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December 2008

PHILOS-L Digest - 9 Dec 2008 to 10 Dec 2008 (#2008-344)

By Geoffrey FerrariThu, 12/11/2008 - 12:16pm

Topics of the day:

 1. Wittgenstein's map: the consensus
 2. UPCOMING DEADLINE -- Dune CFP
 3. CFP: Mediterranean Worlds: Cultures of Interpretation
 4. BSET 2009: last CFP
 5. CFP: Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberpunk and Science Fiction
    (Oxford: July 2009)
 6. On line discussion of Orthodox
 7. On Line Discussion of Orthodox Mysticism (and applications to the
    Philosophy of Food)
 8. Request for references: is being intelligent always good?
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PHILOS-L Digest - 7 Dec 2008 to 8 Dec 2008 (#2008-342)

By Geoffrey FerrariTue, 12/09/2008 - 5:53pm


Topics of the day:

 1. Reminder: Levinas , Four Readings at Beit Avichai, Jerusalem  / december
    9, at 20:00
 2. A curious coincidence: Phineas Gage on BBC R4
 3. Tenurable Level B/C Position at University of Western Australia
 4. AS: TODAY - Vagueness, realism, language and thought - Howard Robinson
 5. CFP: Hugh MacColl Centenary Conference
 6. Philosophy of Psychiatry Work in Progress Workshop - Lancaster - 5th Jan
 7. Northern Political Theory Association - Postgraduate Paper Competition
 8. Conference Schedule North Sea Early Modern workshop, Leiden University,
    Feb 12-14.
 9. New Deadline for Applications - BPPA Masterclass at UEA: 'Issues in Early
    Analytic Philosophy'
10. Discourse Volume 8 Number 1
11. Two streams in the philosophy of mathematics
12. DEMOCRACY AND DIVERSITY POSTDOC, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY
13. [IHPST] Séminaire PhilBio: Pierr e-Olivier METHOT (11 décembre 08)
14. CFP: Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Theory (fwd)
15. CFP: International Merleau-Ponty Circle 34th Annual Conference, October
    1-3, 2009
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PHILOS-L Digest - 5 Dec 2008 to 6 Dec 2008 (#2008-340)

By Geoffrey FerrariSun, 12/07/2008 - 11:02am

Topics of the day:

 1. JOBS: UCD, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leiden, Newfoundland, New South Wales
 2. CONF:  Colloque à la mémoire de Gabriele Giannanto ni (Roma, 18/12)
 3. CFP: Evolution, Co-operation and Rationality, Bristol University,
    September 2009
 4. Worst Argument Ever? (2)
 5. arguments
 6. metaphor
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PHILOS-L Digest - 4 Dec 2008 to 5 Dec 2008 (#2008-339)

By Geoffrey FerrariSat, 12/06/2008 - 11:29am


Topics of the day:

 1. Worst Argument Ever? (3)
 2. worst argument ever
 3. Extended CFP: Southeast Philosophy Congress
 4. M.Phil at Warwick, Open Day
 5. GRADUATE WORK IN AESTHETICS - SOUTHAMPTON
 6. GRADUATE WORK ON NIETZSCHE AND 19TH CENTURY GERMAN PHILOSOPHY -
    SOUTHAMPTON
 7. GRADUATE WORK ON WITTGENSTEIN - SOUTHAMPTON
 8. CFP: Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship 8 (Oxford: July 2009)
 9. CFP: Making Sense Of: Health, Illness and Disease 8 (Oxford, July 2009)
10. Vico's Letter to Solla
11. CFP: Caribbean Philosophical Association
12. Reminder: CFP Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference 2009
13. Constantinos Athanasopoulos
14. Ethics in Computer Games - results
15. College Instructors: receive a free copy of "Nations Have the Right to
    Kill"
16. Gabrielle Suchon
17. Announcing Two Visiting Professorial Fellowships
18. CFP: Future of Process Thought
19. Wkshp: Bristol ancient philosophy
20. CFP: College Sex & Philosophy
21. CFP: Evidence in Context: HAPSAT 5th Annual Conference
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Edinburgh rep and what I'm up to

By Liz IrvineFri, 12/05/2008 - 5:53pm

Hi all,

I'm Liz Irvine, rep for University of Edinburgh, doing a very late introduction....I'm mainly interested in philosophy of mind and cognitive science, including some work on signal detection theory, unconscious perception and consciousness generally. I've just started my PhD here with Andy Clark, before that I did a masters at Pittsburgh in the HPS department. If anyone else is working on SDT type measures of consciousness it'd be great to hear from you!

My uni web page is: http://www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk/new/postgraduate/students/phd/ElizabethIr...

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PHILOS-L Digest - 3 Dec 2008 to 4 Dec 2008 (#2008-338)

By Geoffrey FerrariFri, 12/05/2008 - 9:54am


Topics of the day:

 1. Logic software
 2. Call for Papers: 'A Secular Age?: Tracing the Contours of Religion and
    Belief
 3. Worst Argument Ever? (7)
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Philosophy Interview Advice

By Geoffrey FerrariThu, 12/04/2008 - 12:21pm

There's a useful discussion of how to prepare for philosophy job interviews over at Leiter Reports.

PHILOS-L Digest - 2 Dec 2008 to 3 Dec 2008 (#2008-337)

By Geoffrey FerrariThu, 12/04/2008 - 12:11pm

Topics of the day:

 1. CFP: Ancient Philosophy Workshop March 4-6 2009 cw
 2. CFP: bioethics
 3. CFP: BSPR Conference (God and Morality)
 4. Ethics and computer games
 5. CFP - edited volume: Causality in the Sciences
 6. 2nd CFP: SUNY Buffalo Grad conference on Lynne Rudder
    Baker/Constitutionalism
 7. CFP: RELIGION AND POLITICS OF THE BODY
 8. Worst Argument Ever? (2)
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PHILOS-L Digest - 1 Dec 2008 to 2 Dec 2008 (#2008-336)

By Geoffrey FerrariWed, 12/03/2008 - 1:10am


Topics of the day:

 1. JOB: New York
 2. Permanent Lectureship in Philosophy, School of Social Sciences and
    Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin
 3. Lunchtime Seminar - This Thursday 4 Dec Extra
 4. LOGOS Barcelona Workshop on Singular Thought
 5. reminder: In Search of a Lost Liberalism
 6. Cahiers pour l'Analyse Workshop at CRMEP, Middlesex, Thursday 4 December
    2008, 4-6 pm
 7. On Reason
 8. Books available for review in Metapsychology Online
 9. CFP: 2009 International Society for African Philosophy and Studies
    Conference, Dakar
10. NACAP 2009 - Networks and Their Philosophical Implications - Keynote
    Announcement / CFP
11. Postdoctoral Fellowships in Philosophy of Science
12. JRNL: Enrahonar: quaderns de filosofia
13. cfp: ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR LEGAL AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY,
    EDINBURGH JULY 204, 2009 (fwd)
14. CFP: Philosopher's Rally 2009, the Netherlands
15. robots again
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Hello!

By Selina SadatTue, 12/02/2008 - 12:51pm

I'd like to introduce myself to everyone. I'm the BPPA representative for the University of Brighton, where I'm currently doing my PhD.

My thesis broadly consists of a sceptical take on the 'Problem of Akrasia', an exploration of the 'Value of Knowledge' in the Socratic philosophy of action, and consequently a re-evaluation of the 'Socratic Paradox'.

My Philosophical interests are in the areas of Epistemology, Meta-Ethics, Rationality, and Philosophy of Action.

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