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2016
April
March
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Philosophy Colloquium
-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...
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Philosophy Colloquium
-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...
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History of Art Research Seminar
-"Aesthetics, authenticity and a sense of place: conserving carved stone artworks in situ": Dr Shannon Fraser, National Trust for Scotland
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Philosophy Postgraduate Talk
-Christopher Thomas,"From Complex Bodies to a Theory of Art: Melancholy, Bodies, and Art in the Philosophy of Spinoza"
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Philosophy Post-graduate Talk
-Davide Monaco,"Parallelism and Identity in Spinoza's Ethics. IIP7 and IIP7S"
February
2015
December
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Philosophy: Work-in-Progress Meeting
-Federico Luzzi: 'Gender-Restricted Sports Competitions'
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A Theology of Garbage
-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.
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Practical Theology Seminar: Reading "Advancing Practical Theology"
-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).