From dinesh.wadiwel at sydney.edu.au Mon Sep 5 15:45:29 2016 From: dinesh.wadiwel at sydney.edu.au (Dinesh Wadiwel) Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 05:45:29 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_HARN_Seminar=3A_Preference_Forma?= =?windows-1252?q?tion_Fr=E9d=E9ric_C=F4t=E9-Boudreau_20_September=2C_2016?= =?windows-1252?q?=2E_RC_Mills_Building_Room_148=2C_1_-_2pm=2E?= In-Reply-To: <628930503D528645B9B83D6CB1436AFA0190E8400D@ex-mbx-pro-04> References: <628930503D528645B9B83D6CB1436AFA0190E8400D@ex-mbx-pro-04> Message-ID: <628930503D528645B9B83D6CB1436AFA019E7353E8@ex-mbx-pro-04> [Ducks!] Photo Credit: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Preference Formation:A Non-Rationalistic & Non-Individualistic Approach Fr?d?ric C?t?-Boudreau. 20 September, 2016. RC Mills Building Room 148, The University of Sydney 1 - 2pm. There are many theoretical obstacles that prevent marginalized groups, such as animals and persons with cognitive disabilities, from living the life they would like to lead. The main cause in these two cases has probably to do with the way philosophers typically define the concept of autonomy - in a highly rationalistic fashion. This tradition seems to me wrongheaded, as everyone is entitled to be free to choose her life and to not be dominated, regardless of one?s cognitive abilities. But even once we grant that these individuals deserve the rights associated with autonomy, other issues persist. Is it enough to let them choose as they want or is intervention warranted in some cases, for instance when their choices are significantly harmful? And given that influences inescapably shape one's identity and preferences in any social settings, how can we ensure that their environment can foster their autonomy rather than force them into predetermined choices? In general, how do we deal with adaptive preferences with persons who are not only more vulnerable to manipulation, but also less apt to question their options? By drawing from relational autonomy, disability studies, and citizenship theory of animals, I will argue that these issues can be addressed in non-rationalistic and non-individualistic terms in a way that is equally instructive for neurotypical human agents, for persons with cognitive disabilities, and for animals. This approach will emphasize that social support is often crucial for any group to acknowledge and overcome its oppression, and for this reason, that personal autonomy often relies on interpersonal contributions. But this social influence, as it can as much foster as undermine individual liberty, should also aim at helping individuals to make their own choices, by allowing them the opportunity to redefine their relationships and their environment to a certain extent, to opt out if necessary, as well as to gain the power to contest their set of options. Bio Fr?d?ric C?t?-Boudreau is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at Queen's University, working under the supervision of Will Kymlicka. His interests cover issues at the intersection between political philosophy and animal ethics while his thesis focuses on the concept of autonomy. He is also active in the Qu?bec animal justice movement and maintains a popular French-language blog at coteboudreau.com. http://sydney.edu.au/arts/research/harn/seminars/index.shtml -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kristie_miller at yahoo.com Tue Sep 6 09:59:04 2016 From: kristie_miller at yahoo.com (Kristie Miller) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 09:59:04 +1000 Subject: [SydPhil] A New Theory of Intentional Identity: Alex Sandgren Thursday Message-ID: Dear all, Alex Sandgren will be presenting the following on Thursday at 3,00 in the Muniment room. Everyone welcome. Title: A New Theory of Intentional Identity Abstract: There is intentional identity when attitudes have a common focus, whether or not there is an object at that focus. For instance, there is intentional identity when two beliefs are about London and when two beliefs are directed at the same witch. Theories of intentional identity are accounts of when and why intentional attitudes have a common focus in this sense. In this talk, I present a new theory of intentional identity, the triangulation theory, and argue that it has some major advantages over its principal rivals. Associate Professor Kristie Miller Senior ARC Research Fellow Joint Director, the Centre for Time School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and The Centre for Time The University of Sydney Sydney Australia Room 407, A 14 kmiller at usyd.edu.au kristie_miller at yahoo.com Ph: +612 9036 9663 http://www.kristiemiller.net/KristieMiller2/Home_Page.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From calendar-notification at google.com Tue Sep 6 13:00:13 2016 From: calendar-notification at google.com (Google Calendar) Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 03:00:13 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Notification: Jeanette Kennett @ Wed 7 Sep 2016 13:00 - 14:30 (Seminars) Message-ID: <001a114fd0ecd5f18e053bcdfe6e@google.com> This is a notification for: Title: Jeanette Kennett Psychopathy, Attributability, and Moral Responsibility Psychopaths lack normative capacity. This has led many, including myself to conclude that they do not satisfy the conditions for moral and criminal responsibility. But psychopaths are capable of acting with ill will and their bad actions seem thoroughly attributable to them. Some writers have argued that attributability is enough to justify moral blame and punishment. In this talk I question whether attributability could ground moral or criminal responsibility and argue that it plays a different but important role in the law. When: Wed 7 Sep 2016 13:00 ? 14:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Where: Sydney Uni, Muniment Room Calendar: Seminars Who: * Sam Shpall- creator Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=ZnBhbmhmdHVlYWJzanQ1Z2kzMDJqc25sam8gMm1lN2M3ZnIzb21wbDRyaHZrcG1sYTUzNjhAZw Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email at the account sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au because you are subscribed for notifications on calendar Seminars. 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For instance, there is intentional identity when two beliefs are about London and when two beliefs are directed at the same witch. Theories of intentional identity are accounts of when and why intentional attitudes have a common focus in this sense. In this talk, I present a new theory of intentional identity, the triangulation theory, and argue that it has some major advantages over its principal rivals. As usual, papers are in the Muniment Room at 3.00. All welcome. Associate Professor Kristie Miller Senior ARC Research Fellow Joint Director, the Centre for Time School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and The Centre for Time The University of Sydney Sydney Australia Room 407, A 14 kmiller at usyd.edu.au kristie_miller at yahoo.com Ph: +612 9036 9663 http://www.kristiemiller.net/KristieMiller2/Home_Page.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best wishes, Kev DR KEVIN WALTON Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School Director, Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY T +61 2 9351 0286 E kevin.walton at sydney.edu.au W www.sydney.edu.au/law -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From calendar-notification at google.com Wed Sep 7 14:59:47 2016 From: calendar-notification at google.com (Google Calendar) Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2016 04:59:47 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Notification: Alex Sandgren @ Thu 8 Sep 2016 15:00 - 16:30 (Current Projects) Message-ID: <089e0160b9a04f745c053be3c88d@google.com> This is a notification for: Title: Alex Sandgren Title: A New Theory of Intentional Identity Abstract: There is intentional identity when attitudes have a common focus, whether or not there is an object at that focus. For instance, there is intentional identity when two beliefs are about London and when two beliefs are directed at the same witch. Theories of intentional identity are accounts of when and why intentional attitudes have a common focus in this sense. In this talk, I present a new theory of intentional identity, the triangulation theory, and argue that it has some major advantages over its principal rivals. When: Thu 8 Sep 2016 15:00 ? 16:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Calendar: Current Projects Who: * Kristie Miller- creator Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=XzhnczM2Z2kxNjEya2FiYTU4ZDJqYWI5azZ0MWpjYmEyOGQwajhiYTU4a3NqaWdobjYxMTNnZGExNmsgZmV2MWxkcjRsa2h2MDM2b2U0aW4yanR0ZGdAZw Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email at the account sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au because you are subscribed for notifications on calendar Current Projects. To stop receiving these emails, please log in to https://www.google.com/calendar/ and change your notification settings for this calendar. 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Thursday, September 8th UOW Philosophy Seminar: "Scientific Progress and the Value of Science" Speaker: Prof. Darrell Rowbottom (Lingnan University) Location: LHA Research Hub (19.2072) Time: 3:30-5:00 UOW Philosophy Workshop: "Instrumentalism and the Role of Scientific Discourse about the Unobservable" Speaker: Prof. Darrell Rowbottom (Lingnan University) Location: LHA Research Hub (19.2072) Time: 3:30-5:00 The Friday workshop will focus on chapters from a new book by Prof. Rowbottom. Anyone who is interested in reading these ahead of the workshop should please contact Patrick McGivern for copies. All are welcome to attend these events. Regards, Patrick McGivern? -- Dr. Patrick McGivern Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Head of Postgraduate Studies, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry University of Wollongong p: +61 2 4221 5676 e: patrickm at uow.edu.au w: https://uow.academia.edu/PatrickMcGivern/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This account combines a conversational model of responsibility with a functionalist justification for moral attributions: they're justified ifthey're likely to enhance moral understanding and agency in the conversational participants. Date: 13 September, 2016 Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm Location: 209 Morven Brown, UNSW Kensington Markos Valaris Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Associate Editor, Australasian Journal of Philosophy School of Humanities and Languages University of New South Wales Phone: +(61) 2 9385 2760 (office) http://www.markosvalaris.