Monday, March 28, 2011

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 6

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 1st April, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is chapter 6, "Deception", from Brian Skyrms' Signals.

Electronic copies are available upon request.

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

Foundations Meeting

The Foundations Reading Group on mental representation will meet in Tuesday March 29 in Seminar Room D, 1330 - 1530. The reading is 'Advertisement for a Semantics for Psychology', by Ned Block. Contact Angela for a copy of the reading.

Foundations

The Foundations reading groups are led by faculty members. Each group typically runs for six sessions, and aims to give the sudents an advanced introduction to a particular philosophical topic area.
Previous groups have treated topics such as probability, perception, physicalism, meta-logic, normative ethics, mathematics, metaphysics, intuition, and action.


The Foundations reading groups are open only to postgraduate students enrolled in or visiting the ANU Philosophy program. A certain level of participation is required for enrolled students; see the page on the 'Foundations Course'.

Current Foundations Reading Group
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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Probability meeting

We'll meet at 2pm on Wednesday 30 March, in Coombs seminar room E to discuss:

Frank Arntzenius (1995). Indeterminism and the Direction of Time. Topoi 14 (1).

The paper is available here.

Moral and Political Philosophy - 30 March

lThe next meeting of the Moral and Political Philosophy Reading Group will wrap-up our discussion of Justice as Fairness. Details are as follows:

Wednesday 30 March
2:30-3:45pm
Seminar Room F, Coombs Building

All are welcome. After next week's reading group we will be starting an eight week reading of Rosalind Hursthouse's On Virtue Ethics. Those wishing to obtain an electronic copy of the introduction and first chapter of the Hursthouse reading should contact Jon Herington.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 5

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 25th March, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is chapters 4 & 5, "Evolution" and "Evolution in Lewis Signaling Games", from Brian Skyrms' Signals.

Electronic copies are available upon request.

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

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Probability meeting

2pm Wednesday 23 March 2011, Coombs seminar room E. We'll discuss:

Elliott Sober (1993). Temporally Oriented Laws. Synthese 94 (2).

The paper can be found here.

cheers

John

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Ethics & International Public Policy - Tue 22 Mar

Next meeting: Tuesday 22 March, 12.30-1.30 pm

Location: Coombs Seminar Room B.

Informal presentation: Luara Ferracioli on 'Skill flow and moral responsibility'

Contact: jonathan dot pickering at anu etc

Monday, March 14, 2011

Evolution of Cognition reading group, meeting 4

Hi all,

The next meeting of the Evolution of Cognition reading group is Friday 18th March, 2:30 PM, Seminar Rm F.

The reading is chapter 3, "Information", from Brian Skyrms' Signals.

Electronic copies are available upon request.

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

Probability meeting

2pm, Wednesday 16 March 2011 in Coombs seminar room E, to discuss:

Chapter 12 ('Induction and Objectification') of Richard Jeffrey's book, The Logic of Decision.

Update: The reading is available here.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Practical Cognition -- meeting 13

We will meet Friday, 11th March, at 2pm on the tea room balcony to discuss the final bit of Michael Thompson's Life and Action, specifically, section 4 of chapter 10 and chapter 11.

A copy of the reading available for photocopying is in the pigeon hole bearing the name "John Bengson", located among the pigeon holes located near the elevator (the one by the tea room) on the second floor of Coombs.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Moral and Political Philosophy - 9 March

The next meeting of the Moral and Political Philosophy Reading Group will continue our discussion of Part IV of Justice as Fairness. Details are as follows:

Wednesday 9 March
2:30-3:45pm
Seminar Room F, Coombs Building

Those wishing to attend can obtain an electronic copy of the reading from Jon Herington

Friday, March 4, 2011

Probability meeting

2pm Wednesday 9 March, in Coombs seminar room E, discussing:

Paul Humphreys (2004). Some Considerations on Conditional Chances. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 55 (4):667-680.

The paper is available here.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Ethics & International Public Policy - Tue 8 Mar

Next meeting: Tuesday, 8 March, 12.30-1.30 pm

Location: Coombs Seminar Room C.

Informal presentation: Scott Wisor on 'Public reason and poverty measurement'

Contact: jonathan dot pickering at anu etc

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Practical Cognition -- meeting 12

We will meet Friday, 4th March, at 2pm on the tea room balcony to discuss part three, "Practical Generality", of Michael Thompson's Life and Action.

A copy of the reading available for photocopying is in the pigeon hole bearing the name "John Bengson", located among the pigeon holes located near the elevator (the one by the tea room) on the second floor of Coombs.