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Philosophy events, week of 2nd March

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Elizabeth Irvine (University of Cardiff) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 3rd March.
  • Vera Matarese (University of Hong Kong) at Aberdeen’s Philosophy of Physics Seminar on Tuesday, 3rd March.
  • Jennifer Corns (University of Glasgow) at St Andrews’ Philosophy Club on Wednesday, 4th March.
  • Dave Ward (University of Edinburgh), “Minds, Brains and Representations: A “perfectly intelligible interplay”?,” at Stirling’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Thursday, 5th March.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Crystal Addey (University of St Andrews), “Plato and Women,” at St Andrews’ Philosophy Society on Monday, 2nd March.
  • Alasdair Richmond (University of Edinburgh) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 5th March.
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Philosophy events, week of 23rd February

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Magdalena Balcerak Jackson (University of Konstanz), “Mineness and self-involvement in imagination,” at Glasgow’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience Research Seminar on Monday, 23rd February.
  • Craig French (University of Cambridge) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 24th February.
  • Emanuela Ceva (Pavia/CEPPA), “Rescuing Democracy from Reductionism,” at St Andrews’ Philosophy Club on Wednesday, 25th February.
  • Mike Wheeler (University of Stirling), “Phenomenal Consciousness, Sensory Substitution and the Extended Mind,” at Aberdeen’s Philosophy Colloquium on Wednesday, 25th February.
  • Keith Wilson (University of Glasgow), “The Two Senses of Smell,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Reading Group on Wednesday, 25th February.
  • Sabina Leonelli (University of Exeter), “When Data Travel: re-thinking the epistemology of data,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Debates on Thursday, 26th February.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Elodie Laugt (University of St Andrews) at St Andrews’ Philosophy Society on Monday, 23rd February.
  • Fiona Macpherson (University of Glasgow) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 26th February.
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Philosophy events, week of 16th February

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • John Heil (Washington University in St Louis) at Glasgow’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience Research Seminar on Monday, 16th February.
  • Guido Bacciagaluppi (University of Aberdeen), “Leggett-Garg Inequalities, Pilot Waves, and Contextuality,” at Aberdeen’s Philosophy of Physics Seminar on Tuesday, 17th February.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Mike Ridge (University of Edinburgh) at St Andrews’ Philosophy Society on Monday, 16th February.
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Correction: Lopes talk on Wednesday, 11th February

A correction to the last weekly events announcement: Dom Lopes will be speaking (about “Aesthetic Agency and Value”) at Edinburgh on Wednesday, 11th February (not Thursday, 12th February).  For more information:

http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/events/view/scottish-aesthetics-forum-1

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Philosophy events, week of 9th February

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Sacha Golob (King’s College London) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 10th February.
  • Vincent Ardourel (University of Paris), “A Discrete Solution for the Paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise,” at Aberdeen’s Philosophy of Physics Seminar on Tuesday, 10th February.
  • Elodie Laügt (University of St Andrews), “Contemporary with Whom? Rancière, Mallarmé, and the Re-marking of Time,” at Dundee’s Philosophy Seminar on Wednesday, 11th February.
  • Michael Pace (Chapman University) at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 11th February.
  • Dominic McIver Lopes (University of British Columbia), “Aesthetic Agency and Value,” at Edinburgh’s Scottish Aesthetics Forum on Wednesday, 11th February.
  • Vincent Ardourel (University of Paris), “The Representation of Time in Discrete Mechanics,” at Aberdeen’s HPS Seminar on Wednesday, 11th February.
  • Jane Heal (University of Cambridge), “The Second Person,” at Stirling’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Thursday, 12th February.
  • Guy Kahane (University of Oxford) at Edinburgh’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Friday, 13th February. 

Other events next week (more information):

  • David James (University of Warwick) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 12th February.
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Arché Workshops This Summer

The Arché research centre at the University of St Andrews has a great lineup of workshops this summer:

Contact arche@st-andrews.ac.uk for more information.

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Philosophy events, week of 2nd February

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Mark Kalderon (University College, London) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 3rd February.
  • Bryan Pickel (University of Edinburgh), “Frontloading, Supposition, and Contraction,” at St Andrews’ Philosophy Club on Wednesday, 4th February.
  • David Carmel (University of Edinburgh), “Attentional attractors and visual awareness,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Reading Group on Wednesday, 4th February.
  • Shannon Spaulding (Oklahoma State University), “On Direct Social Perception,” at Stirling’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Thursday, 5th February.
  • Wolfgang Schwartz (University of Edinburgh), “Confirmation and Conditionalization,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Debates on Thursday, 5th February.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Adam Carter (University of Edinburgh) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 5th February.
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Philosophy events, week of 26th January

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Mikkel Gerken (University of Edinburgh) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 27th January.
  • Catherine Heeney (University of Edinburgh), “Ethics and the Sharing of Human Biomedical Data: A Deluzian Approach,” at Dundee’s Philosophy Seminar on Wednesday, 28th January.
  • Elizabeth Fricker (Magdalen College, University of Oxford), “‘How to Make Invidious Distinctions Amongst Reliable Testifiers,” at Edinburgh’s Epistemology Research Group on Wednesday, 28th January.
  • Justin Snedegar, “Oughts and Options,” at Stirling’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Thursday, 29th January.
  • Mark Jago (University of Nottingham), “What Truth Is,” at Edinburgh’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Friday, 30th January.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Gifford Lectures, Edinburgh, 26, 27, 29 January and 2, 3, 5 February.  Speaker: Jeremy Waldron, “One Another’s Equals: The Basis of Human Equality.”
  • Victoria Harrison (University of Glasgow) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 29th January.
  • Suffering’s Valuable Functions, Glasgow, 31st January.  Speakers: David Bain, Giandomenico Iannetti, Morten L. Kringelbach, Colin W. Leach, Michael Serpell, Fabrice Teroni.
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Philosophy events, week of 19th January

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Leslie Green (University of Oxford) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 20th January.
  • Joanna Bryson (University of Bath) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Reading Group on Wednesday, 21st January.

Other events next week (more information):

  • Kevin Scharp (Ohio State University) presenting three seminars at St Andrews on 19th, 20th, and 21st January (each day at 11:00 in Edgecliffe G03) on “Theories of Descending Truth,” “Conceptual Engineering,” and “Metrological Naturalism.”
  • Helen Beebee (University of Manchester) at Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society on Thursday, 22nd January.
  • Francis Hutcheson and the Emergence of Modern Aesthetics, Aberdeen, 23rd – 24th January.
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Philosophy events, week of 12th January

Research seminars next week (more information):

  • Debbie Roberts (University of Edinburgh) at Glasgow’s Senior Seminar on Tuesday, 13th January.
  • Eran Tal (University of Cambridge), “Making Time. A study in the epistemology of measurement,” at Edinburgh’s Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Debates on Thursday, 15th January.
  • Ofra Magidor (University of Oxford) at Edinburgh’s Visiting Speaker Seminar on Friday, 16th January.
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Scottish Aesthetics Forum

We are delighted to announce the launch of the Scottish Aesthetics Forum (SAF), generously supported by the British Society of Aesthetics and the Scots Philosophical Association. Currently in the form of a lecture series hosted at the University of Edinburgh, SAF aims to address a widespread interest in all areas of aesthetics, including analytic and continental approaches, as well as interdisciplinary perspectives on aesthetics from across the arts and sciences. We also aim to foster close links with universities, art institutions (broadly construed), and artists across Scotland.

Please join us for our first public lecture by Professor Dominic McIver Lopes, Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Scholar at the University of British Columbia, and President of the American Society for Aesthetics (for more information on Prof Lopes: http://philosophy.ubc.ca/persons/dominic-lopes/,
http://lopes.mentalpaint.net/):

Professor Dominic McIver Lopes: “Aesthetic Agency and Value“

Wednesday, 11th February, 2015

University of Edinburgh 

Dugald Stewart Building, 3.11, 4:15 – 6:15pm

The lecture will be preceded by a workshop on Prof Lopes’ new book Beyond Art (OUP, 2014), in DSB 3.11, from 2:15 to 3:15pm, and followed by drinks and dinner.  Limited funds are available for two students to attend the dinner. Priority will be given to those who prepare for and attend the workshop, and to postgraduate students; otherwise we will accommodate guests on a first-come-first-served basis.

In preparation for Prof Lopes’ workshop, we would like to invite anyone who is interested in reading his book to join us for a reading group. The reading group will take place in DSB at 10:00 am on the 16th January, and 6th February 2015. Please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in attending, by emailing us at scottishaestheticsforum@gmail.com.

Other confirmed speakers for the series include Prof Berys Gaut (University of St Andrews) on the 15th April and Prof Emily Brady (University of Edinburgh) on the 10th June, 2015, titles TBC.

If you have any enquiries, please contact the organisers at: scottishaestheticsforum@gmail.com

The Organisers,
Nicole Hall & Panos S. Paris

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Philosophy events, week of 15th December

Events next week (more information):

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Philosophy events, week of 8th December

Events next week (more information):

  • Workshop on Statistical Evidence in Epistemology and the Law, Glasgow, 12th – 13th December.  Speakers: Michael Blome-Tillmann (Cambridge/Montreal), Anna-Maria Eder (Duisburg-Essen), Andrew Higgins (Oxford), Federico Picinali (LSE), Mike Redmayne (LSE), Martin Smith (Glasgow), Levi Spectre (Open University of Israel).
  • New Enlightenment Lecture, Edinburgh, 12th December.  Speaker: Rae Langton (University of Cambridge).

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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.