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Digest Summer Vacation 2018

Events for Summer Vacation 2018

(If you have anything to go in this weekly Digest, please send the information to admin@philosophy.ox.ac.uk by midday on the Wednesday before the event.)

If no location is given, the event will take place in Radcliffe Humanities on Woodstock Rd, OX2 6GG

Digest Index

Metaphysics

Does Hyperintensionality Earn Its Keep? - Workshop at St John's College, Oxford

01 October to 02 October
Theories of First Principles in Early Modern Metaphysics - Workshop at Oriel College, Oxford

Theories of First Principles in Early Modern Metaphysics - Workshop at Oriel College, Oxford

02 October to 03 October
moral philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 1, MT26)

12 October
Daniela Dover (Rutgers University): 'Beauvoir on the Unity of Ethics and Metaethics' (co-authored with Jonathan Gingerich); Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
epistemology reading group

Metaphysics, Language, and Epistemology Group (Tuesday - Week 1, MT26)

13 October
TBC; Seminar Room (10.303), Level 1, Schwarzman Centre
Ockham Society

The Ockham Society (Thursday - Week 1, MT26)

15 October
'TBC'
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (Thursday - Week 1, MT26)

15 October
Ian Campbell (Heidelberg University): 'TBC'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Philosophy of mind

Philosophy of Mind Seminar (Friday - Week 1, MT26)

16 October
Ofra Magidor (University of Oxford): 'TBC'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar

Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar (Monday - Week 2, MT26)

19 October
Daniel Isaacson (Wolfson College, Oxford): "'The axiomisation of arithmetic'"; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre  
Post-Kantian European Philosophy Seminar

Post-Kantian European Philosophy Seminar (Tuesday - Week 2, MT26)

20 October
Hannah Ginsborg (UC Berkeley): 'TBC'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Ockham Society

The Ockham Society (Thursday - Week 2, MT26)

22 October
'TBC'
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (Thursday - Week 2, MT26)

22 October
Alex Long (University of St Andrews); Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Philosophical Society

The Jowett Society (Friday - Week 2, MT26)

23 October
Tom McClelland (University of Cambridge): 'Can Tests for Artificial Consciousness be Validated?'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
moral philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 3, MT26)

26 October
Tom Pink (Kings College London): 'Legal authority as coercive teacher'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
epistemology reading group

Metaphysics, Language, and Epistemology Group (Tuesday - Week 3, MT26)

27 October
TBC; Seminar Room (10.303), Level 1, Schwarzman Centre
Ockham Society

The Ockham Society (Thursday - Week 3, MT26)

29 October
'TBC'
Philosophy of mind

Philosophy of Mind Seminar (Friday - Week 3, MT26)

30 October
Justin D'Ambrosio (St Andrews): 'TBC'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar

Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar (Monday - Week 4, MT26)

02 November
Davide Sutto (Christ Church, Oxford): 'TBC'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre  
Post-Kantian European Philosophy Seminar

Post-Kantian European Philosophy Seminar (Tuesday - Week 4, MT26)

03 November
Evaldo Sampaio (Federal University of Ceará): 'TBC'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Ockham Society

The Ockham Society (Thursday - Week 4, MT26)

05 November
'TBC'
Philosophical Society

The Jowett Society (Friday - Week 4, MT26)

06 November
Robert Northcott (Birkbeck University of London): 'TBC'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre

Notices - Events taking place elsewhere in the university and beyond

 

Seminar Series on Reproducibility and Open Research | 4.30-6.00pm, All Souls College: Wharton Room
Laura Fortunato (Magdalen College): ‘Effective Computing for Research Reproducibility'
All are welcome; refreshments will be provided.

 

Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies | 5.00pm-, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (Marston Rd)
Eugene Rogan (St Anthony's College): ‘1918: The Fall of the Ottomans and the Beginning of a Century of Conflict'

 
Science and Populism: From Evidence to Narrative | 5.00-6.00pm, Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre
Panel: 'Putting science at the heart of society and culture'
Discussants: Sarah Harper (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing); Emily Wilson (New Scientist); Katherine Mathieson (British Science Association)
To register, please go here. 
Jurisprudence Discussion Group | 5.00pm-, Balliol College: Massey Room
Jeff King (UCL): 'The Social Dimension of the Rule of Law'
The 2018 Newman Lecture | 5.30pm-, Pembroke College: Pichette Auditorium
Lord Patten of Barnes (CH PC Chancellor, Oxford): 'The Idea of a University in the 21st Century'
The event will be followed by a Q&A and a drinks reception. All are welcome. Please email sarah.gray@campion.ox.ac.uk if you have any queries. 
Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature | 5.30pm-, St Anne's College: TBC
Elif Shafak: Lecture Series - 'Storytelling in a Divided World' 
Open Discussion