Tag: Espinas to Kojèv

Philosophy Seminar Dr Katharina Helming | Leipzig University | 15 March, 12:00pm   Mentalizing and the problem of coordination Common knowledge, that is the ability to know things together, underlies uniquely human forms of coordination. However, there is a puzzle in the existing literature about how to characterize this kind of knowledge. Traditionally philosophers propose …

Philosophy Seminar Series Shang Long, NUS / Monash | 3:30pm, 03 May, 2023   —— Hybrid Event Philosophy Seminar Room (N494), the Quadrangle To view the seminar online, please sign up to the SydPhil mailing list to receive the zoom link https://mailman.sydney.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil   Image: Photo by Micha Frank   To join our mailing list, simply …

Philosophy Seminar Series Clas Weber, University of Western Australia | 3:30pm, 26 April, 2023   —— Online Event To view the seminar online, please sign up to the SydPhil mailing list to receive the zoom link https://mailman.sydney.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil   Image: Photo by Micha Frank   To join our mailing list, simply subscribe here Social Media Follow …

Philosophy Seminar Series Mark Alfano, Macquarie University | 3:30pm, 19 April, 2023   —— Hybrid Event Philosophy Seminar Room (N494), the Quadrangle To view the seminar online, please sign up to the SydPhil mailing list to receive the zoom link https://mailman.sydney.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil   Image: Photo by Micha Frank   To join our mailing list, simply subscribe …

Philosophy Seminar Series Jonathan Sholl, Bourdeaux | 3:30pm, 05 April, 2023   —— Hybrid Event Philosophy Seminar Room (N494), the Quadrangle To view the seminar online, please sign up to the SydPhil mailing list to receive the zoom link https://mailman.sydney.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil   Image: Photo by Micha Frank   To join our mailing list, simply subscribe here …

Philosophy Seminar Series Alastair Wilson, Birmingham | 3:30pm, 29 March, 2023 I argue for a distinction between two kinds of priority in metaphysics:  metaphysical fundamentality and metaphysical naturalness. Drawing this distinction allows for perfectly natural properties at non-fundamental levels. I show how the distinction between fundamentality and naturalness can be implemented in a simple subject-matter-based …

Philosophy Seminar Series Kathryn MacKay, University of Sydney | 3:30pm, 15 March, 2023   This paper proposes a theory of virtue for socio-political institutions. Utilizing Oliver Williamson’s (2000) taxonomy of institutions and their structures, I will argue that socio-political institutions have an under-appreciated and under-theorised role in creating and maintaining the conditions for virtue at …

Philosophy Seminar Series Jennifer Mensch, Western Sydney University | 3:30pm, 22 March, 2023 In this discussion I start with one of Kant’s most familiar texts, the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, in order to focus on his example of moral failure presented by the person who has chosen an easy path in life; one who …

Aristotle on Interspecies Relations Jessica Gelber, University of Toronto | 3:30pm, 08 March, 2023   Scientific explanations of the relations that hold between kinds (what I am calling “relational facts”) is challenging (if not impossible) by the lights of Aristotelian science. However, Aristotle is aware that there are many such facts: In Historia Animalium, various ways …

Knowing & Learning Tyler Doggett, University of Vermont | 3:30pm, 01 March, 2023   We have limited resources. We can’t help everyone. This talk is partly about the roles that friendship, affection, and acquaintance play in determining whom to save. Also, it’s partly about popularity in philosophy. (These two parts are connected.) —— Hybrid Event …