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Digest Week 2 Michaelmas Term 2025

19 October 2025

MT25, Week 2 (19 October - 25 October)

If you have entries for the weekly Digest, please send information to admin@philosophy.ox.ac.uk by midday, Tuesday the week before the event. 

epistemology reading group

Metaphysics and Epistemology Group (Tuesday - Week 2, MT25)

21 October 2025
Katie Moody (Trinity College, Oxford): 'Perspectives and Epistemic Dependence'
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DPhil Seminar (Tuesday - Week 2, MT25)

21 October 2025
Yuqi Liang (Oxford): 'Peak Experiences'
Post-Kantian European Philosophy Seminar

Post-Kantian European Philosophy Seminar (Tuesday - Week 2, MT25)

21 October 2025
Jack Wearing (Corpus Christi College, Oxford): 'Kant, Cavell, and the Problem of Aesthetic Arrogance'
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Institute for Ethics in AI Lunchtime Research Seminar (Wednesday - Week 2, MT25)

22 October 2025
Dr Allan McCay (University of Sydney): 'The use of neurotechnology in criminal justice: some ethical, legal, and social implications'
moral philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Wednesday - Week 2, MT25)

22 October 2025
Christine Korsgaard (Harvard University): 'The Human Good'
philosophy of physics grad lunch seminar

Philosophy of Physics Graduate Lunch Seminar (Thursday - Week 2, MT25)

23 October 2025
Paolo Faglia: 'No relative facts in Healey's pragmatist approach to quantum theory'
Ockham Society

The Ockham Society (Thursday - Week 2, MT25)

23 October 2025
Sofus Messell (Wadham College): 'Hope For The Best, Prepare For The Worst'
Philosophy of Physics

Philosophy of Physics Seminar (Thursday - Week 2, MT25)

23 October 2025
Flavio del Santo (Vienna/Geneva): 'Which features of quantum physics are not fundamentally quantum but are due to indeterminism?'
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (Thursday - Week 2, MT25)

23 October 2025
Chris Izgin (University of Oxford): 'Themistius on the Grasp of Axioms in the Posterior Analytics'
Philosophy of mind

Seminar Cancelled - Philosophy of Mind Seminar (Friday - Week 2, MT25)

24 October 2025
Riley Harris (Mansfield College, Oxford): 'Could AI Satisfy the Scientific Criteria for Pain?'

Notices - other Philosophy events, including those taking place elsewhere in the university and beyond

2025-2026 St Hilda's Brain and Mind workshop 

Speakers: Prof. Stephen Mulhall (Oxford University), Dr. Alex Lau-Zhu (Oxford University), Prof. Oliver Robinson (University College London)

Title: 'Anxiety and the Brain'

Date and time: Monday, 20th October 2025, from 5-7:15pm

Venue: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda's College

It will investigate the topic of anxiety disorders from the points of view of philosophy (Prof. Stephen Mulhall, Oxford University), psychology (Dr. Alex Lau-Zhu, Oxford University) and neuroscience (Prof. Oliver Robinson, University College London). 

Joseph Butler Society

Speaker: Roger Pouivet (Lorraine)

Title: Geach on Sin and Intellectual Confusion

Date and time: Tuesday 21 October, 8:30 pm - 10.00 pm.

Venue: Large SCR Oriel College.

Further details here: https://josephbutlersociety.weebly.com/

Astor Lecture

Speaker: Professor Michele Moody-Adams, Astor Visiting Lecturer 2025

Title: Deep Trust, Political Hope, and the Future of Democracy

Date and time: Thursday 23 October, 12.00 pm

Venue: Manor Road Building

Further details about the event can be found here: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/event/deep-trust-political-hope-and-future-democracy-professor-michele-moody-adams-astor.