Events

Upcoming Events

Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (Thursday, Week 6, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

19 November 2026
Michele Pecorari (New College, University of Oxford): 'Why do sceptics have beliefs?'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Philosophical Society

The Jowett Society (Friday, Week 6, MT26 - 15:00-18:00)

20 November 2026
Emma Borg (Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Studies): 'Twitches, Fidgets, Habits, Skills: exploring the scope of common-sense psychology.'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
moral philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday, Week 7, MT26 - 16:15-18:00)

23 November 2026
Ulrike Heuer (University College London): 'Normative Powers and Triggering Reasons'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
epistemology reading group

Metaphysics, Language, and Epistemology Group (Tuesday, Week 7, MT26 - 14:00-15:45)

24 November 2026
Jordan Scott (University College, Oxford), 'Belief and the Normativity of Compulsion'; Seminar Room (10.303), Level 1, Schwarzman Centre
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Early Career Work in Progress Seminar (Tuesday, Week 7, MT26 - 16:30-18:00)

24 November 2026
Sam Mason (Merton College): 'Reasons for Emotions'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre  
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DPhil Seminar (Wednesday, Week 7, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

25 November 2026
TBC; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Philosophy of Physics Graduate Lunch Seminar

Philosophy of Physics Graduate Lunch Seminar (Thursday, Week 7, MT26 - 13:00-14:30)

26 November 2026
Jae Eniraiyetan: 'TBC'; Seminar Room (20.306), Schwarzman Centre
Ockham Society

The Ockham Society (Thursday, Week 7, MT26 - 14:00-15:00)

26 November 2026
'TBC'
Philosophy of Physics

Philosophy of Physics Seminar (Thursday, Week 7, MT26 - 15:00-17:00)

26 November 2026
Cheryl Misak (Toronto): 'What Kind of Pragmatism for Subjective Probability Theory?'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

CANCELLED Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (Thursday, Week 7, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

26 November 2026
Carlotta Capuccino (University of Bologna): '“A Strange Dream”, “A Strange Image”: The Philosophical Function of Atopia in the Platonic Corpus'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Philosophy of mind

Philosophy of Mind Seminar (Friday, Week 7, MT26 - 15:30-17:00)

27 November 2026
Emily Shurmur (University of Oxford): 'TBC'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
epistemology reading group

Metaphysics, Language, and Epistemology Group (Tuesday, Week 8, MT26 - 14:00-15:45)

01 December 2026
Wolfgang Schwarz (University of Edinburgh): 'How to Believe in the Good'; Seminar Room (10.303), Level 1, Schwarzman Centre

Past Events

moral philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday, Week 3, MT26 - 16:15-18:00)

26 October 2026
Tom Pink (Kings College London): 'Legal authority as coercive teacher'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
Philosophical Society

The Jowett Society (Friday, Week 2, MT26 - 15:00-18:00)

23 October 2026
Tom McClelland (University of Cambridge): 'Can Tests for Artificial Consciousness be Validated?'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (Thursday, Week 2, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

22 October 2026
Alex Long (University of St Andrews): 'Platonic protreptic and the unity of the Phaedrus'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Ockham Society

The Ockham Society (Thursday, Week 2, MT26 - 14:00-15:00)

22 October 2026
Freddie Pflanz (New College, Oxford): 'A Defence of the Distinction Between Complex and Simple Views of Personal Identity'; Seminar Room (20.340), Level 2, Schwarzman Centre
Philosophy of Physics Graduate Lunch Seminar

Philosophy of Physics Graduate Lunch Seminar (Thursday, Week 2, MT26 - 13:00-14:30)

22 October 2026
Max Heitmann (Balliol College): 'The emergence of causality: a representation theorem'; Seminar Room (20.306), Schwarzman Centre
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DPhil Seminar (Wednesday, Week 2, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

21 October 2026
Jonathan Krude (Corpus Christi College): 'Heidegger Out of Bounds'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Post-Kantian European Philosophy Seminar

Post-Kantian European Philosophy Seminar (Tuesday, Week 2, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

20 October 2026
Hannah Ginsborg (UC Berkeley): 'Normativity, Rationality, and Judicial Discretion'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar

Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar (Monday, Week 2, MT26 - 16:30-18:30)

19 October 2026
Daniel Isaacson (Wolfson College, Oxford): "'The axiomatisation of arithmetic'"; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre  
Philosophy of mind

Philosophy of Mind Seminar (Friday, Week 1, MT26 - 15:30-17:00)

16 October 2026
Ofra Magidor (University of Oxford): 'Researching Polysemy: Theoretical Impact on Experimental Studies' (joint work with David Liebesman); Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (Thursday, Week 1, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

15 October 2026
Ian Campbell (Heidelberg University): 'Aristotle’s Defense of the Excluded Middle'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Philosophy of Physics

Philosophy of Physics Seminar (Thursday, Week 1, MT26 - 15:00-17:00)

15 October 2026
Doreen Fraser (University of Waterloo) and Maria Papageorgiou (Vienna) : 'No superluminal physical influence in QFT with a local measurement theory'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
Ockham Society

The Ockham Society (Thursday, Week 1, MT26 - 14:00-15:00)

15 October 2026
Yuxin Tang (University College, Oxford): 'From Labour-Expressed Care to Holistic Care: Can AI Robots in Elderly Care Provide Good Care?'; Seminar Room (20.340), Level 2, Schwarzman Centre