Probability reading group: Wed 3 March

Dear all,

next week the probability reading group will take a brief detour to
look at a question about counterfactual conditionals. The reading is a
forthcoming paper by Lee Walters and Robbie Williams, "An Argument for
Conjunction Conditionalization":
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~some3090/papers/An%20Argument%20for%20Conjunction%20Conditionalization.pdf#.

See you on Wednesday at 1pm in the Benjamin library!
wo.

Science and Metaphysics RG Meeting #6

When: Tuesday 26th March from 11-12.30

Where:  Benjamin Library, Coombs Building

Reading: Chakravartty, Anjan 'Six Degrees of Speculation: Metaphysics in Empirical Contexts', in B. Monton (ed.)Images of Empiricism (2007), Oxford University Press. 

Contact: Rachael (rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au)

Science and Metaphysics RG Meeting #5

When: Tuesday 12th March from 11-12.30

Where:  Benjamin Library, Coombs Building

Reading: Carrie Jenkins' paper:  "Naturalistic Challenges to the A Priori" (Forthcoming in A. Casullo and J. Thurow (ed.s), The A Priori in Philosophy, Oxford University Press)

Contact: Rachael (rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au)

Metaphysics and Science Reading Group

When: Tuesday 5th of March from 11-12.30 

Where:  Benjamin Library, Coombs Building

Reading: Ladyman (2012) "Science, Metaphysics and Method" Philosophical Studies160: 31-50. 

Contact: Rachael (rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution RG

When: 2-3.30pm, Friday 8th March, 2013

Where: Benjamin Library (Coombs Building).

Reading: 

Dickinson (2012) "Associative Learning and Animal Cognition" Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 367, 2733-2742.

Heyes (2012) "Simple minds: a qualified defence of associative learning" Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 367, 2695-2703. 

Contact: Rachael rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au

Probability reading group: Wed 6 March

Hello,

the next meeting of the probability reading group will discuss Jamie
Dreier's (1996) "Rational Preference: Decision theory as a theory of
practical rationality":
http://www.springerlink.com/index/q54k6u2224u35102.pdf#.

We meet on Wednesday at 2pm in the Benjamin library.

Best,
wo.

Evolution Reading Group

When: 2-3.30pm, Friday 1st March, 2013
Where: Benjamin Library (Coombs Building).
Reading: Heyes (2012) "Simple minds: a qualified defence of associative learning" Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 367, 2695-2703. 


Contact: rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au

Probability reading group: Wed 27 Feb

Hello,

the next meeting of the probability reading group will discuss Alan
Hajek's "Unexpected Expectations", which you can temporarily find
here: http://umsu.de/temp/unexpected.pdf#. We meet on Wednesday at 2pm
in the Benjamin library.

Best,
wo.

Probability reading group: Wed 20 Feb 2pm

Hello,

the probability reading group meets on Wednesday at 2pm in the
Benjamin library to discuss Richard Bradley's 'Reaching a consensus':
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/23866/1/Reaching_a_Consensus_(LSERO).pdf#.
(Apologies for the short notice.)

Best,
wo.

Evolution Reading Group

When: 2-3.30pm, Friday 15th February, 2013

Where: Benjamin Library (Coombs Building).

Reading: Sterelny's 2010 paper "Minds: extended or scaffolded?" (Phenom Cogn Sci (2010) 9:465–481). 

NB: The discussion will assume familiarity with Clark and Chalmers' paper "The Extended Mind" (from Analysis 58:10-23, 1998). 

Contact: Rachael (rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au)

Metaphysics and Science RG Meeting #3

When: Tuesday 26th of February from 11-12.30 (note: there is no meeting on Tuesday 19th of February)

Where:  Benjamin Library, Coombs Building


Reading: Laurie Paul's "Metaphysics as modeling: the handmaiden's tale" (from Philos Stud (2012) 160:1–29)


Contact: Rachael (rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au)

Metaphysics and Science Reading Group

The Science and Metaphysics Reading Group focuses on the relationship between metaphysics and science, in particular the similarities and differences between the methodologies of the two fields.

We read a paper each week and the group is open to all graduate students and staff in the School of Philosophy. Others interested in attending should contact the convenor, Rachael Brown (rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au).

During Semester I, 2013 we will be meeting at 11-12.30 on Tuesdays, in the Benjamin Library  (Coombs Building).

Evolution RG

The first meeting of the Evolution Reading Group for 2013 will be held on Friday 8th of February at 2pm in the Benjamin Library (Coombs Building).

We will be taking a little detour into some philosophy of cognitive science and discussing two short papers:

(1) Clark (1999) "An embodied cognitive science?" Trends in Cognitive Science, 3(9): 345-350.

(2) Taylor et. al (2010) "An Investigation into the Cognition Behind Spontaneous String Pulling in New Caledonian Crows" PLosOne, 5(2): e9435.

- Rachael (rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au)

Science and Metaphysics RG

When: Tuesday 12th of February from 11am-12noon

Where:  Benjamin Library, Coombs Building

Reading:

Godfrey-Smith, P. (2006), ‘Theories and models in metaphysics’, Harvard Review of Philosophy, 14: 4-19.

Contact: Rachael (rachael{dot}brown{at}anu.edu.au)

evolution reading group

The next meeting of the evolution reading group will be 2 PM Friday 26 October in the Benjamin library.

The reading is Tim Lewens, "Seven types of adaptationism".

Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

evolution reading group

The next meeting of the evolution reading group will be 2 PM Friday 19 October in the Benjamin library.

The reading is Grant Ramsey & Anne Siebels Peterson, "Sameness in biology".

Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

evolution reading group

The next meeting of the evolution reading group will be 2 PM Friday 12 October in the Benjamin library.

The reading is David Lewis, "Causal explanation".

Electronic copy of the reading available upon request.

Contact: Stephan Kubicki (stephan.kubicki{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution Reading Group

The next meeting of the Evolution Reading Group is 2.30PM, Friday 15th September in the Benjamin Library, Coombs Building, ANU. The reading is - Sterelny's "From Fitness to Utility"

Contact: Rachael Brown (rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au)

Evolution Reading Group

The next meeting of the Evolution Reading Group is 2.30PM, Friday 24th August in the Benjamin Library, Coombs Building, ANU.

The reading is -

Wagner, A. (2012). The Role of Randomness in Darwinian Evolution*. Philosophy of Science, 79(1), 95–119. doi:10.1086/663239

Contact: rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au

Evolution Reading Group

The next meeting of the Evolution Reading Group is 2 PM Friday 10th August in the Benjamin library. We will be discussing - 

Kaplan and Winther (forthcoming) "Prisoners of Abstraction? The Theory and Measure of Genetic Variation, and the Very Concept of "Race"", Biological Theory.

Contact: Rachael Brown (rachael.brown{at}anu.edu.au)