2.30pm in the Benjamin library, to discuss the second half of Lewis's
"Causal Decision Theory", starting with section 6:
http://philpapers.org/rec/
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Probability reading group: Wednesday 29 Feb, 2.30pm
The probability reading group will meet again on Wednesday (29 Feb) at
2.30pm in the Benjamin library, to discuss the second half of Lewis's
"Causal Decision Theory", starting with section 6:
http://philpapers.org/rec/
2.30pm in the Benjamin library, to discuss the second half of Lewis's
"Causal Decision Theory", starting with section 6:
http://philpapers.org/rec/
Friday, February 17, 2012
Probability reading group: Wednesday 22 Feb, 2.30pm
the probability reading group emerges from hibernation next Wednesday
(22 Feb) at 2.30pm in the Benjamin library. We will discuss the first
half (sections 1-6) of David Lewis's classic paper "Causal Decision
Theory": http://philpapers.org/rec/
Our tentative plan for future sessions is to chaotically jump between
all sorts of topics, including decision theory, triviality results for
conditionals, and the semantics of probability operators (unless Paolo
wants to run "Modality and Probability" as a separate event; we'll
figure that out when he's back). Further suggestions are of course
welcome as well.
(22 Feb) at 2.30pm in the Benjamin library. We will discuss the first
half (sections 1-6) of David Lewis's classic paper "Causal Decision
Theory": http://philpapers.org/rec/
Our tentative plan for future sessions is to chaotically jump between
all sorts of topics, including decision theory, triviality results for
conditionals, and the semantics of probability operators (unless Paolo
wants to run "Modality and Probability" as a separate event; we'll
figure that out when he's back). Further suggestions are of course
welcome as well.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Evolution reading group - on hiatus
The Evolution reading group is on hiatus. We will reconvene in early February.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Evolution reading group, meeting 9
The next meeting of the Evolution reading group will be 2 PM Friday 2 December, in Seminar Rm E.
The reading is Craig Callender and Jonathan Cohen "Special sciences, conspiracy, and the Better Best System account of lawhood".
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
The reading is Craig Callender and Jonathan Cohen "Special sciences, conspiracy, and the Better Best System account of lawhood".
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Evolution reading group, meeting 8
The next meeting of the Evolution reading group will be 2 PM Friday 25 November, in Seminar Rm E.
The reading is Robert Brandon and Grant Ramsey's "What's wrong with the emergentist statistical interpretation of natural selection and random drift?"
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
The reading is Robert Brandon and Grant Ramsey's "What's wrong with the emergentist statistical interpretation of natural selection and random drift?"
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Evolution reading group, meeting 7
The next meeting of the Evolution reading group will be 2 PM Friday 18 November, in Seminar Rm E.
The reading is Derek Turner's "Local underdetermination in historical science"
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
The reading is Derek Turner's "Local underdetermination in historical science"
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Evolution reading group, meeting 6
The next meeting of the Evolution reading group will be 2 PM Friday 11 November, in Seminar Rm E.
The reading is Michael Krutzen's, Erik Willems', Carel van Schalk's "Culture and geographic variation in orangutan behaviour".
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
The reading is Michael Krutzen's, Erik Willems', Carel van Schalk's "Culture and geographic variation in orangutan behaviour".
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Evolution reading group, meeting 5
The next meeting of the Evolution reading group will be 2 PM Friday 4 November, in Seminar Rm E.
The reading is Samir Okasha's "Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection---a philosophical analysis".
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
The reading is Samir Okasha's "Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection---a philosophical analysis".
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
Friday, October 28, 2011
Ethics & International Public Policy - Fri 4 Nov (Anderson)
Next meeting: Friday 4 November, 12.30-1.30pm
Location: Coombs Seminar Room F.
Reading: Elizabeth Anderson (2010), 'The Imperative of Integration' - chapters 6 ('The imperative of integration') and 7 ('understanding affirmative action').
Reading: Elizabeth Anderson (2010), 'The Imperative of Integration' - chapters 6 ('The imperative of integration') and 7 ('understanding affirmative action').
Contact: jonathan [dot] pickering [at] anu [etc]
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Evolution reading group, meeting 4
The next meeting of the Evolution reading group will be 2.30 PM Friday 28 October, in Seminar Rm E.
The reading is Richard Byrne's and Anne Russon's "Learning by imitation: a hierarchical approach".
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
The reading is Richard Byrne's and Anne Russon's "Learning by imitation: a hierarchical approach".
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Marx's Capital - Seminar 10 - 21 October
Seminar 10 is on this Friday 21 October.
It will be on in Seminar room F in the Coombs building at 3pm as usual. We will be discussing Chapter 3 part 2.
It will be on in Seminar room F in the Coombs building at 3pm as usual. We will be discussing Chapter 3 part 2.
Evolution reading group, meeting 3
The next meeting of the Evolution reading group will be 2 PM Friday 21 October, in Seminar Rm E.
The reading is Mohan Matthen and Andre Ariew's "Selection and causation".
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
The reading is Mohan Matthen and Andre Ariew's "Selection and causation".
Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.
Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Ethics & International Public Policy - Fri 21 Oct (Anderson)
Next meeting: Friday 21 October, 12.30-1.30pm
Location: Coombs Seminar Room F.
Reading: Elizabeth Anderson (2010), 'The Imperative of Integration' - chapters 5 ('democratic ideals and segregation') and 6 ('the imperative of integration')
Reading: Elizabeth Anderson (2010), 'The Imperative of Integration' - chapters 5 ('democratic ideals and segregation') and 6 ('the imperative of integration')
Contact: jonathan [dot] pickering [at] anu [etc]
Friday, October 14, 2011
Foundations meeting: Tuesday October 18, 12 noon
Meeting of the foundations reading group, students only.
Where: Benjamin Library
When: Tuesday October 18, 12 noon - 2pm
Reading: MacFarlane's forthcoming "Relativism and Knowledge Attributions"
Where: Benjamin Library
When: Tuesday October 18, 12 noon - 2pm
Reading: MacFarlane's forthcoming "Relativism and Knowledge Attributions"
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Ethics & International Public Policy - Fri 14 Oct (Anderson)
Next meeting: Friday 14 October, 12.30-1.30pm
Location: Coombs Seminar Room F.
Reading: Elizabeth Anderson (2010), 'The Imperative of Integration' - chapters 4 ('racial segregation today: a normative assessment') and 5 ('democratic ideals and segregation).
Contact: jonathan [dot] pickering [at] anu [etc]
Monday, October 10, 2011
Foundations meeting: Tuesday October 11, 12 noon
Meeting of the foundations reading group, students only.
Where: Benjamin Library
When: Tuesday October 11, 12 noon - 2pm
The group read two chapters (Chs. 1&7) from Cappelen & Lepore's Insensitive Semantics.
Ch.1 will give you a nice overview of the way C&L lay out the debate over contextualisms.
Ch. 7. is the material to focus on. C&L offer three tests for context sensitivity and maintain that virtually no expressions beyond the most obvious indexicals, pronouns, and demonstratives pass the tests.
What's nice about this from our perspective is that C&L are looking at the whole range of debates over contextualisms (and not approaching each individual expression piecemeal), offering fairly clear tests, and also coming to a *very very extreme* conclusion (all in an entertainingly opinionated way)!
Where: Benjamin Library
When: Tuesday October 11, 12 noon - 2pm
The group read two chapters (Chs. 1&7) from Cappelen & Lepore's Insensitive Semantics.
Ch.1 will give you a nice overview of the way C&L lay out the debate over contextualisms.
Ch. 7. is the material to focus on. C&L offer three tests for context sensitivity and maintain that virtually no expressions beyond the most obvious indexicals, pronouns, and demonstratives pass the tests.
What's nice about this from our perspective is that C&L are looking at the whole range of debates over contextualisms (and not approaching each individual expression piecemeal), offering fairly clear tests, and also coming to a *very very extreme* conclusion (all in an entertainingly opinionated way)!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Happy Birthday ... Blog Turning One
Dear All,
In a couple of weeks, this blog is turning one. With more than 8,500 views, and visits from all continents, something appears to be going right. But no doubt, there are things that can be done to improve the blog.
Comments and suggestions are hereby invited. You can either leave a comment below, or email me directly, at ole dot koksvik thatsign gmail dot com.
(The blog's purpose is described on the 'About this Blog' page, linked on the right. Suggested amendments to that are of course also welcome.)
In a couple of weeks, this blog is turning one. With more than 8,500 views, and visits from all continents, something appears to be going right. But no doubt, there are things that can be done to improve the blog.
Comments and suggestions are hereby invited. You can either leave a comment below, or email me directly, at ole dot koksvik thatsign gmail dot com.
(The blog's purpose is described on the 'About this Blog' page, linked on the right. Suggested amendments to that are of course also welcome.)
Foundations meeting: Tuesday October 4, 12 noon
The foundations reading groups are for postgraduate students in philosophy only.
This group is lead by Jonathan Schaffer.
Place: Benjamin Library
Time: 12 noon - 2pm, Oct 4
Reading: Lewis's "Index, Context, and Content" (contact Jonathan for a copy if required)
This group is lead by Jonathan Schaffer.
Place: Benjamin Library
Time: 12 noon - 2pm, Oct 4
Reading: Lewis's "Index, Context, and Content" (contact Jonathan for a copy if required)
Foundations: Philosophy of Language (Schaffer)
Time: 12noon - 2pm, Tuesdays
First Meeting: October 4
Place: Benjamin Library
Topic: Invariantism / contextualism /relativism. For the first two meetings we will set up a background semantic framework, and for the last three meetings we will look at specific debates concerning predicates of personal taste, epistemic modals, and knowledge ascriptions.
First Meeting: October 4
Place: Benjamin Library
Topic: Invariantism / contextualism /relativism. For the first two meetings we will set up a background semantic framework, and for the last three meetings we will look at specific debates concerning predicates of personal taste, epistemic modals, and knowledge ascriptions.
Ethics & International Public Policy - Fri 7 Oct
* Note updated details *
Next meeting: Friday 7 October, 12.30-1.30pm
Location: Coombs Seminar Room F.
Reading: Elizabeth Anderson (2010), 'The Imperative of Integration' - chapter 1.
Location: Coombs Seminar Room F.
Reading: Elizabeth Anderson (2010), 'The Imperative of Integration' - chapter 1.
Contact: jonathan dot pickering at anu etc
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A few colleagues have recommended Elizabeth Anderson’s recent book on ‘The imperative of integration’, and we thought we could devote a few sessions of the Ethics and International Public Policy reading group to the book in October. In case you’re not familiar with the book, here are a few impressions from fellow reading group member Scott Wisor:
‘The specific focus is on racial integration in the U.S., and specifically integration of blacks and whites. While that narrow topic may not be of particular interest to many of you, her book bears on, and brings new insights to, a host of standard philosophical topics, including ideal and non-ideal theory, feasibility, methodology and political philosophy, justice, responsibility, legal philosophy, democratic theory, equality, citizenship, and more. The philosophy is top notch, but at least as impressive is her ability to engage in interdisciplinary research. She doesn’t just draw on other fields, she has a command of them. Her range over other disciplines, from social psychology to economics to constitutional law, is as good as or better than almost any contemporary philosopher. I think it nicely demonstrates the possibilities of interdisciplinary, applied philosophy.’
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