From J.Hadley at westernsydney.edu.au Tue Aug 20 09:52:38 2019 From: J.Hadley at westernsydney.edu.au (John Hadley) Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 23:52:38 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Philosophy@westernsydney Seminar Message-ID: Gideon Baker (Griffith) - The Two Worlds in Nietzsche Heidegger's charge that Nietzsche is the culmination of the metaphysics he sought to overcome turns on the place of the true world in Nietzsche's thought. In his lectures on Nietzsche from the 1930s, Heidegger argues that Nietzsche makes the mistake of thinking that the true world can be answered with a truer one named becoming, which merely reproduces the two worlds of metaphysics, only in reverse order. Now becoming is the truth of the world and being is mere appearance. According to Heidegger, Nietzsche remained unaware of this trap until 1888, at which point it may have been what drove him mad. I seek to complicate this picture. I show that Nietzsche was long aware that, with the death of the true world, nothing further can be said of world considered as an object of knowledge or, what is the same, as a totality. It is why Zarathustra emphasises the creation of new worlds, for example. Indeed, I contend that Heidegger's own answer to the true world-namely that world is historical-is anticipated by Nietzsche because the world that ends up being affirmed in Nietzsche's yes-saying is not a being (kosmos) but Being (a history). Date/Time: Wednesday August 28th 2019, 3.30pm-5pm Western Sydney University, Bankstown Campus, Room 3.G.54 [How to get to Bankstown Campus] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thursday, August 22 6:30pm - 7:45pm Free event - All welcome - Light refreshments provided (from 6pm) 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/1GdMC91ZkQtXONjWToZUWI?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. BIO Dr Chris Fleming is the author or editor of ten books on issues ranging from religious violence to media and film and conspiracy theory. He is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University. Upcoming talks: ? Love, Freedom, and Elena Ferrante?, Thursday Sept 19, 6.30 ? 7.45 pm: Leichhardt Library, Sam Shpall (U Syd) ?What is utopia and (why) do we need it?? October 17, 6.30 ? 7.45 pm: Leichhardt Library, Cat Moir (U Syd) 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://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/LMTdC0YZWVF5ygzXhDwP5M?domain=hal.arts.unsw.edu.au --------- SydPhil mailing list To unsubscribe, change your membership options, find answers to common problems, or visit our online archives, please go to the list information page: https://mailman.sydney.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The negative thesis is that the "triviality results" do not support the rejection of Adams's Thesis, because Lewisian "triviality based" arguments against Adams's Thesis rest on an implausibly strong understanding of what it takes for some credal constraint to be a rational requirement (an understanding which Lewis himself later abandoned in other contexts). The positive thesis is that there is a simple (and plausible) way of modeling the probabilities of conditionals, which (a) obeys Adams's Thesis, and (b) avoids all of the existing triviality results. When: Wed 21 Aug 2019 11:00 ? 13:00 Eastern Australia Time - Sydney Calendar: Current Projects Who: * Kristie Miller- creator Event details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/aNrNCYWL1viq9Ov5s0dZaf?domain=google.com Invitation from Google Calendar: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ZkNsCZYM2VFLj2wzij9TI4?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/ZkNsCZYM2VFLj2wzij9TI4?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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These notions are notoriously, however, deeply entangled in paradox. A standard move is to take the metalanguage to be distinct from language in question, and so avoid the paradoxes. One of the attractions of a dialetheic approach to the paradoxes of self- reference is that this move may be avoided. One may have a language with the expressive power to talk about (among other things) itself, and a theory in that language about how notions such as truth and validity for that language behave. The contradictions delivered by these notions are forthcoming, but they are quarantined by the use of a paraconsistent logic. The point of this paper is to discuss this project, the extent to which it has been successful, and the places where issues still remain. NB: Tea starts at 15:00! When: Wed 21 Aug 2019 15:30 ? 17:00 Eastern Australia Time - Sydney Where: Muniment Room Calendar: Seminars Who: * sequoiah at gmail.com- creator Event details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/XBrHCYWL1viqXjlQu0RJX7?domain=google.com Invitation from Google Calendar: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/6HoKCZYM2VFLYXgEFjEobG?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/6HoKCZYM2VFLYXgEFjEobG?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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Humeans are skeptical of any such modal primitives. Anything that guarantees necessary connections between wholly distinct entities is metaphysically suspect. By way of reply, non-Humeans object that Humeans have no way of accounting for the regularity in the world. Both sides of the debate have powerful objections to the other side. What are we to believe? I will argue that there is a single view which can accommodate the core insights of both Humeans and non-Humeans. Instead of picking sides, we should be Humean Non-Humeans.? When: Thu 22 Aug 2019 15:00 ? 16:30 Eastern Australia Time - Sydney Calendar: Current Projects Who: * kristiemiller4 at gmail.com- creator Event details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/TAEwC0YZWVF5X1G5Cw3ZzT?domain=google.com Invitation from Google Calendar: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/TxXjCgZowLHR1MARcoNWC3?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/TxXjCgZowLHR1MARcoNWC3?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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Throughout his career Leibniz grappled with this question, resulting in a rich and fascinating theory of modality. In this paper, I consider the question of the grounds of possibility in Leibniz. In many texts, he says that possibility is grounded in ideas in the divine mind. I argue, however, that, for Leibniz, this is not the ultimate ground of possibility because the source of the content of God's ideas lies in the divine attributes. ND: Tea starts at 15:00! When: Wed 28 Aug 2019 15:30 ? 