Jun 28 - Making Fair Comparisons in Political Theory
Seminar
Normative political theorists frequently compare hypothetical scenarios for the purpose of identifying reasons to prefer one kind of institution to alternatives. We examine three types of "unfair" comparisons and the reasoning errors associated with each. We then show how a modeling mindset…
RETURN: Reconnecting objects and collections with people and places
Symposium
Objects held in Australian and international museums are returning to Country. What is involved in these ‘returns’? What is activated when objects removed from Country are reconnected to people and place? How might it affect ‘wellbeing’ and ‘resilience’ – and how does it contribute…
Evolvability: A Bridge Between the Proximate and Ultimate?
Lecture
Whilst scientists sometimes attribute the differential diversification, adaptedness, and disparity of lineages to their "evolvability", the exact nature of evolvability is debated. Moreover, the role that evolvability, and appeals to it, should play in our evolutionary science is unclear. This…
Center Indifference and Skepticism - David Builes (Princeton)
Seminar
Speaker: David Builes Many philosophers have been attracted to a restricted version of the principle of indifference in the case of self-locating belief. Roughly speaking, this principle states that, within any given possible world, one should be indifferent between different…
History and Legacies of Violence Research Roadshow
Conference
Join us for a Research Roadshow of presentations that explore the History and Legacy of Violence. Scholars from a wide range of disciplines and research specialties will combine forces to explore multiple ways of interpreting violence through its history and legacies. Public presentations will run…
Medical Microbiome Research and Its Parallels with Galenic Medicine
Lecture
Associate Professor Maureen O’Malley (School of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney) will examine some of the problematic concepts in microbiome research from a novel angle. Human microbiomes (the microbial communities in human bodies) have been linked to every bodily and mental…
What’s Wrong with U.S. Election Polling?
Seminar
Election polls in the 2020 U.S. presidential election had the worst performance in decades, overestimating support for Democrat Joe Biden and underestimating support for Republican Donald Trump. Although scholars and journalists have speculated about the cause of polling errors, empirical evidence…