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This mix of authors reflects the influence that Anscombe has had in the philosophy of action, in both the analytical and idealist traditions. When: Wed 14 Sep 2016 13:00 ? 14:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Calendar: Seminars Who: * Sam Shpall- creator Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=bm5vYXZscmt2aTBndDNjdWFtNjlzaHNjYnMgMm1lN2M3ZnIzb21wbDRyaHZrcG1sYTUzNjhAZw Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email at the account sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au because you are subscribed for notifications on calendar Seminars. To stop receiving these emails, please log in to https://www.google.com/calendar/ and change your notification settings for this calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to modify your RSVP response. Learn more at https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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He is the author of numerous books, including Between Word and Image: Heidegger, Gadamer, and Klee (2016), Idiome der Wahrheit (2012), Lyrical and Ethical Subjects (2005), and On Germans and Other Greeks (2001). The respondent will be David Malouf, the acclaimed author of many novels including Ransom, The Great World (winner of the Commonwealth Writers? prize and the Prix Femina Etranger), and Remembering Babylon (winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award). Thursday 22nd September, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Metcalfe Auditorium, Macquarie Building, State Library of New South Wales Adults $15, Friends and Concessions $10. *Booking essential: http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/whats-on Further Information: http://sydneyseminar.net/artphil/ - - - - - - - - - Dimitris Vardoulakis Western Sydney University School of Humanities and Communication Arts Bankstown Campus, 7.G.10 Locked Bag 1797 Penrith, NSW 2751 AUSTRALIA tel: +61 2 9772 6808 www.westernsydney.edu.au/philosophy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 81862 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I will argue that given the best evidence of the nature of implicit attitudes, they should be assessed as largely though not exclusively non-racist against the doxastic and behavioural standard, while the affective standard delivers a more mixed verdict. When: Thu 15 Sep 2016 15:00 ? 16:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Calendar: Current Projects Who: * Kristie Miller- creator Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=XzZ0MWthY2hnNmgyajZiOXA4NHJrMmI5azcwcjNjYjlwNjhwNDRiOWg4b3A0NGdhNDZnc2thZDFvOGsgZmV2MWxkcjRsa2h2MDM2b2U0aW4yanR0ZGdAZw Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email at the account sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au because you are subscribed for notifications on calendar Current Projects. To stop receiving these emails, please log in to https://www.google.com/calendar/ and change your notification settings for this calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to modify your RSVP response. Learn more at https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adam.hochman at mq.edu.au Sat Sep 10 14:00:16 2016 From: adam.hochman at mq.edu.au (Adam Hochman) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 04:00:16 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] MQ Philosophy Seminar on Tuesday the 13th of September: Milena Ivanova (MCMP) Message-ID: Aesthetic Values in Science Milena Ivanova (MCMP) Date: Tuesday, 13th of September Time: 13:00 - 14:00 Venue: W6A 107, Macquarie University ABSTRACT: In this paper I explore the epistemic justification of aesthetic values in scientific practice. It is well documented that scientists use aesthetic values in the evaluation and choice of theories they employ. Aesthetic values are not only regarded as leading to practically more convenient theories, but are very often taken to stand in a special epistemic relation to the truth of a theory. That is, the aesthetic properties of a theory are regarded as intrinsically linked to the theory's truthlikeness, justifying our belief that a beautiful theory is a true one. I examine the empirical justification for this link and its challenges. I explore an alternative link which could overcome the noted difficulties and captures better scientific practice. Contact: Adam Hochman (adam.hochman at mq.edu.au) or Mike Olson (michael.olson at mq.edu.au) A google calendar with details of other events in this series is available for viewing and subscription by following this link: https://goo.gl/56sotM --- Adam Hochman Macquarie University Research Fellow Department of Philosophy | W6A, Room 733 Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia Staff Profile | http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/staff/adam_hochman/ Personal Website | adamhochman.com Academia.edu Page | https://mq.academia.edu/AdamHochman Philpapers Page | http://philpapers.org/profile/48626 T: +61 2 9850 8859 | arts.mq.edu.au [Macquarie University] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: