  • Toby Meadows (University of Aberdeen), “Sifting Through the Wreckage: Some Thoughts about Foundations for Mathematics,” at St Andrews’ Philosophy Club on Wednesday, 19th November.  
  • Maja Spener (University of Birmingham) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Reading Group on Wednesday, 19th Noovember.  
  • Raphael van Riel (University of Duisburg-Essen), “Normativity and Social Rules,” at Stirling’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Thursday, 20th November.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Bill Fulford (University of Oxford) at St Andrews’ Philosophy Society on Monday, 17th November.
  • Debbie Roberts (University of Edinburgh) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 20th November.
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Call for Papers: Edinburgh Graduate Epistemology Conference

The University of Edinburgh is pleased to announce a call for papers for the 5th Annual Edinburgh Graduate Epistemology Conference (27th-28th May 2015). Our keynote speakers this year will be Elizabeth Fricker (Oxford) and Jennifer Nagel (Toronto). All graduate presentations will have respondents from faculty members at Edinburgh or a neighbouring university.

We are inviting graduate students to submit essays within any area of epistemology (broadly construed). Essays should be approximately 4000 words, and should be anonymised for blind review.  We would really like the conference to be representative of the graduate community and so we strongly encourage submissions from anyone working on epistemology who is a member of an under-represented group.

We will be happy to help arrange childcare for any attendees who would find it helpful. Please feel free to get in touch to discuss this, or any accessibility requirements you may have.

The deadline for submissions is 1st March 2015. For more information, including details of how to submit, please visit our conference page:

http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/events/view/fifth-annual-graduate-epistemology-conference

This conference is generously sponsored by the Eidyn Research Centre and the University of Edinburgh, and is supported by the Edinburgh Women in Philosophy Group.

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The Ageing Brain: panel discussion this Thursday at Dundee

Talk Title: The Ageing Brain: A Risky Route to Wisdom?

Date: Thursday, November 13, 2014

Time: 6:30-7:45pm (Refreshments served beginning at 5:45pm)

Description: Have you ever wondered how our brain ages? How do our thoughts, and approach to the world around differ when we are young versus more mature? What changes are associated with normal aging vs. those that are related to disease? The MRC Protein Phosphorylation & Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC-PPU), part of the College of Life Sciences at The University of Dundee is organizing an event for the Dundee Science Festival that would integrate multiple experts from diverse disciplines on a panel discussion around the question ‘what is aging?’.  The planned event is an informal gathering between the general public (adults) and an interdisciplinary group of thinkers, artists, philosophers and scientists with an interest in the brain, all of whom can approach the theme of wisdom, aging and learning from different perspectives. The goal of this event is to foster a discussion between panel of diverse experts but more importantly between the audience and the panel. Refreshments will precede this discussion

Panel Participants:

Fiona Ross • Scottish Journalist & Broadcaster

Miratul Muqit • Neurologist • University of Dundee

Elaine Shemilt • Professor of Fine Art Printmaking • University of Dundee

Karen Petrie • Senior Lecturer • School of Computing • University of Dundee

John Starr • Co-Director • University of Edinburgh Centre for Cognitive Ageing

Guy Fletcher • Lecturer in Philosophy • University of Edinburgh

Location: Dalhousie Building, The University of Dundee

Getting to Dundee: By Train Dundee train station is the nearest train station to the University of Dundee and is located approximately 1 mile from campus. Parking is available next to The Dalhousie Building in the Dundee City Council Car Park.

Registration Information:  This event is free but due to limited seating capacity, please reserve your seat by sending an email to MRC-PPU-PublicEngagement@dundee.ac.uk and providing the following information:

• Name

• Email address

• Number of tickets you wish to reserve

• Question for Panel Participants (optional)

Ask Panelists Questions!  Do you find this subject intriguing? Why not ask a question? Please submit any questions for panellists ahead of time by sending an email to MRC-PPU-PublicEngagement@dundee.ac.uk.

