From s.lumsden at unsw.edu.au Mon May 29 12:19:03 2017 From: s.lumsden at unsw.edu.au (Simon Lumsden) Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 02:19:03 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Inner West Council Philosophy Talks: David Macarthur (University of Sydney), "Why Does Art Matter to Us?", Leichhardt Library, June 1, 6:30-8:00pm References: <8DDC2F6D-4FD1-48C1-A2E9-51C3F5E4DCF3@unsw.edu.au> Message-ID: <4420DC18-BA51-45F9-B9FE-7686B7F48E69@unsw.edu.au> In 2017 the Inner West Council initiated a series of philosophy talks that will be given by local and visiting philosophers. The aim of the series is to introduce interested members of the public to a figure, problem or area of philosophy. Details of our next talk (this Thursday Evening) are below Title: "Why Does Art Matter to Us?" Speaker: Associate Professor David Macarthur (University of Sydney) Abstract: Most philosophers who approach the topic of art ask what Nigel Warburton calls ?the art question?: What is art? In this talk I aim to pursue another no less important question, namely, Why does art matter to us in the way that it does? I am not talking about art we own and value as a commodity on the art market. What is at issue is art that speaks to us, that may be of local or cultural importance, perhaps even internationally recognized art that has passed the test of time, being found valuable by different cultures and peoples over large periods of time e.g. Shakespeare?s plays. Why do people spend so much time and money, say, looking at art in galleries, museums, opera houses, theatres and cinemas? This is easy to answer if one accepts the facile idea we value art because it gives us pleasure. But I reject that answer on the ground that great art can be highly disturbing e.g. King Lear, Haneke?s Hidden (Cach?), Wagner?s Ring Cycle, McCarthy?s Blood Meridian. Why do we value art then? Thursday 1 June 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/philosophy-talks-tickets-34063163840?aff=es2 Simon Lumsden (Inner West Council philosophy talks program coordinator) 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 samuel.baron at uwa.edu.au Mon May 29 14:24:54 2017 From: samuel.baron at uwa.edu.au (Samuel Baron) Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 12:24:54 +0800 Subject: [SydPhil] Forrest Fellowships Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting. Dear Philosophers, I would like to bring your attention to a fellowship programme in Western Australia for ECR Philosophers. The Forrest Fellowship is a 3 year fellowship for folk no more than 2 years out of their PhD. They are open fellowships and can be taken up at any one of the 5 universities in WA. Junior philosophers interested should consider putting in an application for philosophy at UWA. I will give as much help as I can to interested ECRs in preparing the application (please e-mail me directly with enough time to look over drafts of the application etc.). Both national and international PhDs can apply, and I will support both types of application. Note that the programme is ongoing, and so those coming toward the end of their PhDs should consider applying next year as well. Please share this message widely among your networks. http://www.forrestresearch.org.au/apply/forrest-fellows Cut off for applications is the end of June. Best, Sam Dr Samuel T Baron l Philosophy School of Humanities I M204 l The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway l Crawley WA 6009 Tel +61 8 6488 2145 l Fax + 61 8 6488 1069 @ https://sites.google.com/site/sambaronphilosophy/ [cid:image001.png at 01D2D876.93DC8910] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In this paper, I defend three main claims: first, that expressions of anger can function as a kind of performance in the public sphere; second, that these performances may have an important, albeit, very limited role to play in public deliberations. Third, that expressions of anger should be constrained by two important conditions: first, expressions of anger should carefully and accurately identify the source of the injustice in order to avoid the misattribution of blame for the wrongdoing. Second while it may be justifiable to express anger to communicate that an injustice has occurred, speakers should not advocate for violent retribution in how that wrongdoing is rectified. When: Wed 31 May 2017 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=ajA0MHZkMnU4OWozYjdwaGx1M3NzZjZlYmMgMm1lN2M3ZnIzb21wbDRyaHZrcG1sYTUzNjhAZw 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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This claim has been challenged on the grounds that the relevant probability measure cannot be justified because it cannot be normalized, and so small probabilities cannot be inferred. I will discuss how fine-tuning can be formulated within the context of Bayesian theory testing (or model selection) in the physical sciences, and how normalizability problems might be avoided. 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: From arts.cave at mq.edu.au Tue May 30 16:55:58 2017 From: arts.cave at mq.edu.au (Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics) Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 06:55:58 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] CAVE/VELiM Workshop: Sex Selection: Changes in Australian Policy Message-ID: Hi all, Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE) and Sydney University Centre for Values, Ethics, and Law in Medicine (VELiM) are hosting a workshop on the latest policy about sex selection in Australia on 9 June. All are welcome to attend but please register for catering purposes. Contact: Tereza: tereza.hendl at sydney.edu.au CAVE/VELiM workshop: Sex selection: Changes in Australian policy Date: Friday 9 June 2017 Time: 10:00 - 15:30 Venue: Robert Menzies College Conference Centre, Macquarie University (U24 on campus map) Speakers: * Dr Tereza Hendl (University of Sydney, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine) * Prof Wendy Rogers (Macquarie University, Department of Philosophy) * Dr Sascha Callaghan (University of Sydney, Sydney Law School) * Dr Kate Gleeson (Macquarie University, Macquarie Law School) * Morgan Carpenter (Organisation Intersex International Australia) * Dr Tamara Browne (Deakin University, School of Medicine) Preliminary Program: 10:00 - 10:10: Tereza Hendl and Wendy Rogers, Opening Remarks 10:10 - 10:30: Wendy Rogers, "What's changed on sex selection since 2007 Guidelines" 10:30 - 11:15: Sascha Callaghan, "Sex selection and the law" 11:15 - 11:45: Morning tea 11:45 - 12:30: Tereza Hendl, "2017 Guidelines, sex selection and gender equity" 12:30 - 13:15: Kate Gleeson, "Sex selection using IVF and abortion from feminist legal perspectives" 13:15 - 14:00: Lunch 14:00 - 14:45: Morgan Carpenter, "Prenatal genetic diagnosis and its implications for children with intersex variations" 14:45 - 15:00: Tamara Browne, "Is gender disappointment a mental disorder?" 15:00 - 15:30: Panel discussion Contact: All are welcome but please register with Tereza Hendl for catering purposes. For information about our other events, please visit mq.edu.au/cave/events 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 prp at unsw.edu.au Wed May 31 14:23:54 2017 From: prp at unsw.edu.au (Paul Patton) Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 04:23:54 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] FW: Reminder: UNSW Philosophy/Environmental Humanities Seminar this week: Matthew Chrulew (1 June 2017) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all Please find attached information on a seminar by Matthew Chrulew at UNSW, co-hosted by philosophy and environmental humanities. Heini Hediger and the significance of zoo biology in the Anthropocene Matthew Chrulew Centre for Culture and Technology | Curtin University Thursday 1 June 2017 | 4:00-5:30pm Morven Brown Building, Room 209 | UNSW, Kensington Campus When philosophy and cultural theory have delved into the marginal subfield of zoo biology, it has usually been only to chastise it for turning wild animals into humanised artifacts. Rarely has it been asked what this science of mutual acclimatisation might have to say on wider issues. Yet today when the humanities are struggling with questions of human relations to animals and the environment, amid their intensification and mutual transformation in the Anthropocene, the knowledge, techniques, practices and even wisdom developed within this domain are worthy of sustained attention. Taking zoo biology seriously as a site of experimentation, however flawed, in multispecies relationships, this paper will stake a claim for the wider cultural and philosophical significance of the work of the midtwentieth century Swiss zoo director Heini Hediger. Matthew Chrulew is a DECRA Research Fellow in the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University. Recent publications included the edited collections Foucault and Animals (Brill, 2016, with Dinesh Wadiwel) and Extinction Studies (Columbia, 2017, with Deborah Bird Rose and Thom van Dooren). Matthew is also an Associate Editor of the journal Environmental Humanities (Duke). For further information please contact Paul Patton (prp at unsw.edu.au) or Thom van Dooren (t.van.dooren at unsw.edu.au) Joint Philosophy/Environmental Humanities Seminar Heini Hediger and the significance of zoo biology in the Anthropocene -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From calendar-notification at google.com Wed May 31 14:59:46 2017 From: calendar-notification at google.com (Google Calendar) Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 04:59:46 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Notification: Luke Barnes @ Thu 1 Jun 2017 15:00 - 16:30 (Current Projects) Message-ID: <001a11405c7c071b830550cacaac@google.com> This is a notification for: Title: Luke Barnes Title: Fine-Tuning and probability Abstract: My work as a cosmologist has touched on an interesting philosophical problem, on that has been discussed in the philosophical literature. Fine-tuning in physics and cosmology is often used as evidence that a theory is incomplete. Of particular interest is the fine-tuning of the universe for life, which suggests that our universe?s ability to create physical life forms is improbable and in need of explanation by, perhaps, a multiverse. This claim has been challenged on the grounds that the relevant probability measure cannot be justified because it cannot be normalized, and so small probabilities cannot be inferred. I will discuss how fine-tuning can be formulated within the context of Bayesian theory testing (or model selection) in the physical sciences, and how normalizability problems might be avoided. When: Thu 1 Jun 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=Xzg1MGphaDFuNjhyajZiYTY2MTBrNmI5azhjcWppYjlvNzBwa2FiOW82MG80NGNobjhvc2phZDltNjggZmV2MWxkcjRsa2h2MDM2b2U0aW4yanR0ZGdAZw 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 arts.cave at mq.edu.au Wed May 31 16:07:37 2017 From: arts.cave at mq.edu.au (Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics) Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 06:07:37 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] CAVE Workshop: Forgiveness, Blame, and the Reactive Attitudes, 28 June, Macquarie Message-ID: Hi all, You are invited to a workshop by the Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE) on forgiveness, blame, and the reactive attitudes. Lucy Allais (Wits/UCSD) will be the keynote speaker. All are welcome, but please register with Kelly for catering purposes. Forgiveness, blame, and the reactive attitudes Date: 28 June 2017 Time: 09:00 - 17:40 Venue: E3A 244, Macquarie University (Q21 on campus map) Program: (Abstracts available on our website) 09.00 - 09.25: Registration 09.25 - 09:30: Welcome 09.30 - 10.40: Lucy Allais (Wits/UCSD), "Frailty and Forgiveness: Forgiveness for Humans" 10.40 - 11.05: Morning tea 11.10 - 11.55: Katrina Hutchison (Macquarie), "Forgiveness, Respect and Social Identity" 12.00 - 12.45: Adam Poviarchy (Sydney), "Blame When You?d Do The Same? Responsibility and Obedience to Authority" 12.45 - 13.55: Lunch 14.00 - 15.10: Julia Driver (Washington Uni in St. Louis), "Schadenfraude" 15.15 - 16.00: James Norton (Sydney), "Thinking about Forgiveness: A Methodological Critique" 16.00 - 16.25: Afternoon tea 16.30 - 17.40: Luke Russell (Sydney), "Asking Too Much of Forgiveness" Contact: arts.cave at mq.edu.au Have a lovely day, Kelly 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... 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URL: From adam.hochman at mq.edu.au Fri Jun 2 14:39:56 2017 From: adam.hochman at mq.edu.au (Adam Hochman) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 04:39:56 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] MQ Philosophy Seminar on Tuesday the 6th of June: Christopher Davidson (Ball State University) Message-ID: Discipline and Educate: Ethical Government of Self and Other from Descartes to Kant Christopher Davidson (Ball State University) Date: Tuesday, 6th of June Time: 13:00 - 14:00 Venue: W6A 708, Macquarie University All welcome Abstract: Foucault, in his History of Sexuality volumes Use of Pleasure and Care of the Self, claims that Ancient philosophy generally privileged ethos over theoretical knowledge: not only was the good life a more important goal than knowledge, but ethical self-mastery was required before one could properly philosophize. Ethics? dual priority was later weakened or eliminated, he hinted, primarily by Descartes and Kant. However, Foucault died before exploring the Early Modern relation of ethics and theory. We explore this relation through self-governance in Descartes and Spinoza (revealing a weaker but not eliminated precedence of ethical self-discipline over other theoretical tasks) and the moral education of children in Locke and Kant (showing that various non-free practices of childhood submission are absolutely required to produce a free adult). For the Early Moderns, developing reason and freedom requires training habits deeply into the subject; students learn more effectively from a morally good teacher; and autonomous, knowing subjects are produced through practices which are not wholly free or rational (such as inducing the affect of shame in the child). In these ways, they remain partially related to the Ancient privileging of ethos. 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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The Faculty of Arts of the University of Adelaide is funding up to 10 bursaries of $300 each to assist with the travel and accommodation expenses of undergraduate students who are interested in postgraduate study in Philosophy and would like to attend the conference but are unable to secure financial assistance to do so from their own university. Conference registration fees for bursary holders will also be waived. Applications for these bursaries are now open, and will close on Thursday 22 June. Applications should be sent by email to Dr Jon Opie at jon.opie at adelaide.edu.au, containing the following information: 1. Your name, contact details and current enrolment status. 2. A description of your interests in Philosophy. 3. Details of your interest in postgrad study and research project ideas. 4. Information about your academic performance to date. 5. An e-letter of support from a member of academic staff in your home Philosophy department, including a declaration that funds for undergraduate conference travel are not available from your university (or that you have unsuccessfully applied for them). Successful applicants will be notified shortly after the closing date. Further information about the AAP undergraduate afternoon is available at: https://aap.org.au/conference2017/undergraduates -- Dr Eliza Goddard Executive Officer, Australasian Association of Philosophy GPO BOX 1978, Hobart 7001, Australia www.aap.org.au ACN 152 892 272 ABN 29 152 892 272 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at thephilosophypaperboy.com Sun Jun 4 20:50:08 2017 From: info at thephilosophypaperboy.com (ThePhilPaperboy) Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 11:50:08 +0100 Subject: [SydPhil] A new web project on philosophy Message-ID: <94ad0433-1718-2c87-c23f-8c2b0bc219de@thephilosophypaperboy.com> Dear all, I'm pleased to announce the launch of a new service for philosophers: the Philosophy Paperboy https://thephilosophypaperboy.com/ [1] The website collects the feeds from all philosophy journals, providing the user with an updated list in real time of all publications at the global level. It's a great way to stay updated on recent publications, and get a sense of how vast and diverse the philosophical domain is. 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