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2020
February
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Philosophy Colloquium: Bradford Bow (Aberdeen)
-Speaker: Bradford Bow (Aberdeen)
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School information session on work placement or volunteering
Calling all Divinity, History, History of Art and Philosophy students at Level 3... Have you already secured, or are you planning to secure an internship, work placement or volunteering position over the summer? Would you like to receive academic credit for completing your summer opportunity? There is a short session on...
January
2019
November
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Philosophy Colloquium: James Miller (Nottingham)
-Speaker: James Miller (Nottingham)
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The British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Lecture 2019
-"Taking time to talk: Plato's Euthydemus on the metaphysics of conversation" with Professor MM McCabe
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Philosophy Colloquium: Mogens Lareke (CNRS, Lyon)
-Speaker: Mogens Lareke (CNRS, Lyon) "Spinoza and Hobbes on the Social Contract" Critics contemporary with Spinoza very quickly seized on the similarity of the contract theory outlined in chapter XVI of the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (1670) with the doctrines of Hobbes in De Cive (1642) and in the Leviathan (1650). But were Spinoza’s contemporary...
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Internships: Sourcing Your Placement for 2020
-What are you doing next summer? Would you like to gain work experience, network with potential future employers and develop transferable skills? The School of Divinity, History and Philosophy is hosting a workshop this semester on sourcing and securing internships. Pursue internship opportunities: learn about strategies for successful internship applications and effective...
October
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Philosophy Colloquium: Franz Berto (St Andrews)
-Speaker: Franz Berto (University of St Andrews)
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Philosophy Colloquium: Aidan McGlynn (Edinburgh)
-Speaker: Aidan McGlynn (Edinburgh) Pornography and Objectification Reconsidered A familiar feminist criticism of so-called “mainstream” pornography is that it objectifies women, but it’s not clear how we should interpret this claim. This makes it hard to know whether we should endorse the criticism, or what kind of response it calls for. In this...