Digest Week 5 Michaelmas Term 2025
MT25, Week 5 (9 November - 15 November)
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Notices - other Philosophy events, including those taking place elsewhere in the university and beyond
Senior Seminars in Indian Philosophy
Speaker: Prof. Malcolm Keating (Smith College, Massachusetts)
Title: 'Different Words with the Same Meaning: Kumārila Bhaṭṭa on Synonymy'
Speaker: Dr. Pragya Jain (International School for Jain Studies, Pune)
Title: 'A Metaphysical Enquiry into Godhood in Jainism'
Date and time: Wednesday 12th November, 2:30pm - 4pm
Venue: OCHS Library
Emphasising intellectual exchange, each seminar consists of two twenty-minute discussions on a topic relating to Indian philosophy, followed by an equal amount of time for discussion.
Joseph Butler Society - CANCELLED
With apologies, the speaker has had to withdraw from the meeting of the Joseph Butler Society scheduled for Thursday 13 November and the event has therefore been cancelled.
We hope to hold this talk on another occasion, and apologise for cancelling at short notice.
Speaker: Harriet Harris (Edinburgh)
Title: Some Challenges of Monotheism for Prayer and of Prayer for Monotheism
Date and time: Thursday 13 November, 8:30 pm - 10.00 pm
Further details here: https://josephbutlersociety.weebly.com/