From hps.admin at sydney.edu.au Mon Apr 24 11:39:34 2017 From: hps.admin at sydney.edu.au (HPS Admin) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 01:39:34 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] HPS Research Seminar-Greg Dawes - "The Development of Medieval Empiricism" In-Reply-To: <8B1F61251560B84CACBB4191CEEAFD850176B6C524@ex-mbx-pro-06> References: <8B1F61251560B84CACBB4191CEEAFD850176B6C524@ex-mbx-pro-06> Message-ID: <8B1F61251560B84CACBB4191CEEAFD850176B6C532@ex-mbx-pro-06> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/377ed99b00666e1febb7dbbc0/images/4fed6c6d-233b-48a1-a3f9-8d84bd306ae5.jpg] THE UNIT FOR HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Held in conjunction with the Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science SEMESTER ONE RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES MONDAY 1st May 2017 [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/377ed99b00666e1febb7dbbc0/images/65637b63-3264-449a-8b52-5308fe38ae6f.jpg] Assoc. Professor Greg Dawes Department of Philosophy University of Otago New Zealand The Development of Medieval Empiricism Was there such a thing as medieval empiricism? Distinguishing between three kinds of empiricism ? genetic, explanatory, and justificatory ? I argue that there was. The uptake of Aristotle's thought in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries encouraged a form of genetic empiricism, which held that the (potential) intellect begins the process of cognition as a "blank slate." But this was commonly offset by an emphasis on the role of the active (agent) intellect, which was sometimes coupled with a version of the doctrine of divine illumination. During the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, there emerged a more thoroughgoing empiricism. Factors favouring an empiricist attitude included the study of natural magic, the idea of intuitive cognition, and the growth of nominalism. By the mid-fourteenth century the foundations of early modern empiricism were already in place and the problems to which it would lead already evident. WHERE: CCANESA MEETING ROOM, MADSEN BUILDING CAMPERDOWN CAMPUS Best access to CCANESA is from the Eastern Avenue entrance of the Madsen Building. When you enter you will be on the 3rd floor. Please proceed across the foyer and take the stairs on the right up one floor. The door to CCANESA will be straight ahead on this landing WHEN: Monday 1st April 2017 START: 5.30PM All Welcome | No Booking Required | Free PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR ANY CHANGES TO VENUE OR TIME sydney.edu.au/science/hps/ Copyright ? *2016* *Unit for HPS, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences<*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*> or unsubscribe from this list<*|UNSUB|*> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From debbie.castle at sydney.edu.au Mon Apr 24 15:34:35 2017 From: debbie.castle at sydney.edu.au (Debbie Castle) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 05:34:35 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Correct Date -Greg Dawes - "The Development of Medieval Empiricism" In-Reply-To: References: <377ed99b00666e1febb7dbbc0.dd1424e756.20170424053031.404034ecfa.26074858@mail103.atl161.mcsv.net> Message-ID: <8B1F61251560B84CACBB4191CEEAFD850176B6C62D@ex-mbx-pro-06> Dear All Sorry for the repost.. there was a typo in the earlier version. Just to confirm the date is definitely the 1st May 2017. Regards Debbie [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/377ed99b00666e1febb7dbbc0/images/4fed6c6d-233b-48a1-a3f9-8d84bd306ae5.jpg] THE UNIT FOR HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Held in conjunction with the Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science SEMESTER ONE RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES MONDAY 1st May 2017 [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/377ed99b00666e1febb7dbbc0/images/65637b63-3264-449a-8b52-5308fe38ae6f.jpg] Assoc. Professor Greg Dawes Department of Philosophy University of Otago New Zealand The Development of Medieval Empiricism Was there such a thing as medieval empiricism? Distinguishing between three kinds of empiricism ? genetic, explanatory, and justificatory ? I argue that there was. The uptake of Aristotle's thought in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries encouraged a form of genetic empiricism, which held that the (potential) intellect begins the process of cognition as a "blank slate." But this was commonly offset by an emphasis on the role of the active (agent) intellect, which was sometimes coupled with a version of the doctrine of divine illumination. During the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, there emerged a more thoroughgoing empiricism. Factors favouring an empiricist attitude included the study of natural magic, the idea of intuitive cognition, and the growth of nominalism. By the mid-fourteenth century the foundations of early modern empiricism were already in place and the problems to which it would lead already evident. WHERE: CCANESA MEETING ROOM, MADSEN BUILDING CAMPERDOWN CAMPUS Best access to CCANESA is from the Eastern Avenue entrance of the Madsen Building. When you enter you will be on the 3rd floor. Please proceed across the foyer and take the stairs on the right up one floor. The door to CCANESA will be straight ahead on this landing WHEN: Monday 1st May 2017 START: 5.30PM All Welcome | No Booking Required | Free PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR ANY CHANGES TO VENUE OR TIME sydney.edu.au/science/hps/ Copyright ? *2016* *Unit for HPS, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list This email was sent to debcastle57 at gmail.com why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences Unit for History and Philosophy of Science ? 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Prof. Peter Slezak (UNSW) Abstract: Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins have sought to assert, rational, objective grounds for rejecting traditional religious doctrines, however, it will be argued that they themselves are guilty of creating a secular religion ? the faith of uncritical state worship. Thursday 27 April 2017 6:30pm - 8pm Leichhardt Library (Piazza Level - Italian Forum, 23 Norton St, Leichhardt) Free event - All welcome - Light refreshments provided Bookings online or call 9367 9266 Full details as well as registration for the event are available from this link: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/science-religion-and-politics-leichhardt-library-tickets-32877746224 Upcoming Talks Assoc. Prof. David Macarthur, University of Sydney Title: ?Why Does Art Matter to Us?? Thursday June 1, 2017 Simon Lumsden Simon Lumsden | Philosophy Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of New South Wales | Sydney | NSW 2052 | Australia work + 61 2 9385 2369 s.lumsden at unsw.edu.au https://hal.arts.unsw.edu.au/about-us/people/simon-lumsden/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From debbie.castle at sydney.edu.au Wed Apr 26 14:45:04 2017 From: debbie.castle at sydney.edu.au (Debbie Castle) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 04:45:04 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Book Launch Invitation In-Reply-To: References: <0BCF4BFE9BA9C04A85F387506B0F2A17011A535DC1@ex-mbx-pro-03> Message-ID: <8B1F61251560B84CACBB4191CEEAFD850176B6C903@ex-mbx-pro-06> Having trouble viewing the content - click here to view in browser [The University of Sydney] 28 March 2017 Menzies Centre for Health Policy Book Launch Invitation Mental Health in Asia and the Pacific: Historical and Cultural Perspectives Minas, Harry, Lewis, Milton (Eds.). Please join Professor Stephen Garton, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor; and Professor Adam Elshaug, Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, as we mark the launch of this significant publication. Mental Health in Asia and the Pacific: Historical and Cultural Perspectives, analyses the social, cultural, political, and economic factors contributing to mental health issues and shaping treatment options in the Asian and Pacific world. Multiple lenses examine complex experiences and needs in this vast region, identifying not only cultural issues at the individual and collective levels, but also the impacts of colonial history, effects of war and disasters, and the current climate of globalization on mental illness and its care. 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But well-foundedness itself can be understood in many different ways and the correct way to understand it may also depend on the relevant sense of fundamentality. In this paper, I will outline these different conceptions of fundamentality and compare some of their relative merits. A particular question of interest is whether some sense of fundamentality could be compatible with infinite chains of dependence. It turns out that there are at least a few different ways in which this is possible: infinite descent does not necessarily rule out metaphysical foundationalism. -- When: Thu 27 Apr 2017 15:00 ? 16:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Where: The Muniment Room Main Quad Calendar: Current Projects Who: * Kristie Miller- creator Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=Xzg1MmoyZ3BvNjRvNDJiYTM3MG8zZWI5azcxMWsyYjlwNmdyazRiYTU2OG9qYWdpNjhjbzNhYzlsOGsgZmV2MWxkcjRsa2h2MDM2b2U0aW4yanR0ZGdAZw 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. 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I then trace out the consequences of this account in terms of (i) its ability to explain intuitively marginal cases of racism, (ii) to integrate with our ameliorative projects about race, and (iii) to give us grounds for a more subtle treatment than the moral opprobrium that usually comes with the labels "racism" and "racist". About Albert Atkin Albert Atkin specializes in philosophy of race and pragmatism. He also works in the areas of philosophy of language and epistemology, and in their intersection with applied questions in social and political philosophy. His publications include the monographs Peirce (Routledge 2015) and The Philosophy of Race (Routledge 2012) as well as of a long list of articles and book chapters. https://hal.arts.unsw.edu.au/events/racism-as-obstruction/ For more information, please email: Heikki Ik?heimo h.ikaheimo at unsw.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From meredith.hall at sydney.edu.au Thu Apr 27 10:15:50 2017 From: meredith.hall at sydney.edu.au (Meredith Hall) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:15:50 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Sydney Ideas, lecture on 'Alexander Von Humboldt: views of nature' Wednesday 3 May Message-ID: A Sydney Ideas lecture co-presented with the Concepts and Theories of Life from the Nineteenth Century to the Present project in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Alexander Von Humboldt: views of nature Associate Professor Joan Steigerwald, Department of Humanities, York University >From 1799 to 1804 Alexander von Humboldt made an extraordinary trip through Spanish America, a trip that resulted in a scientific and an aesthetic vision of the terrestrial globe. Fascinated by the exuberant vegetation and wildlife he encountered in the tropics, he investigated how they varied with the specific physical conditions of different regions. Humboldt carried with him an impressive array of the latest scientific instruments that he used to measure the physical parameters of the environments through which he travelled. He also regarded his own body as an instrument through which to register these varying conditions, recording his own sensations alongside the readings of his physical apparatus. These corporeal perceptions were further tied to his aesthetic perceptions as a part of a cultivated sensibility. Physical instruments, bodily sensations and aesthetic perceptions together afforded total views of regions of the Earth, of the interplay of physical powers and landscapes, and of their characteristic vegetation and even peoples. Upon his return to Europe, Humboldt set out his views of nature in graphs, maps and illustrations as well as in written works. These visual representations can be regarded as figural instruments through which Humboldt depicted his views of nature. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Joan Steigerwald is Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities, and the Graduate Programs in Humanities, Science and Technology Studies, and Social and Political Thought, at York University. She has published numerous articles on Goethe, Humboldt, Kant, Schelling and the German life sciences. She has just completed a book entitled Experimenting at the Boundaries of Life: Organic Vitality in Germany around 1800. Her new project is Object Lessons of a Romantic Natural History. Wednesday 3 May, 2017 6 to 7.30pm New Law LT 106 Level 1, Sydney Law School Annex Eastern Avenue The University of Sydney RSVP: Free and open to all with online registration requested https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sydney-ideas-alexander-von-humboldt-views-of-nature-tickets-33200725263 MEREDITH HALL | Public Programs Manager Marketing, Communications & Engagement | Division of Marketing and Communications THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY [Description: Description: fb][Description: Description: Description: Description: tw][Description: Description: www][cid:image004.png at 01D2BF3F.3ED13AB0] Lvl 2, Services Bldg (G12) | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9351 1935 | M 0403 367 842 E meredith.hall at sydney.edu.au | W www.sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Julian Savulescu (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics), "Enhancement, designer babies, and conscientious objection" Date: Monday 8 May 2017 Time: 16:00 - 18:00 Venue: W6A 107, Macquarie University (P12 on campus map). Abstract: People are increasingly choosing practices which are illegal, proscribed by professional or social norms, or otherwise contrary to social expectations. Examples include genetic selection of embryos for advantageous traits, sex selective abortion or embryo selection. I will outline what constitutes a good reason to support a controversial choice by reference tot he concepts of autonomy, well being and justice. I will discuss the role of professional conscience or personal values in supporting or declining to support controversial choices. About the speaker: Julian Savulescu's areas of research include: the ethics of genetics, especially predictive genetic testing, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, prenatal testing, behavioural genetics, genetic enhancement, gene therapy; research ethics, especially ethics of embryo research, including embryonic stem cell research; new forms of reproduction, including cloning and assisted reproduction; medical ethics, including end of life decision-making, resource allocation, consent, confidentiality, decision-making involving incompetent people, and other areas; sports ethics; and the analytic philosophical basis of practical ethics. He is currently the Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, and is the author of many books, including Human Enhancement (2009), and Unfit for the Future: The Need for Moral Enhancement (2012). This seminar is jointly hosted by the Macquarie University Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE) and the Practical Justice Initiative (UNSW). Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE) Department of Philosophy Macquarie University Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia CAVE website: mq.edu.au/cave www.facebook.com/MQCAVE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adam.hochman at mq.edu.au Fri Apr 28 14:57:42 2017 From: adam.hochman at mq.edu.au (Adam Hochman) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 04:57:42 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] MQ Philosophy Seminar on Tuesday the 2nd of May: Jane Johnson (MQ) Message-ID: What should we do about animal dissent in research? Jane Johnson (MQ) Date: Tuesday, 2nd of May Time: 13:00 - 14:00 Venue: W6A 708, Macquarie University If an individual expresses dissent in the context of research, this is generally taken to mean they are not required to participate. However in the case of experimentation on nonhuman animals, their dissent is almost always ignored. I want to suggest there are 3 types of reasons why we should not routinely ignore animal dissent in research. These are practical, epistemological and ethical. If these sorts of reasons push us to seriously consider an animal?s dissent, what follows from this? I propose researchers have a number of options available to them in the face of dissent ? to override it, to train animals in such a way as to circumvent their potential dissent, or to alter research to be responsive to dissent. I argue that only this last option has the potential to address all the types of reasons that motivate us to take dissent seriously, but would come at the cost of requiring a radical reshaping of the practice of animal research. 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: goo.gl/3Iu7hk --- Adam Hochman Lecturer in Philosophy & 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/ Academia.edu Page | https://mq.academia.edu/AdamHochman Philpapers Page | http://philpapers.org/profile/48626 Personal Website | adamhochman.com T: +61 2 9850 8859 | arts.mq.edu.au [Macquarie University] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Rather than try to vindicate that claim through appeal to the capacities of individuals with severe cognitive disabilities, or to their intimate relationships with other persons, I explore the potential of positing a social kind 'human', to which all human beings belong, and whose members are owed a certain form of respect. When: Thu 4 May 2017 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=XzhwMzMyZDFqNmNzMzhiOWk2Z3BqMmI5azZrcjMwYjlvODRzajBiOWo4OTBrMmNwbjZvczNnZDFtOG8gZmV2MWxkcjRsa2h2MDM2b2U0aW4yanR0ZGdAZw 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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My goal is to vindicate the claim, commonplace in the philosophy of disability, that there is a meaningful moral difference between individuals with severe cognitive disabilities and non-human animals. Rather than try to vindicate that claim through appeal to the capacities of individuals with severe cognitive disabilities, or to their intimate relationships with other persons, I explore the potential of positing a social kind 'human', to which all human beings belong, and whose members are owed a certain form of respect. 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 S212, 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: