Subjects of Time: Australian lives at the fin de siècle
Seminar
The fin de siècle c1890-1914 reflected a tension between movement and stasis, degeneration and progress. Historical actors caught between acting in the world as it was or finding ways of changing circumstance and perspective. Charles Conder’s painting While Daylight Lingers (1890) provided an…
Legitimacy Beyond the State
Workshop
This workshop aims to advance philosophical research on legitimacy as a normative (as opposed to merely sociological) concept. Philosophers have traditionally applied the concept of legitimacy exclusively to political states, often with special attention to the close relation between states…
The Road to Batemans Bay by Alastair Greig - Book Launch
Book launch
Join us for snacks and drinks in the RSSS Foyer as Emeritus Fellow Alastair Greig launches The Road to Batemans Bay (ANU Press, 2024). The book will be launched by Associate Professor Ruth Morgan and Professor Nick Brown. The Road to Batemans Bay is the story of competing ventures…
Thinking From Everywhen: Philosophy, Indigenous Knowledge & Perspectives
Workshop
This workshop asks how Western Philosophy should proceed if it takes seriously the challenge of decolonisation and of opening a respectful dialogue with Indigenous philosophies and knowledge systems. It explores ways to improve the plurality of the Philosophy discipline by recognising First Nations…
Dec 13 - TBC
Seminar
Speaker TBC 12–1PM 13 DECEMBER 2023 Location: RSSS room 6.71 or online via this Zoom link Paper title, details for accessing the paper and session details will be circulated through the Philsoc-l mailing list, which you can subscribe to here.
The continuum argument is invalid - John Broome
Seminar
Speaker: John Broome Derek Parfit argues by means of something he calls a ‘continuum argument’ that a particular appealing premise in population axiology implies a conclusion that he and many other people find repugnant. He treats this as a paradox, and takes up the…
The Unity of Dreams - Cecily Whiteley
Seminar
Speaker: Cecily Whiteley When we are asleep, we are not uniformly unconscious — rather, our sleep is interspersed with bursts of conscious mental activity. This activity takes different forms throughout the night: some experiences are complex, bizarre, and emotionally vivid simulations which…