17:00 Eastern Australia Time - Sydney Where: Muniment Room Calendar: Seminars Who: * sequoiah at gmail.com- creator Event details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/wfZ0COMxNytjnXrZHESlK_?domain=google.com Invitation from Google Calendar: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/uXvACP7yOZtRWmANt055cU?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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AThe 2019 Sydney Philosophy of Psychiatry and Psychology Postgraduate Workshop is an opportunity for postgraduate researchers to give short talks and receive feedback from both their peers and experts in empirically-informed philosophy of psychology, mind and cognition. Academics and postgraduate students from Macquarie University, The University of Sydney, The University of Wollongong and other regional institutions are invited to attend and to present their research. The retreat will take place at Pearl Beach October 11th-13th. There will be a keynote presentation by Dr Glenda Satne (UOW) on the Friday evening, followed by presentations by post-graduate students over the Friday to Sunday. There will be plenty of time to network, enjoy the beautiful setting, and make connections with others working and studying in the philosophy of psychiatry/psychology. Exact details will be included in a confirmation email once you RSVP is received. Papers for presentation will be selected on a first come, first served basis. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause but strongly encourage all to submit abstracts as soon as possible. Abstracts should be 300 words long, and include a title, and identifying information. All presentations will be twenty minutes, with ten minutes for questions. There will be a projector and computer available at the venue. Please return the attached RSVP sheet along with abstracts by the *7th September* at the latest. RSVPS should be returned to gemma.smart at sydney.edu.au SydPP is jointly funded by the Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University; The School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, University of Sydney; The School of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney; and The School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong. The SydPP Postgraduate Workshop is a supportive and respectful space for intellectual discussion. We aim to facilitate productive discussion which is both challenging and considered. Aggressive or harassing behaviour of any kind will not be tolerated. SydPP recognises the traditional owners of the land, the Darkinjung people, their tribes and peoples - past, present and future. It is on their land that we hold our event. Any questions please direct to the organising team: Alex Gillett - alexander.gillett at mq.edu.au Axel Constant ? acon8307 at uni.sydney.edu.au Gemma Smart - gemma.smart at sydney.edu.au In?s Hipolito - inesh at uow.edu.au We look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, The organising team -- Gemma Lucy Smart School of History and Philosophy of Science The University of Sydney 'Amor Fati' -- Gemma Lucy Smart MSc Candidate, History and Philosophy of Science The University of Sydney 'Amor Fati' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Academics and postgraduate students from Macquarie > University, The University of Sydney, The University of Wollongong and > other regional institutions are invited to attend and to present their > research. > > > > The retreat will take place at Pearl Beach October 11th-13th. There will > be a keynote presentation by Dr Glenda Satne (UOW) on the Friday evening, > followed by presentations by post-graduate students over the Friday to > Sunday. There will be plenty of time to network, enjoy the beautiful > setting, and make connections with others working and studying in the > philosophy of psychiatry/psychology. Exact details will be included in a > confirmation email once you RSVP is received. > > > > Papers for presentation will be selected on a first come, first served > basis. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause but > strongly encourage all to submit abstracts as soon as possible. Abstracts > should be 300 words long, and include a title, and identifying information. > All presentations will be twenty minutes, with ten minutes for questions. > There will be a projector and computer available at the venue. > > > > Please return the attached RSVP sheet along with abstracts by the *7th > September* at the latest. RSVPS should be returned to > gemma.smart at sydney.edu.au > > > > SydPP is jointly funded by the Department of Philosophy, Macquarie > University; The School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, University > of Sydney; The School of History and Philosophy of Science, University of > Sydney; and The School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of > Wollongong. > > The SydPP Postgraduate Workshop is a supportive and respectful space for > intellectual discussion. We aim to facilitate productive discussion which > is both challenging and considered. Aggressive or harassing behaviour of > any kind will not be tolerated. > > SydPP recognises the traditional owners of the land, the Darkinjung > people, their tribes and peoples - past, present and future. It is on > their land that we hold our event. > > Any questions please direct to the organising team: > > Alex Gillett - alexander.gillett at mq.edu.au > > Axel Constant ? acon8307 at uni.sydney.edu.au > > Gemma Smart - gemma.smart at sydney.edu.au > > In?s Hipolito - inesh at uow.edu.au > > > > > > We look forward to hearing from you. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > The organising team > > > > -- > Gemma Lucy Smart > School of History and Philosophy of Science > The University of Sydney > > 'Amor Fati' > > > -- > Gemma Lucy Smart > MSc Candidate, History and Philosophy of Science > The University of Sydney > > 'Amor Fati' > -- Gemma Lucy Smart MSc Candidate, History and Philosophy of Science The University of Sydney 'Amor Fati' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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