From Timothy.Laurie at uts.edu.au Mon Sep 11 13:02:17 2017 From: Timothy.Laurie at uts.edu.au (Timothy Laurie) Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 03:02:17 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] CFP CLOSING SEPTEMBER 15 | Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy Conference 2017 Message-ID: <2ff56111d53240cd94bf8a64c9b5d3c8@MBS07.adsroot.uts.edu.au> CFP CLOSING SEPTEMBER 15 | Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy Conference 2017 ASCP 2017: November 28 - December 1, University of Tasmania, Hobart CFP Due: 15th September, 2017 W: www.utas.edu.au/humanities/events/australasian-society-for-continental-philosophy-conference-2017 FB: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/9OVQB5Ua06EqHl?domain=facebook.com The 2017 annual conference of the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy (ASCP) will take place at the University of Tasmania's Sandy Bay Campus, 29 November - 1 December, with a dedicated day for postgraduate development and the opening reception on 28 November. The ASCP provides a broad intellectual forum for scholars working within, or in communication with, European philosophical traditions. Its annual conference is the largest event devoted to continental philosophy in Australasia. For the 2017 conference, we seek to challenge commonplace understandings of the boundaries of scholarship in continental philosophy, with a particular focus on the role of feminist, postcolonial and ecological thought in transforming the key questions that drive philosophical inquiry. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS "Fanonian Phenomenology and Psychoanalysis" Lewis Gordon | University of Connecticut '"With a lever...": Beckett, Badiou and the Logics of Sexual Difference ' Sigi Jottkandt | University of New South Wales 'Judging in Times of Crisis: Wonder, Admiration, and Emulation' Marguerite La Caze | University of Queensland 'Reflective Judgment, Sensus Communis, and Human Relations to the Natural World' Elaine Miller | Miami University There will also be a plenary panel on the work of Moira Gatens (University of Sydney). ABSTRACT RE-SUBMISSION If you have submitted an abstract to ASCP and *not* received an email receipt, there is a high chance that your submission has not worked properly. So, please resubmit your abstract and double-check that you receive an email receipt. We sincerely apologise for this inconvenience. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Please submit a 250 word abstract and 50 word bio at: www.utas.edu.au/humanities/events/australasian-society-for-continental-philosophy-conference-2017. Please nominate in the abstract for your paper whether you would like a 45min timeslot (30min presentation, 15min Q&A) or 30min timeslot (20min presentation, 10min Q&A). If you wish to submit a 2 or 3 person Panel Proposal, simply upload a word document containing the 250 word abstracts, the details of presenters (names, email addresses, affiliations, bios) and a title for the panel. ASCP welcomes all abstract submissions broadly in continental philosophy or associated fields. For those interested, you can also nominate a thematic "stream" for your submission (submissions outside streams are also welcome): - Topographies and Ecologies | Convenors: Larelle Bossi and Jeff Malpas - Dialogues | Convenors: Timothy Laurie and Hannah Stark - Hegel and German Idealism | Convened by the Australian Hegel Society - Precarity and Resilience | Convenors: Briohny Walker and Erin Hortle - Rights, Oppression, Exploitation | Convenor: Louise Richardson-Self - Art and Aesthetics | Convenor: Llewellyn Negrin More detailed descriptions of the streams are available on the website. For broad queries about abstract submissions, feel free to contact Hannah Stark (hannah.stark at utas.edu.au) and Timothy Laurie (timothy.laurie at uts.edu.au). POSTGRADUATE DAY On November 28 there will be a day dedicated to issues and conversations relevant to postgraduates and ECRs in Australia, including: Philosophy Outside the Institution Elese Dowden, Laura Roberts, Bryan Mukandi On Subjectivity in Universities: Navigating Institutions and Professional Wellbeing Michelle Boulous-Walker, Remy Low More events TBC BURSARIES The ASCP awards a limited number of bursaries to assist postgraduate and under-employed academics to participate in the conference, in the case that they otherwise would not be able to attend. To be eligible for support, you will need to reside within Australasia (Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia). When assessing applications, the ASCP committee may also take into consideration a range of factors including applicants' access to forums in which to present their work and stage of candidacy/career, as well as equity and diversity considerations. 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URL: From Stephen.Matthews at acu.edu.au Tue Sep 12 15:11:53 2017 From: Stephen.Matthews at acu.edu.au (Stephen Matthews) Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 05:11:53 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Nick Trakakis ACU philosophy seminar Message-ID: ACU Philosophy seminar: Dr. Nick Trakakis (ACU, Philosophy) This week - Friday September 15, 2.30pm - 4 pm Philosophy in the Neoliberal University Abstract: The first part of the paper identifies an increasingly disturbing problem in the higher education sector: the shift towards neoliberal policies. An overview of this shift, and its damaging consequences in university teaching and research, will be provided, illustrated in part by the recent publication of John Smyth?s The Toxic University (Palgrave, 2017). The second part of the paper will sketch one possible response to this predicament: the development of what might be called ?Slow Philosophy?, inspired by the global Slow Movement, and with precedents in the work of Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Heidegger. How the principles of Slow can be applied to philosophy and academic research more generally will be further illustrated by the recent publications of Michelle Boulous Walker?s Slow Philosophy (Bloomsbury, 2017) and Maggie Berg and Barbara Seeber?s The Slow Professor(University of Toronto Press, 2016). Nick will speak from Melbourne and the presentation will be video-conferenced to other campuses: Brisbane: 200.2.03 (BRI_xAC.22 Vd) Strathfield: 600.1.02 VC (STR_xE2.45 Vd) Ballarat: 100.1.03 (BAL_xCB1.103 Vd) Canberra: 302.2.13 (CAN_xS.G.1.10 Vd) North Sydney: TWH.12.24 Melbourne: 460.4.280 (Mel 4.28Vd) ALL WELCOME! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From calendar-notification at google.com Wed Sep 13 15:00:09 2017 From: calendar-notification at google.com (Google Calendar) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 05:00:09 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Notification: Jesse Ciccotti @ Thu 14 Sep 2017 15:00 - 17:30 (Current Projects) Message-ID: <001a114971d0bbb4e205590b08ea@google.com> This is a notification for: Title: Jesse Ciccotti Mengzi and Civil Society In this talk I will explore the idea of civil society from a Ruist (Confucian) perspective. More specifically, I want to explore one text, the Mengzi, for particular insights that might help open a way for the discussion of civil society to make advances in political contexts that lack democratic institutions. I am not the first person to look at the possible convergence of civil society and Ruist traditions from a broad angle, but until now scholars seem to conclude that there is little ground to be gained by doing so. Nevertheless, I think a closer look at specific texts rather than generalized positions based on proof-texts drawn from across a diversified tradition can provide a more sound foundation from which to begin discussing civil society in what might be considered unlikely places. When: Thu 14 Sep 2017 15:00 ? 17:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Where: The Muniment Room, Main Quad Calendar: Current Projects Who: * Kristie Miller- creator Event details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/AG1ZBkTM7AVlH9?domain=google.com Invitation from Google Calendar: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/38L3BqUrw4Y3FE?domain=google.com 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://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/38L3BqUrw4Y3FE?domain=google.com and change your notification settings for this calendar. 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Must we have some independent way to confirm what we receive through testimony, or is there perhaps some reason why we should suppose that testimony is all by itself an adequate source of knowledge? This problem, I claim, is actually a version of a much older and better known problem: the so-called problem of the criterion. I will first explain this other, older, problem, and lay out the available options for solving it. I will then show why I think the problem of testimony is simply a version of the problem of the criterion. I will conclude by arguing that the best way to solve these problems comes from a theory of justification that few epistemologists seem to support these days: holistic coherence theory. In doing so, I hope I will provide some powerful new reasons for reconsidering this theory of justification. Date and Time: T, 19 September, 2:00-3:30 Venue: MB310 Markos Valaris Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Associate Editor, Australasian Journal of Philosophy University of New South Wales Phone: +(61) 2 9385 2760 (office) Personal webpage: markosvalaris.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arts.cave at mq.edu.au Thu Sep 14 09:08:18 2017 From: arts.cave at mq.edu.au (Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 23:08:18 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Science of the Self: Abstract submission open + Travel Awards Message-ID: Hi all, A reminder about this conference, which may be of interest to you. Kelly ========================== Science of the Self: The Agency and Body Representation research forum 20th ? 22nd November, 2017 Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia www.scienceofselfconference.org ========================== Abstracts due 31st August 2017 We are pleased to announce that abstracts are now open for Science Of The Self, a three day workshop exploring sense of agency and body representation research at spectacular Coogee Beach, Sydney in November 2017. Registration will open soon. Abstract submission closes 31 August 2017. Abstracts outcomes announced 15 September 2017 (international presenters that need earlier confirmation, please contact us). A limited number of travel awards are available for international attendees (see below). Confirmed Presenters: Dr Fr?d?rique de Vignemont Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris NYU/Paris Professor Matthew Longo Birkbeck, University of London Professor Jakob Hohwy Monash University Associate Professor Neeltje van Haren UMC Brain Centre Rudolf Magnus, Utrecht Dr Melita Giummarra Monash University Dr Colin Klein Macquarie University Dr Devin Terhune Goldsmiths, University of London Agency and body representation are growing areas of interest in cognitive science. As a field we are trying to answer important questions about how we perceive our own bodies and represent our ability to causally manipulate the world. This research touches on a wide range of topics including action planning, sensory prediction, multisensory perception, time perception, expertise, and the social contexts of actions. This work contributes to our theoretical understanding of the mechanisms that underlie self-representations, and highlights new possibilities for identification and remediation of disturbances to the sense of self often found in clinical disorders. Agency and body representation research also has important practical implications for informing technologies such as human-computer interfaces and virtual reality. Research in this area is diverse, and agency and body representation are often studied relatively separately. Despite broad relevance for a number of research areas in the cognitive sciences, there have been few opportunities for a focused gathering of investigators in these fields. This workshop aims to change that by providing a forum for international researchers across a range of disciplines to come together to discuss the intersection of agency and body representation research. In addition to traditional conference activities, such as talks and poster presentations, this workshop will also provide skill sharing opportunities for participants to learn the latest developments in research methodologies and theory. It is our hope that this event will provide a forum for new connections and collaborations amongst agency and body representation researchers to emerge. This workshop being sponsored by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, the Centre of Agency, Values and Ethics, the Faculty of Human Sciences at Macquarie University, and Oculus Rift. The first two days (20-21 November) will be held at Coogee Beach. A third day, focused current methodologies and developing new collaborations, will be held at Macquarie University (22 November). The workshop will include: - Keynote presentations from world leading researchers. - Talks and poster presentations on recent discoveries, models and new methods. - Collaborative sessions and panels on methodologies and techniques such as neuroimaging, behavioural paradigms, explicit and implicit measures, and experiment design. - Facilitated opportunities to explore potential new collaborations. - An idyllic beachside setting. - Reduced rates for students and travel awards for international and interstate attendees. About the location: The Coogee Bay Hotel is located right on one of Sydney?s finest beaches. Situated 20 minutes from the city centre, the beach features a magnificent coastal walk and protected marine reserve with excellent surfing, snorkelling and scuba diving. November is perfect time for a beach holiday in Sydney. There will be outdoor social activities and time to explore the beach and nearby nature before and after the conference each day. Registration information: We have worked hard to make this conference as accessible as possible and are pleased to offer the following registration options: Regular registration A$ 90 Student registration A$ 50 Conference dinner A$ 40 This event is limited capacity and we expect to fill all places. Please note that registration will be initially offered to participants submitting an abstract followed by general registration, open to all, late September. Travel Awards A limited number of travel awards of up to $A 500 are available for international and interstate participants. These are intended to assist individuals who would not otherwise be able to attend. To apply for a grant please email a brief statement (up to 100 words) to info at scienceofselfconference.org explaining why you should be part of this workshop. Please also let us know the title of your proposed presentation/poster, your affiliation, and the length of your planned stay. The deadline for grant applications is 31 August. We will notify winners on 15th September. For more information, and to sign up for program and registration announcements please visit https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Db1pBJUwkKNKsQ?domain=scienceofselfconference.org We hope to see you in Sydney this November! On behalf of the organising committee: Vince Polito Regine Zopf Simmy Poonian Mariia Kaliuzhna James Moore [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Qv1bBRfxqXkXup?domain=gallery.mailchimp.com] 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 calendar-notification at google.com Thu Sep 14 13:00:08 2017 From: calendar-notification at google.com (Google Calendar) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 03:00:08 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Notification: Nick Smith @ Wed 20 Sep 2017 13:00 - 14:30 (Seminars) Message-ID: <001a113ddb1a59e67205591d7949@google.com> This is a notification for: Title: Nick Smith "Plato on the Philosophers' Love of Truth" Early in Book VI, Plato makes the love of truth the critical criterion of what it means to have the nature of a philosopher, claiming that ?someone who loves learning must above all strive for every kind of truth from childhood on? (Republic 485d3-4). In this paper, I seek to explain what Plato means by ?every kind of truth,? but also to defend Plato against what some scholars have seen as an inconsistency in what he has to say about philosophers and truth. Earlier in the work, Plato had already acknowledged that his philosophers will often use dishonesty in the practice of ruling: ?It looks as though our rulers will have to make considerable use of falsehood and deception for the benefit of those they rule? (Republic V.459c9-d2). The problem is one that has exercised numerous scholars, and I do not pretend herein to provide either criticism or defense of Plato. Instead, my aim is to show only that there actually is a single, consistent view on truth in the Republic, and that what Plato has to say about the philosophers? interest in truth is cogent?but also somewhat unfamiliar in contemporary philosophy. When: Wed 20 Sep 2017 13:00 ? 14:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Where: Muniment Room, Sydney Uni Calendar: Seminars Who: * Sam Shpall- creator Event details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/krZGBXuApO4pfD?domain=google.com Invitation from Google Calendar: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/pLG0B1f8G23GHW?domain=google.com 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://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/pLG0B1f8G23GHW?domain=google.com and change your notification settings for this calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to modify your RSVP response. Learn more at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Ld1wBKURWpaWtn?domain=support.google.