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Visiting Speakers, 29th October – 2nd November

Next week’s visiting speakers:

  • Mark Sprevak (Edinburgh), “Is the extended mind hypothesis nonsensical?, at Glasgow on Tuesday, 30th October.
  • John Protevi (Louisiana State University), “Human Nature,” at Dundee on Wednesday, 31st October.
  • Fiona Macpherson (Glasgow), “The Space of Sensory Modalities,” at St Andrews on Wednesday, 31st October.
  • Ben Jarvis (Queen’s University, Belfast), “The Objective Nature of Propositional Justification,” at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 31st October.
  • Stephen Penn (Stirling), “Terminism and Truth: John Wyclif on Late Medieval Logic,” at Stirling on Thursday, 1st November.
  • Timothy Rosenkoetter (Dartmouth College), “Kant on the Semantics of Moral Terms,” at Edinburgh on Friday, 2nd November.

Other events next week:

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New Hume Fellowship at IASH (Edinburgh)

The SPA is sponsoring a new Hume Fellowship at Edinburgh’s Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities.  This will be an annual six-month fellowship, starting in 2013-14, and applications are invited from anyone working in Hume studies.  For more information:

http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/davidhume.fellowship.html

This Fellowship will be a tremendous opportunity to bring leading philosophers (and others) to Scotland.  Please do forward this information to any international scholars that might be suitable candidates for the Fellowship.  The deadline for applications is 28th February, 2013.

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SPA Annual Meeting: registration now open

Registration for the SPA’s annual meeting, taking place Friday 7th – Saturday 8th December at the University of Aberdeen, is now open:

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/research-innovation/events/1660/

The deadline for discounted registration (£15; free for students) is 2nd November.  The conference website also has information about accommodation in Aberdeen.

I’d like to remind you that the SPA increased it’s grant to your department last year, to £4,000 (from £2,000), with the intention that departments make some of these funds available to faculty in the form of travel grants for the SPA annual meeting.

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Visiting Speakers, 15th – 19th October

Next week’s visiting speakers:

  • Alexander Logvinenko (Glasgow Caledonian University), “What colours do the colour blind really see?,” at Glasgow’s Mind & Psychology Research Seminar on Monday 15th October.
  • Chris Tucker (Auckland). “If Dogmatists Have Cognitive Penetration Problems, then You Do Too,” at Glasgow on Tuesday, 16th October
  • Ian James (Cambridge), “Immanence and Technicity,” at Dundee on Wednesday, 17th October.
  • Chris Tucker (Auckland). “If Dogmatists Have Cognitive Penetration Problems, then You Do Too,”at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 17th October.
  • Alexandra Plakias (NIP, Aberdeen), “How Moral Disagreement is a Problem for Realism,” at Stirling on Thursday, 18th October.
  • Jessie Prinz (CUNY), “Psycho-ontology,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Group on Thursday, 18th October. 
  • Joel Smith (Manchester), “What is Empathy For?,” at Edinburgh on Friday, 19th October.

 

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Visiting Speakers, 8th – 12th October

Next week’s visiting speakers:

  • Jenann Ismael (University of Arizona), “What Entanglement Might be Telling Us,” at Aberdeen on Monday, 10th October
  • Aaron Cotnoir (Aberdeen, NIP), “Parts as Counterparts,” at Glasgow on Tuesday, 9th October.
  • Jan Westerhoff (Durham), “Actual Ontological Nihilism,” at Stirling on Thursday, 11th October.
  • Tim Bayne (Oxford), “Multisensory Objects,” at Edinburgh on Friday, 12th October.