 

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Philosophy events, week of 10th November

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Barbara Sattler (University of St Andrews) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 11th November.
  • Charlie Kurth (Washington University in St Louis), “Why Moral Anxiety Matters,” at St Andrews’ Philosophy Club on Wednesday, 12th November.
  • Victor Tadros (University of Warwick) at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 12th November.
  • Keith Wilson  (University of Glasgow), “Are the senses silent? A plea for representational humility,” at Stirling’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Thursday, 13th November.
  • Margaret Morrison (University of Toronto), “What is the role of fictions in science?,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Debates on Thursday, 13th November.
  • Paolo Santorio (University of Leeds) at Edinburgh’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Friday, 14th November.

Other events next week (more information):

  • David Cooper (Durham University) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 13th November.
  • Early Analytic Group, Stirling, 15th November.  Speakers: Bryan Pickel (University of Edinburgh), Fatema Amijee (University of Texas, Austin), Peter Sullivan (University of Stirling), Michael Potter (University of Cambridge).
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Early Analytic Group meeting on 15th November

Stirling’s Early Analytic Group will meet on Saturday November 15, 2014, 11am-5:45pm, in the Pathfoot Building, Room A7, University of Stirling, for a book symposium on David Bostock’s recent book on Russell’s Logical Atomism.

The speakers will be:

  • Bryan Pickel (University of Edinburgh)
  • Fatema Amijee (University of Texas, Austin)
  • Peter Sullivan (University of Stirling)
  • Michael Potter (University of Cambridge).

All are welcome; please let <w.b.pedriali@stir.ac.uk> know if you plan to attend so that the appropriate catering arrangements can be made.

The programme:

Book Symposium on David Bostock’s Russell’s Logical Atomism

Saturday November 15, 2014

Pathfoot Building, Room A7

University of Stirling

11—11:15 welcome coffee

11:15–12:30 Bryan Pickel (Edinburgh): “All sound philosophy should begin with an analysis of propositions: On Bostock on Russell”

1:30–2:45 Fatema Amijee (Austin): “Russell’s Principle of Acquaintance: why believe it?

2:45–3 coffee break

3–4:15 Peter Sullivan (Stirling): TBA

4:15–4:30 coffee break

4:30–5:45 Michael Potter (Cambridge): “Russell’s logical construction of matter”

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2014 SPA Annual Meeting: registration now open

The 2014 Scots Philosophical Association Annual Meeting will be held on 5th and 6th December, 2014, at the University of St Andrews.  Registration is now open; please follow this link to register:

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/events/?eventid=593

The deadline for registration is 28th November.

The programme:

Friday 5th December

  • 13:45-14:15: Registration and refreshments.
  • 14:15-15:15: Andy Peet (University of St Andrews), “Testimonial Knowledge without Knowledge of What is Said”
  • 15:30-16:30: Annual General Meeting (SPA members only)
  • 16:30-18:30: Keynote Address: Prof Julia Driver (Washington University in St Louis) Title tba
  • 19:00: Dinner for those who have registered in advance, at The Russell Hotel, St Andrews

Saturday 6th December

  • 10:00-11:15 Ben Sachs (University of St Andrews), “Political Philosophy with a Purpose”
  • 11:15-11:30 Tea/Coffee
  • 11:30-12:45: tba
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Philosophy events, week of 3rd November

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Catherine Abell (University of Manchester) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 4th November.
  • Joanna Hodge (Manchester Metropolitan University), “Of the Event: Sexual Difference, Ontological Difference, Historical Difference,” at Dundee’s Philosophy Seminar on Wednesday, 5th November.
  • Kim Sterelny (Australian National University), “Evolution and Moral Realism,” at St Andrews’ Philosophy Club on Wednesday, 5th November.
  • Louise Richardson (University of York) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Reading Group on Wednesday, 5th November.
  • Thomas Land (University of Cambridge), “Kant, Perception, and the Argument from Animals,” at Stirling’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Thursday, 6th November.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Jessica Brown (University of St Andrews) at St Andrews’ Philosophy Society on Monday, 3rd November.
  • John Michael (Central European University) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 6th November.
  • Arché Graduate Conference, St Andrews, 8th – 9th November.  Keynote speakers: Penelope Mackie (Nottingham), Ian Rumfitt (Birmingham).
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Dudley Knowles

