Event Archive

2016

April

• Wise Club Philosophy Colloquium

  27 April 2016, 15:00 - 17:00

  Talk by Benjamin Neeser (PhD student - University of Neuchâtel) Title: "Through Worlds and Times Alike: A Counterpart-Theoretic Account of Persistence" This talk is sponsored and organized by the Wise Club at the University of Aberdeen

March

• Philosophy Colloquium

  30 March 2016, 15:00 - 16:30

  Talk by Pauline Phemister (Edinburgh) Title: Why It Matters What We Think Abstract: In this presentation, I tease out some implications of Leibniz's claims (i) that there is a structurally isomorphic relationship between the mind or soul and its organic body and (ii) that the mind or soul perceives the external world indirectly...

• Philosophy Colloquium

  23 March 2016, 15:00 - 16:30

  Talk by Adam Carter (Edinburgh) Title: "Knowledge-How and Anti-Intellectualism” Abstract: Reductive intellectualists (e.g., Stanley & Williamson 2001; Stanley 2011a; 2011b) hold that knowledge-how is a kind of knowledge-that. Anti-intellectualists (e.g., Ryle 1949; 1945) reject this reduction and identify knowledge-how with ability possession. In this talk, I want to challenge reductive intellectualism on two...

• History of Art Research Seminar

  16 March 2016, 16:15 - 18:00

  "Aesthetics, authenticity and a sense of place: conserving carved stone artworks in situ": Dr Shannon Fraser, National Trust for Scotland

• Philosophy Postgraduate Talk

  16 March 2016, 15:00 - 16:30

  Christopher Thomas,"From Complex Bodies to a Theory of Art: Melancholy, Bodies, and Art in the Philosophy of Spinoza"

• Philosophy Post-graduate Talk

  02 March 2016, 15:00 - 16:30

  Davide Monaco,"Parallelism and Identity in Spinoza's Ethics. IIP7 and IIP7S"

February

• Back on Campus - Divinity, History & Philosophy

  17 February 2016, 13:00 - 15:40

  The Alumni Relations team, Careers Service and AUSA are delighted to host a new Back on Campus event in 2016. Although primarily organised for students of the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, all students interested in finding out more about a career in HR or media are welcome to...

2015

December

• Philosophy: Work-in-Progress Meeting

  09 December 2015, 15:00 - 16:00

  Federico Luzzi: 'Gender-Restricted Sports Competitions'

• A Theology of Garbage

  02 December 2015, 13:00 - 15:00

  Part of the joint Theological Ethics, Systematics and Practical Theology Research seminar series. All are welcome, and residential postgraduate students in the fields of Practical Theology, Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics are expected to attend this seminar along with their sub-disciplinary reading seminar.

• Practical Theology Seminar: Reading "Advancing Practical Theology"

  01 December 2015, 09:00 - 11:00

  John Swinton and some of the postgraduate students in Practical Theology are running a seminar series this half-session, based on the book 'Advancing Practical Theology' by Eric Stoddart. All are welcome to attend. It will run fortnightly for six sessions, Tuesdays, 9am-11am, in OBF01 (Old Brewery).