[SydPhil] University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series, Wed Oct 29, Emily Hulme, (University of Sydney)

[Ryan Cox]

 Hi everyone,

This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is Emily Hulme, (University of Sydney)

The title of the talk is "Evil techne?: Plato, craft and value ". Here is an abstract for the talk:

Techne (craft, skill, expertise) plays a central role in Plato’s philosophy, including in his celebrated “skill analogy for virtue,” wherein the crafts are the model for the kind of practical rationality employed in moral activity. This talk concerns a debate in the interpretation of this analogy: are the crafts, as such, defined as having good ends? I’ll argue they are not—in other words, the crafts of the pirate and the influencer are just as much crafts as those of the engineer and the doctor. The focus will be on Plato, but the topic will give us material for reflecting on rationality, work, and normativity more generally.

The seminar will take place at 3:30pm on Wednesday Oct 29 in the Philosophy Seminar Room (N494).

Note that there are two talks this week. Emily Hulme on Wednesday Oct 29; Lucy Allais on Friday Oct 31.

Enquiries about the seminar series can be directed to ryan.cox at sydney.edu.au

Ryan Cox
Lecturer in Philosophy
Discipline of Philosophy
School of Humanities
University of Sydney
ryan.cox at sydney.edu.au