Other events next week:

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Two Eidyn Postdocs (Edinburgh)

From Duncan Pritchard (Edinburgh):

Eidyn: The Edinburgh Centre for Epistemology, Mind and Normativity
Department of Philosophy
University of Edinburgh
Postdoctoral Positions
Extended Knowledge
As part of a major AHRC-funded research project on the topic of ‘Extended Knowledge’, there are
two three-year postdoctoral positions available at the Eidyn Research Centre, both starting January
1st 2013. Further details about these positions, including how to apply, can be found here:
For more details about the ‘Extended Knowledge’‚ research project, go to:
Informal inquiries about these posts, and this research project, should be directed to Prof. Duncan
Pritchard (duncan.pritchard@ed.ac.uk). Please note that the deadline for applications is *12th October*.
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Visiting Speakers, 1st – 5th October

Next week’s visiting speakers:

  • Mark Jago (Nottingham), “Objects and Essence,” at Glasgow on Tuesday, 2nd October.
  • Mike Wheeler (Stirling), “Thinking Without the Box: Extended Cognition or Existentialist Externalism?,” at Dundee on Wednesday, 3rd October.
  • Philip Ebert (Stirling), “Knowledge, Closure, and Risk,” at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 3rd October.
  • Mark Jago (Nottingham), “Objects and Essence,” at Stirling on Thursday, 4th October.
  • Jennifer Saul (Sheffield), “Lying, Misleading, and What is Said,” at Edinburgh’s Linguistics Circle on Thursday, 4th October.
  • Fiona Macpherson (Glasgow), “The Space of Sensory Modalities,” at Edinburgh on Friday, 5th October.
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Visiting Speakers, 24th – 28th September

Next week’s visiting speakers:

  • Alexandra Plakias (Aberdeen), “How Moral Disagreement is a Problem for Realism,” at Glasgow on Tuesday, 24th September.
  • Murray Shanahan (Imperial College London), “Connectivity and Consciousness,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy, Psychology & Informatics Group, Wednesday, 26th September.
  • Walter Pedriali (Stirling), “Understanding Inference,” at Stirling on Thursday, 27th September.
  • Nick Denyer (Cambridge), “The Political Craft of Protagoras,” at Edinburgh on Friday, 28th September.

 

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Three postdocs at Edinburgh

Three positions have just been advertised: two 3-year Postdoctoral Research Assistantships for the “Extended Knowledge” project, and one 3-year Postdoctoral Research Assistantship for the “Kant and the Laws of Nature” project.

Extended Knowledge
As part of an AHRC-funded major research project on the topic of ‘Extended Knowledge’, there are two three-year postdoctoral positions available at the Eidyn Research Centre (http://www.eidyn.org/), both starting January 1st 2013. Further details about these positions, including how to apply, can be found here:

http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3016303

For more details about the ‘Extended Knowledge’ research project, go to:

http://eidyn.ppls.ed.ac.uk/extended-knowledge-2013-2015-0

Informal inquiries about these posts, and this research project, should be directed to Prof. Duncan Pritchard (duncan.pritchard@ed.ac.uk).

Kant and the Laws of Nature

As part of a three-year Leverhulme-funded international network project on the topic of ‘Kant and the Laws of Nature’, there is a three-year postdoctoral position as a network facilitator available at the Eidyn Research Centre (http://www.eidyn.org/), starting November 1st 2012. Further details about this position, including how to apply, can be found here:

http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3016228

For more details about the ‘Kant and the Laws of Nature’ project, go to:

http://eidyn.ppls.ed.ac.uk/kant-and-laws-nature-2012-14

Informal inquiries about this post, and this research project, should be directed to Dr. Michela Massimi (michela.massimi@ed.ac.uk).

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Visiting Speakers, 17th – 21st September

Next week’s visiting speakers:

  • Jonathan Cohen (UC San Diego), “Ecumenicism, Comparability, and Color, Or: How to Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too,” at Glasgow on Tuesday, 18th September.
  • Ben Saunders (Stirling), “Fairness, Outcomes, and the Basic Structure,” at St Andrews on Wednesday, 19th September.
  • Joe Kuntz (Edinburgh), “Communitarian Agreement,” at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 19th September.
  • Chris Donald (Melbourne), at Stirling on Thursday, 20th September.
  • Campbell Brown (Edinburgh), at Edinburgh on Friday, 21st September.

