Tag: French philosophy

Philosophy Seminar Series Michael Devitt| CUNY | Wednesday 20 September 3:30pm Ostrich Nominalism “Ostrich Nominalism” is Armstrong’s (1978) pejorative name for the Quinean response to the venerable One over Many problem. Instead of offering a solution to this problem, as do Realists and traditional Nominalists, the Ostrich dismisses the problem as pseudo. The paper discusses …

Philosophy Seminar Series Tom Hercules Davies | University of Melbourne | Wednesday 16 August 3:30pm Aristotle (and his interpreters) on Nature and Explanation Why does fire go up? Because that it is nature. What is the nature of fire? To go up. Aristotle would accept both these answers, and in 1686, Robert Boyle accused him …

Philosophy Seminar Series Alex Horne | Sydney University | Monday 3:30pm, 6 September, 2023 The Self-improvement machine Theories of happiness generally divide into those that analyse ‘happiness’ as a purely descriptive psychological term, and those that take ‘happiness’ to be an evaluative term roughly synonymous with ‘leading a good life.’ I argue that happiness is …

Philosophy Seminar Series Caroline West | Sydney University | Monday 3:30pm, 13 September, 2023 Happiness as a psychological good Theories of happiness generally divide into those that analyse ‘happiness’ as a purely descriptive psychological term, and those that take ‘happiness’ to be an evaluative term roughly synonymous with ‘leading a good life.’ I argue that …

Dying on Screen: In Conversation with Amiel Courtin-Wilson on ‘Man on Earth’. Oct 16, 2023 | 5pm   5pm pre-screening gathering, light refreshments served in the Courtyard. 6pm film screening 7:30pm Panel/Q&A Using his acclaimed latest documentary Man on Earth as a case study, join celebrated Australian director Amiel Courtin-Wilson as he unpacks the unique …

Expanding the Canon – Challenges, Methods and Prospects Workshop organised by Dalia Nassar | Oct 20, 2023.   10am – 12:30pm: Masterclass on Germaine de Staël with Prof Kristin Gjesdal* 1:30pm – 6:00pm: Afternoon workshop and panel discussion (until 6pm) 6:00pm: Reception *Registration for the masterclass is only open to Honours and HDR students.   …

Anderson Fellows Lecture | Rebels, Romantics, and Revolutionaries: The Radical Legacy of Nineteenth-Century Women Philosophers Prof. Kristin Gjesdal (Temple University) | 30 October, 5:30pm doors for 6:00pm start   Rebels, romantics, and revolutionaries – the women in nineteenth-century philosophy were ready to cause trouble. In this presentation, Kristin Gjesdal (Temple University) examines the often-overlooked works …

Philosophy Seminar Series | Special Edition Arash Abizadeh | McGill University | Monday 3:30pm, 14 August, 2023 Agential Power and Structural Power, Causal and Non-Causal Many theorists of social power assume that agents’ power operates only by way of their intentional actions and their causal role in effecting outcomes. The former assumption is true of …