Friends,

I’m sad to report that Dudley Knowles passed away yesterday.  Dudley was a long-time Treasurer of the Scots Philosophical Association and member of the SPA Committee, and a member of the philosophy faculty at the University of Glasgow for 38 years.  He was passionate in his devoted work for the SPA, and the Association is flourishing today thanks, in large part, to him.  He is remembered here:

http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/dudleyknowles/

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Philosophy events, week of 27th October

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Michael Blome-Tillmann (McGill University/University of Cambridge), “On the role of statistical evidence in courts of law,” at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 29th October.
  • Claire Sergent (University Paris Descartes), “Retro-perception: how retrospective attention influences conscious perception,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Reading Group on Wednesday, 29th October.
  • Chris Timpson (University of Oxford), “Timelike experimental metaphysics: Macroscopic Realism and the Leggett-Garg inequality,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Debates on Thursday, 30th October.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Sarah Broadie (University of St Andrews) at St Andrews’ Philosophy Society on Monday, 27th October.
  • Andrew Pickering (University of Exeter) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 30th October.
  • Mereology Workshop, St Andrews, 1st – 2nd November.  Speakers: Achille Varzi (Columbia), Kris McDaniel (Syracuse), Josh Parsons (Oxford), Gabriel Uzquiano (USC/Arche), Aaron Cotnoir (St Andrews), Caroline Tougourg.
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Philosophy events, week of 20th October

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Robert Audi (University of Notre Dame), “Normativity and generality in ethics and aesthetics,” at Glasgow’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience Research Seminar on Monday, 20th October.
  • Tom Dougherty (University of Cambridge) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 21st October.
  • Robert Audi (University of Notre Dame), “A Theory of Intuition and Intuitive Justification,” at St Andrews’ Philosophy Club on Wednesday, 22nd October.
  • Ellen Fridland (King’s College, London), “Motor Control: Handling Conditions Vary” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Reading Group on Wednesday, 22nd October.
  • Craig Taylor  (University of Adelaide), “Impartial Morality and Universalizability,” at Stirling’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Thursday, 23rd October.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Elizabeth Fricker (University of Oxford) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 23rd October.
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Philosophy events, week of 13th October

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Frank Durgin (Swarthmore College), “The angular expansion hypothesis of locomotor space perception” and “What is “embodied perception” the embodiment of? A critical review,” at Glasgow’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience Research Seminar on Monday, 13th October, and Wednesday, 15th October.
  • Toby Meadows (University of Aberdeen) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 14th October.
  • Robin McKenna (University of Vienna) at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 15th October.
  • Jennifer Corns (University of Glasgow), “Hedonic rationality,” at Stirling’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Thursday, 16th October.
  • Nancy Cartwright (Durham University/University of California, San Diego), “Predicting what will happen when we intervene,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Debates on Thursday, 16th October.
  • Helen Steward (University of Leeds) at Edinburgh’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Friday, 17th October.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Derek Ball (University of St Andrews) at St Andrews’ Philosophy Society on Monday, 13th October.
  • iCog2: Perspectives on Learning, Edinburgh, 15th – 16th October.  Speakers: Andrew Philippides (Sussex), Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck), Szu-Han Wang (Edinburgh), Alex Doumas (Edinburgh).
  • Symposium on Recanati, St Andrews, 16th – 17th October.  Speakers: Jonas Åkerman (Stockholm), Imogen Dickie (Toronto), Manuel García-Carpintero (Barcelona), Rachel Goodman (Leeds), Simon Prosser (St Andrews), Francois Recanati (Institut Jean Nicod).
  • Alan Weir (University of Glasgow) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 16th October.
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Political Thought in the Early Modern Period

Hosted by the Institute of Intellectual History, St Andrews
The 5th North Sea Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy
Political Thought in the Early Modern Period
Friday 10 – Saturday 11 October, Hebdomadar’s Room, St. Salvator’s Quad, St Andrews
Keynote speakers: Hannah Dawson (NCH) and Lena Halldenius (Lund)
Full programme:
To register, please contact James Harris at jah15@st-and.ac.uk
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Philosophical Quarterly essay prize: deadline approaching

A reminder that the deadline for the Philosophical Quarterly essay prize is 1st November, 2014.  Details are here and pasted below.

