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Digest Week 5 Michaelmas Term 2024

11 November 2024

MT24, Week 5 (10th-16th November)

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. 

moral philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 5, MT24)

11 November 2024
David Enoch (Balliol College, University of Oxford): 'Foreseeing Intended Harm: When Do Expected in-bello Violations Undermine ad-bellum Justification?'
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The 2024 Isaiah Berlin Lecture (Week 5, MT24)

12 November 2024
Professor Melissa Lane (Princeton University): 'The lawgiver's point of view in Plato and Aristotle'
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Ethics in AI Lunchtime Research Seminar (Wednesday - Week 5, MT24)

13 November 2024
Ray Eitel-Porter (University of Cambridge): 'AI Safety: Whose Problem is it Anyway?'
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DPhil Seminar (Wednesday - Week 5, MT24)

13 November 2024
James Glover: ''The positivist foundations of Frank Ramsey's philosophy of science". 
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Philosophy of Physics Graduate Lunch Seminar (Thursday - Week 5, MT24)

14 November 2024
Maria Avramidou: 'The problem of chaos in philosophy of science'
Ockham Society

The Ockham Society (Thursday - Week 5, MT24)

14 November 2024
Arthur Kleinman: 'Is the Sophist's 'Dunamis Proposal' (247de) compatible with a two-tier ontology?'
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (Thursday - Week 5, MT24)

14 November 2024
David Ebrey (University of Barcelona): 'The initial division of the soul in Republic IV'
elisabeth camp

Oxford Colloquium in Linguistics and Philosophy

15 November 2024
Elisabeth Camp, Professor of Philosophy (Rutgers University): 'Nicknames as Tools for Face and Frame'

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

 

Jonny Thomson: 'Philosophy for Mental Health'

When: 7pm, Tuesday 12th November

Where: TR5, Trinity College

Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He's a staff writer at Big Think, where he writes about philosophy, theology, psychology and other subjects. His first book, Mini Philosophy, is an award-winning, international bestseller, and has been translated into twenty languages. Jonny also runs the 'Mini Philosophy' Instagram page (@philosophyminis) which boast over 300k followers and aims to explain philosophical concepts in an accessible and interesting way. In his discussion of ‘Philosophy for Mental Health', he will be discussing the practical benefits of studying and discussing philosophy on one's mental health.

Joseph Butler Society

Time: 8.30pm - 10.00pm

Location: Oriel College, Large Senior Common Room

Presenter: Professor Michael Scott (University of Manchester)

Title: 'Ineffability and Religious Language'

For further details, please go to: http://josephbutlersociety.weebly.com/