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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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2012 Scots Philosophical Association Annual Meeting

7th – 8th December 2012

Aberdeen

This is the annual meeting of the SPA; all philosophers in Scotland are invited to attend.   Registration is now open; cheaper early registration closes 2nd November.

Speakers:

  • Margaret Morrison (University of Toronto),  “From Practice to Theory: Rethinking the Nature of Philosophical Questions”
  • Douglas Edwards (Aberdeen), “The Goal(s) of Inquiry”
  • Elise Crull (Aberdeen), “Can There Be Metaphysically Robust Interlevel Relations?”

Inquires to Guido Bacciagaluppi.

Conference website

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Ancient Cosmologies

2nd – 4th November 2012

St Andrews

Speakers:

  • Gábor Betegh (Central European University, Budapest)
  • Dorothea Frede (Hamburg)
  • Andrew Gregory (UCL)
  • Charlotte Köckert (Heidelberg)
  • Alex Long (St Andrews)
  • Karla Pollmann (St Andrews)
  • Gretchen Reydams-Schils (Notre Dame)
  • Catherine Rowett (UEA)
  • David Sedley (Cambridge)
  • Chiara Tommasi (Pisa)
  • James Wilberding (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Inquires to classcon@st-andrews.ac.uk

Conference website

**SPA sponsored**

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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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CFP: Arché/CSMN Philosophy Graduate Conference

Deadline: 1st September 2012

Conference: 17th and 18th November 2012

University of Oslo

Keynote speakers: John Hawthorne, Delia Graff Fara

Call for papers: We invite graduate students to submit papers to the Sixth Annual Graduate Conference in Philosophy co-hosted by Arché, Philosophical Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology, and CSMN, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature. Papers should be no longer than 4,200 words, and should include an abstract of no more than 200 words. Papers that make a contribution to contemporary debates in philosophy and that focus on the research interests of Arché and CSMN are particularly welcome.  ACCOMMODATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE COVERED, and all talks will have a respondent from an Arché or CSMN faculty member.  Deadline: 1st September 2012.  Notification of acceptance by 1st October.

Conference website

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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

Events next week:

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Visiting Speakers, 25th – 29th June

Events next week:

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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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St Andrews Summer Reflectorium

18th June 2012

St Andrews

Speakers:

  • François Recanati, “Indexical Thought & Communication”
  • Berys Gaut, “Creativity as a Virtue”
  • Simon Prosser, “The Content of Colour Experience”
  • Graham Priest, “None of the Above”
  • Marcia Baron, “The Supererogatory & Kant’s Wide Duties”
  • Aaron Cotnoir, “Truth without Conjunction?”

Inquires to Jens Timmerman

Further information

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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: