From debbie.castle at sydney.edu.au Tue Jun 11 09:51:28 2019 From: debbie.castle at sydney.edu.au (Debbie Castle) Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 23:51:28 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] HPS Seminar Thursday 12th June - How Bergson Helped 20th-Century Biologists Get Creative About Evolution Message-ID: Emily Herring PhD candidate, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Leeds https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/9Fl9Cr8DLRtlvArlu7HG7n?domain=ahc.leeds.ac.uk Thursday, June 13th, 3.30-5.00pm, Muniment Room, Quadrangle (just under the clock tower) How Bergson Helped 20th-Century Biologists Get Creative About Evolution When French philosopher Henri Bergson published his metaphysical interpretation of biological evolution, L?Evolution cr?atrice (Creative Evolution) in 1907, he was already something of a celebrity but he was suddenly propelled to international fame. His ideas were discussed in most intellectual and scientific circles. However, Bergson?s reception among 20th-century biologists has not been subjected to thorough study. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that, given the wide reception of Creative Evolution among biologists, Bergson can no longer be left out of historical accounts of 20th-century biology. Bergson provided many biologists with the intellectual tools to reflect on the theoretical boundaries of their own discipline and resist the general trend towards specialisation which is often seen as characteristic of 20th-century science. These biologists believed that the very questions their discipline raised (biological evolution, the nature of heredity, animal minds, etc.) forced them to go beyond the limitations of scientific knowledge. They saw Bergson as raising the status of biology by making it the most philosophical of all sciences. We will see that taking the biological appropriations of Bergson?s ideas seriously sheds new light on some of the philosophical motivations of 20th-century biologists and more generally, on the complex interplay between science and philosophy. --- https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/8SyoCvl0PoCz6WEzUXwQDv?domain=maureenomalley.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Emily Herring on Bergson.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 635848 bytes Desc: Emily Herring on Bergson.docx URL: From debbie.castle at sydney.edu.au Tue Jun 11 10:46:24 2019 From: debbie.castle at sydney.edu.au (Debbie Castle) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:46:24 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] AMENDMENT TO DATE AND TIME !!!! HPS Seminar Thursday 13th June - How Bergson Helped 20th-Century Biologists Get Creative About Evolution Message-ID: Apologies for the multiple emails.. The Seminar on Bergson will be held on Thursday 13th June commencing 3pm sharp! With thanks HPS Emily Herring PhD candidate, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Leeds https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/YL4NCP7yOZtExJA2czzwGz?domain=ahc.leeds.ac.uk Thursday, June 13th,3.00PM-5.00pm, Muniment Room, Quadrangle (just under the clock tower) How Bergson Helped 20th-Century Biologists Get Creative About Evolution When French philosopher Henri Bergson published his metaphysical interpretation of biological evolution, L?Evolution cr?atrice (Creative Evolution) in 1907, he was already something of a celebrity but he was suddenly propelled to international fame. His ideas were discussed in most intellectual and scientific circles. However, Bergson?s reception among 20th-century biologists has not been subjected to thorough study. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that, given the wide reception of Creative Evolution among biologists, Bergson can no longer be left out of historical accounts of 20th-century biology. Bergson provided many biologists with the intellectual tools to reflect on the theoretical boundaries of their own discipline and resist the general trend towards specialisation which is often seen as characteristic of 20th-century science. These biologists believed that the very questions their discipline raised (biological evolution, the nature of heredity, animal minds, etc.) forced them to go beyond the limitations of scientific knowledge. They saw Bergson as raising the status of biology by making it the most philosophical of all sciences. 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Name: Emily Herring on Bergson.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 635848 bytes Desc: Emily Herring on Bergson.docx URL: From b.golder at unsw.edu.au Tue Jun 11 16:44:12 2019 From: b.golder at unsw.edu.au (Ben Golder) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 06:44:12 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] PhD scholarship on 'The Crisis of Human Rights' Message-ID: Dear colleagues, UNSW is continuing its generous Scientia Scholarship scheme, which features a full fee waiver, a $41,209 (AUD) annual stipend, and an annual professional development fund. The UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship Scheme is part of UNSW's dedication to harnessing our cutting-edge research to solve complex problems and improve the lives of people in local and global communities. Scientia candidates will have a strong commitment to making a difference in the world with demonstrated potential for contributing to the social engagement and/or global impact pillars of the UNSW 2025 Strategy. Applicants are required to express their interest in a specific research area with an identified supervisory team. There are over 190 research projects to choose from. The following project, working with Dr Ben Golder, Dr Jessica Whyte and Dr Daniel McLoughlin, may be of interest to members of this list and their students: https://www.scientia.unsw.edu.au/scientia-phd-scholarships/crisis-human-rights This project critically interrogates the claim that there is a contemporary 'crisis' of human rights. Under threat both from right-wing authoritarians and xenophobic populists and from left-wing critics of their neoliberal politics and apologetics for militarised humanitarian intervention, proponents of HR face a reckoning with our troubled political times. What is the fate of human rights in the era of populist insurgencies, neoliberal austerity and endless global war? Using the tools of critical theory, the project will examine scholarly and public critiques of human rights, asking whether existing HR movements, organisations and norms are sufficiently robust to respond to them. Dr Ben Golder Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Education) Faculty of Law UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia T: +61 (2) 9385 1843 F+ +61 (2) 9385 1175 E: b.golder at unsw.edu.au W: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/profile/ben-golder Academia: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/nS9FCBNZwLi5Qz5LizXyS9?domain=unsw.academia.edu SSRN: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Ww-9CD1jy9tl2Dl8C585_d?domain=ssrn.com Latest article out now: 'Thinking Human Rights Through Metaphor' (Law & Literature) CRICOS Provider Code 00098G [01_PARTER LOGOS] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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So should we be thinking of whole microbiomes as causal, or just certain component parts? In this talk I look at causal claims in microbiome research with a focus on proportionality of causal explanations. Bio: Kate is a Research Fellow in The Theory and Methods in Biosciences group, at the University of Sydney. She previously worked as a post-doctoral researcher in an evolutionary genetics laboratory conducting experimental work. She tackles issues that intersect philosophy and biology, such as how to understand biological causation, the societal implications of genetic technology, and how to most effectively practise conservation biology. She is currently collaborating with biologists, psychologists and philosophers as part of projects funded by the Australian Research Council, Horticulture Innovation Australia, and the John Templeton Foundation. https://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/staff/profiles/kate.lynch.php Dr Kate Lynch - The University of Sydney sydney.edu.au Radio. De-extinction and the biodiversity crisis.Triple J Arvos with Veronica and Sally. April 2018. Direct to consumer genetic testing and de-extinction. [A close up of a person wearing a hat and smiling at the camera Description automatically generated] Speaker: Kate Lynch, University of Sydney Event Details: Tuesday, 18 June 2019 12:30 ? 2:00 pm Room 310, Morven Brown Kensington Campus, UNSW No RSVP required. Map reference: C20 Contact: Erin Nash e: e.nash at unsw.edu.au UNSW Arts & Social Sciences UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia arts.unsw.edu.au CRICOS Provider Code 00098G, ABN 57 195 873 179 [Facebook] [Twitter] [Linked In] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 31019 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that, given the wide reception of Creative Evolution among biologists, Bergson can no longer be left out of historical accounts of 20th-century biology. Bergson provided many biologists with the intellectual tools to reflect on the theoretical boundaries of their own discipline and resist the general trend towards specialisation which is often seen as characteristic of 20th-century science. These biologists believed that the very questions their discipline raised (biological evolution, the nature of heredity, animal minds, etc.) forced them to go beyond the limitations of scientific knowledge. They saw Bergson as raising the status of biology by making it the most philosophical of all sciences. We will see that taking the biological appropriations of Bergson?s ideas seriously sheds new light on some of the philosophical motivations of 20th-century biologists and more generally, on the complex interplay between science and philosophy. When: Thu 13 Jun 2019 15:00 ? 16:30 Eastern Australia Time - Sydney Calendar: Current Projects Who: * Kristie Miller- creator Event details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/6i-xCwVLQmi3qD9WcVtK7d?domain=google.com Invitation from Google Calendar: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/aXWkCxnMRvto72w3FvwLzZ?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/aXWkCxnMRvto72w3FvwLzZ?domain=google.com and change your notification settings for this calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organiser and be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status or to modify your RSVP. 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Since changes in who we are in turn change the content of our idealized desires, it is not clear whether our decisions about who to become should be based on our current desires or the desires of the various persons we might become. And since we cannot always anticipate what our transformed selves will care about before we are transformed, we must also make these decisions without knowledge of what the idealized desires of our future selves might be. While related conceptual versions of these problems exist, in this paper I put them aside to focus on the question of action guidance: given these two sources of ignorance, can idealized desire accounts of well-being really tell us anything useful about how to decide who to become? In answer, I argue that they can tell us far more than we might expect, and develop an account of the action guidance that they offer." 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