From karola.stotz at gmail.com Mon Jul 23 11:21:47 2018 From: karola.stotz at gmail.com (Karola Stotz) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:21:47 +1000 Subject: [SydPhil] MQ Philosophy Talk: Tuesday, 31 July, 1-2pm, Blackshield Room: Melanie Rosen Message-ID: *What the sense of agency in sleep tells us about dream phenomenology * Melanie Rosen (Macquarie) Date: 31 July Time: 13:00-14:00 Venue: Blackshield Room, W3A (6 First Walk) 501* All welcome *Abstract*: Surprisingly, there is much disagreement about the nature of our phenomenal experience during dreams. Despite the fact that dreaming is something we have all experienced, what it is like to dream is still contested. Part of this is due to scepticism about our ability to accurately report dreams after waking and our inability to report them while they are occurring. The common belief is that dreaming is perceptual: to dream is to hallucinate. However, perhaps after waking we just *believe *we have hallucinated... dreaming may instead simply vivid imagination. By looking at indirect indicators extracted from dream reports, we can gain evidence about what exactly it is like to dream. One such indicator is the sense of agency (SoA). Looking at how we feel in or out of control in a dream can fill in the gaps of our knowledge. Dream SoA is particularly interesting as dreams display many fascinating agentive indicators such as achieving goals and feelings of control over bodily movement as well as failed SoA, delusion-like experience and passivity. Here I argue that reports of SoA during dreams are consistent with a pluralistic approach: dream phenomenology involves imagination, illusion and hallucination. Theorists' preference for a simple definition of dreaming may lead research groups to focus on only a subset of dream experience. However by analysing holistic, narrator and comparator approaches to SoA in dreams, I will argue that dream experience is not reducible to a simplistic definition. Contact: Karola Stotz (karola.stotz at mq.edu.au) -- Karola Stotz Senior Lecturer, TWCF Fellow Philosophy Department Macquarie University karola.stotz at mq.edu.au https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/9c1mCxnMRvtroM6KF8JGSL?domain=karolastotz.com [image: Macquarie University] Honorary Associate Unit for History and Philosophy of Science University of Sydney -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sjd at cybersydney.com.au Mon Jul 23 11:34:55 2018 From: sjd at cybersydney.com.au (Sandra J. Darroch) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:34:55 +1000 Subject: [SydPhil] BLACKHEAH PHILOSOPHY FORUM JULY 28 Message-ID: <86b6be94-518f-0854-a252-f82c10790eb4@cybersydney.com.au> BLACKHEATH PHILOSOPHY FORUM - Sat 28 July *WESTERN CIVILIZATION: FACTS AND FICTIONS* ?In the 10th, and last, of our series of talks on Western Civilisation, speaker Stephen Buckle will? examine widely-held conceptions of what gave rise to Western civilization. He will challenge the common interpretations of both the Judaeo-Christian tradition and the rise of science in the Enlightenment. *Stephen Buckle ***is author of several philosophy books including the acclaimed 'Hume's Enlightenment Tract' *Date:*Saturday July 28. 2018 *Time:*4pm-6pm *Place:*The Blackheath Philosophy Forum meets at the Hall at the Blackheath Neighbourhood Centre, cnr Gardiner Crescent & the Great Western Highway, (entrance from park side of Hall) 4pm-6pm, followed by informal discussion at a nearby pub.Admission $10 includes a big afternoon tea before question time. Hall is heated.All welcome! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We expect that others ?recognise? our presence in the shared social space, we expect ?recognition? for our work or contributions to the good of others, and we expect that others duly ?recognise? our rights. This talk will look into what exactly recognition is, what makes it so important, and why there is often reluctance to grant it. (Tonight) Thursday, July 26 6:30pm - 7:45pm 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://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/wgJcCoVzGQix0x7Ou12wEc?domain=eventbrite.com.au If the event booking says that it is fully booked please still attend as many people who register do not show up on the night. Upcoming talks: Aug 9, Nicholas H. Smith (Macquarie), ?Work in a Free Society? August 23, Sarah Sorial (Macquarie), ?Free Speech and Responsibility? Sept 20, Matthew Kearnes (UNSW) "A Crisis of Expertise? Science, Environment and Democracy? November 8, Dalia Nassar (Sydney) "German Romanticism" 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 karola.stotz at gmail.com Thu Jul 26 12:49:54 2018 From: karola.stotz at gmail.com (Karola Stotz) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 12:49:54 +1000 Subject: [SydPhil] Call for Papers for MQ Philosophy Work in Progress Seminars Message-ID: Dear colleagues, There are still two slots open for S2 2018, namely for Oct 16 and 23. Please let me know if you are interested in giving a talk, or have an academic visiter in town who would be happy to do so. 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In this paper, we investigate whether the world is structured so as to punish learning with respect to moral nihilism. We ask: If an ordinary human agent had the option to learn whether or not moral nihilism is true, then ought she to take it? We argue that, given intuitively plausible and empirically grounded assumptions about ordinary human preferences, she (probably) should not. When: Wed 1 Aug 2018 13:00 ? 14:30 Eastern Australia Time - Sydney Where: Sydney Uni, Muniment Room Calendar: Seminars Who: * Luara Ferracioli- creator Event details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/joI2CMwvLQTEZVM5IwM_3h?domain=google.com Invitation from Google Calendar: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/YRroCNLwM9ivB5DNi4l7HS?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. 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