The Philosophical Quarterly invites submissions for its 2014 international prize essay competition, the topic of which is ‘Humans and Other Animals’.

What lessons can we learn from thinking about our relations with non-human animals? For instance:

  • What are the differences, and what are the similarities, between capacities for cognition and agency in humans and other animals?
  • What moral constraints, if any, are there on our treatment of them?
  • Which theoretical perspective gives the best answers to questions about the morality of our relations with non-human animals?
  • Might it be our moral duty to prevent animals from harming each other?
  • Are there good moral objections to eating meat from animals genetically engineered to be unconscious?

We welcome submissions of 8,000 words or fewer addressing these or other questions about humans and other animals.

Essays should be typed in double spacing. Electronic submission is preferred and contributions may be sent as email attachments to pq@st-andrews.ac.uk. Most formats are acceptable, but PDF is preferred.

Alternatively, non-electronic submissions may be sent to the address below. Three copies of each essay are required and these will not be returned. All entries will be regarded as submissions for publication in The Philosophical Quarterly, and both winning and non-winning entries judged to be of sufficient quality will be published. The closing date for submissions is 1st November 2014.

All submissions should be headed ‘Human’s and Other Animals’ Prize Essay Competition (with the author’s name and address given in a covering letter, but NOT in the essay itself) and sent to:

The Journal Manager
The Philosophical Quarterly
University of St Andrews
KY16 9AR
Scotland
UK

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Philosophy events, week of 6th October

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Patrick Todd (University of Edinburgh) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 7th October.
  • Ophelia Deroy (University of London), “Multisensory integration, and the many unities of consciousness,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Reading Group on Wednesday, 8th October.
  • Nick Treanor (University of Edinburgh), “The Proper Work of the Intellect,” at Stirling’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Thursday, 9th October.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Ben Sachs (University of St Andrews), “Should universities be required to set aside places for impoverished students?,” at St Andrews’ Philosophy Society on Monday, 6th October.
  • Tom Cochrane (University of Sheffield) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 9th October.
  • Political Thought in the Early Modern Period (North Sea Seminar for Early Modern Philosophy), St Andrews, 10th – 11th October.  Speakers: Hannah Dawson (New College of the Humanities), Lena Halldenius (Lund University), Adamas Fiucci (Chieti), Johan Olsthoorn (LSE), Veronika Szanto (Eotvos Lorand University), Steph Marston (Birkbeck), Alfonso Vergaray (California University of Pennsylvania),  Martin Otero-Knott (Cambridge), Annelien De Dijn (Amsterdam), Jan Kvetina (Charles University).
  • Non-Alethic Aims of Enquiry, St Andrews, 11th – 12th October.  Speakers: Derek Ball (St Andrews), Nancy Cartwright (Durham/UCSD), Jane Friedman (NYU), Allan Hazlett (Edinburgh), Juha Saatsi (Leeds), Andreas Stokke (Umea).
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Keynote and PG speakers for SPA Annual Meeting: Driver and Peet

The Scots Philosophical Association Annual Meeting will be held this year at the University of St Andrews on 5th and 6th December.  Julia Driver (Washington University in St Louis) will be our keynote speaker, and Andrew Peet (University of St Andrews/University of Stirling) will present “Testimonial Knowledge Without Knowledge of What Is Said” in the postgraduate session.

The programme will be finalized soon; we expect the meeting to begin at 14:00 on Friday, 5th December, and conclude around 13:00 on Saturday, 6th December.  Watch this space for information on how to register for the meeting.