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From calendar-notification at google.com Fri Sep 15 09:00:01 2017 From: calendar-notification at google.com (Google Calendar) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 23:00:01 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Notification: Maureen O'Malley @ Thu 21 Sep 2017 09:00 - 10:00 (Current Projects) Message-ID: <001a11425d987d8a7005592e3c11@google.com> This is a notification for: Title: Maureen O'Malley Do microbes control human minds? A critical survey of the literature Microbiome research has had considerable success in analysing the molecular composition of microbial communities in the human body. Analyses of the gut microbiome in particular have found many associations between microbiota composition and human health or disease states. A recent focus has been on the connections between gut microbiota and human behavioural states. Links have been made repeatedly between microbiota composition and host disorders such as anorexia, autism, anxiety and depression. Microbiota even appear to have effects on general cognition and memory, both positive and negative. Some strong interpretations have been made of these findings, including claims that microbiota control behaviour in the same way puppeteers control puppets, or that microbiome findings are the final nail in the coffin of ideas about free will. I?ll discuss these claims in light of several broad problems in microbiome research, to do with causality, normality, and our evolutionary relationships with our microbes. I have presented my views on these issues to scientists, but not to philosophers. What I?m hoping for is feedback about how to develop my analysis of this field for a more philosophical audience. When: Thu 21 Sep 2017 09:00 ? 10:00 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Where: The Muniment Room, Main Quad Calendar: Current Projects Who: * Kristie Miller- creator Event details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/6eKdBDs7YgY7hb?domain=google.com Invitation from Google Calendar: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/NX12BDUYd2dYhY?domain=google.com 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://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/NX12BDUYd2dYhY?domain=google.com and change your notification settings for this calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to modify your RSVP response. Learn more at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/bZ89Bmu42W24u2?domain=support.google.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From calendar-notification at google.com Fri Sep 15 15:00:01 2017 From: calendar-notification at google.com (Google Calendar) Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 05:00:01 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Notification: Maureen O'Malley @ Thu 21 Sep 2017 15:00 - 16:30 (Current Projects) Message-ID: This is a notification for: Title: Maureen O'Malley Do microbes control human minds? A critical survey of the literature Microbiome research has had considerable success in analysing the molecular composition of microbial communities in the human body. Analyses of the gut microbiome in particular have found many associations between microbiota composition and human health or disease states. A recent focus has been on the connections between gut microbiota and human behavioural states. Links have been made repeatedly between microbiota composition and host disorders such as anorexia, autism, anxiety and depression. Microbiota even appear to have effects on general cognition and memory, both positive and negative. Some strong interpretations have been made of these findings, including claims that microbiota control behaviour in the same way puppeteers control puppets, or that microbiome findings are the final nail in the coffin of ideas about free will. I?ll discuss these claims in light of several broad problems in microbiome research, to do with causality, normality, and our evolutionary relationships with our microbes. I have presented my views on these issues to scientists, but not to philosophers. What I?m hoping for is feedback about how to develop my analysis of this field for a more philosophical audience. When: Thu 21 Sep 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://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Xq1VBlSvevKDIz?domain=google.com Invitation from Google Calendar: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/78eDB7UKNKamUM?domain=google.com 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://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/78eDB7UKNKamUM?domain=google.com and change your notification settings for this calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to modify your RSVP response. Learn more at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/EM1LB5U2q23GiX?domain=support.google.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kristie_miller at yahoo.com Fri Sep 15 16:05:42 2017 From: kristie_miller at yahoo.com (Kristie Miller) Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:05:42 +1000 Subject: [SydPhil] Maureen O'Malley @ 15.00 Do microbes control human minds? Message-ID: Maureen O?Malley, 15.00, the Muniment Room, Thursday 21 September Do microbes control human minds? A critical survey of the literature Microbiome research has had considerable success in analysing the molecular composition of microbial communities in the human body. Analyses of the gut microbiome in particular have found many associations between microbiota composition and human health or disease states. A recent focus has been on the connections between gut microbiota and human behavioural states. Links have been made repeatedly between microbiota composition and host disorders such as anorexia, autism, anxiety and depression. Microbiota even appear to have effects on general cognition and memory, both positive and negative. Some strong interpretations have been made of these findings, including claims that microbiota control behaviour in the same way puppeteers control puppets, or that microbiome findings are the final nail in the coffin of ideas about free will. I?ll discuss these claims in light of several broad problems in microbiome research, to do with causality, normality, and our evolutionary relationships with our microbes. I have presented my views on these issues to scientists, but not to philosophers. What I?m hoping for is feedback about how to develop my analysis of this field for a more philosophical audience. Associate Professor Kristie Miller ARC Future 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 https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/44GqB7UVbY33C1?domain=kristiemiller.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: