Event Archive

Heather Widdows (Birmingham) ‘My Body, My Self?' Abstract: That our bodies have become our very selves in a visual and virtual culture is one of the main arguments of Perfect Me. This is so widely believed that we often don’t recognise either that it is true (until it is pointed...

Åsa Wikforss, (Stockholm) 'Democracy in the Post Truth Era'  Abstract: We are said to live in an era of Post Truth, defined as a time when objective facts are less important in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief. We also live in a time where democracy...

Wednesday Feb 10th, 3-4.30pm. Mahrad Almotahari (Edinburgh) and Aidan Gray (Illinois) ‘Coordination, De Se Thought, and Russellian Exceptionalism’  Abstract: Russellians, Relationists, and Fregeans disagree about the nature of propositional-attitude content and the role of coordination and de se thought in the explanation of rational behavior. We articulate a framework about the form such...

Wednesday Jan 27th, 3-4.30pm.  Sarah Broadie, St Andrews ‘Virtue and the non-moral goods: an ancient perspective’  Abstract to follow.  For information, contact Federico Luzzi: f.luzzi@abdn.ac.uk

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Speaker: Tommaso Piazza (Pavia)

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Due to travel restrictions in place to tackle the outbreak of Coronavirus and safety reasons, we have cancelled this event. We will be probably reschedule it for next year and will announce the new dates in due time. Public pedagogy investigates learning that happens beyond formal schooling and through disparate means, like public events,...

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Speaker: Joe Ulatowski (Waikato University)

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Booking for the Philosophy Reading Party is now open! The Reading Party is a 3-day staff/student field trip in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, involving hillwalking during the day and informal Philosophy in the evening. The event is strongly subsidised by the Department. It is open to all Aberdeen undergraduate students on single-Honours...

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Speaker: Michael Beaney (Humboldt University)

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Speaker: Kerstin Andermann (Technical University Dresden/Luneburg University)