Other events next week:

  • Workshop on Billboards, Indexicals, Context and Interpreters, St Andrews, 16th – 17th September.  Speakers: Andy Egan (Rutgers/Arché), Barry Smith (Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London), Seth Yalcin (Berkeley), Wayne Davis (Georgetown), Chris Barker (NYU), Jonathan Cohen (UC San Diego).
  • Workshop on the Philosophy of John Perry, St Andrews, 18th – 19th September.  Speakers:Ruth Millikan (Connecticut), Josh Dever (Texas), Dilip Ninan (Tufts), Daniel Morgan (Oxford), Andy Egan (Rutgers), Herman Cappelen (Arché), John Perry (Stanford and California – Riverside).
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New research centre at Edinburgh

A new philosophical research centre was launched this week at Edinburgh: Eidyn: The Edinburgh Centre for Epistemology, Mind and Normativity.

This new centre is devoted to several areas of existing strength at Edinburgh: epistemology, ethics,  and philosophy of mind and cognitive science. The centre will be home to  the recently awarded major AHRC project on ‘Extended Knowledge’, among others. There will also be postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting professorial fellows attached to the centre.

Centre website: www.eidyn.org.  Inquiries about Eidyn should be directed to the Centre Director, Prof Duncan Pritchard (duncan.pritchard@ed.ac.uk).

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Visiting Speakers, 9th – 13th July

Next week’s visiting speakers:

  • Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa (University of British Columbia), “Justification is Potential Knowledge,” at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 11th July.
  • Frances Kamm (Harvard University), “Justice After War,” at Edinburgh on Thursday, 12th July (11:00).

Other events next week:

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Visiting Speakers, 2nd – 6th July

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Visiting Speakers, 25th – 29th June

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SPA Annual Meeting in Aberdeen, 7th and 8th December 2012

I’m pleased to announce that this year’s Annual Meeting of the Scots Philosophical Association will be held at the University of Aberdeen on Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th December, 2012.  The keynote speaker at the meeting will be Professor Margaret Morrison (University of Toronto).  In addition to the keynote address there will be talks from some Aberdeen philosophers and a general meeting of the SPA members where we’ll discuss the year’s business and the current state of the Association.  You’re all cordially invited to attend.

As you may know, your departments each received a grant of £4,000 from the SPA recently (in addition to the usual grant for postgraduate activities).  This new grant is, in part, intended to allow your departments to provide funding for SPA members (i.e. you) to attend the annual meeting, and more generally to promote the research and professional activities of SPA members.

More information on the annual meeting will be posted in the near future.  Cheers!

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Visiting Speakers, 18th – 22nd June

Next week’s visiting speakers:

  • Josef Perner (University of Salzburg), “Infants’ Sensitivity to Others’ Belief: Implicit?,” at Edinburgh’s PPLS Interdisciplinary Seminar on Monday, 18th June.
  • Brian Weatherson (Rutgers University), “Margins and Errors,” at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 20th June.
  • Carla Bagnoli (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee/University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), “Responsibility, Blame, and Respect,” at Edinburgh on Friday, 22nd June.

Other events next week:

  • Workshop: Summer Reflectorium, St Andrews, 18th June.  Speakers: François Recanati, Berys Gaut, Simon Prosser, Graham Priest, Marcia Baron, Aaron Cotnoir.
  • Conference: Pedagogical Encounters – Feminist Philosophy and Education, Dundee, 22nd and 23rd June.  Keynote speakers: Morwenna Griffiths (University of Edinburgh), Amy Shuffelton (Department of Educational Foundations, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater), Graeme Nixon (University of Aberdeen).
  • Workshop: Imperfect Duties, St Andrews, 23rd June.  Speakers: Elizabeth Ashford (St Andrews), Samuel Mansell (St Andrews), Simon Hope (Stirling), and Jens Timmermann (St Andrews).
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Visiting Speakers, 4th – 8th June

Next week’s visiting speakers:

  • Andy Egan (Rutgers University), “Epistemic Modals Again,” at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 6th June.
  • Sid Kouider (Ecole Normale Superieure), “From subliminal perception to conscious access: cognitive and neuronal mechanisms,” at Glasgow’s Mind and Psychology Research Seminar on Friday, 8th June.

Other events next week: