Events at the Institute

Published on: 
Mon 30 Apr 2012

THIS WEEK (then forthcoming)

Wed 2 May, 4.00pm
IP Aesthetics Forum: STB9, Stewart House, basement, WC1
James Grant (Oxford)
The Aims of Art Criticism
Supported by the British Society of Aesthetics
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Thurs 3 – Fri 4 May, 9.30am – 6.00pm
Two-day workshop: Senate Room, first floor, Senate House, WC1
Experiments on Ethical Dilemmas
http://www.le.ac.uk/pc/amc/eed-workshop.html (registration required)
Fiery Cushman (Psychology, Brown)
Adam Feltz (Schreiner)
Urs Fischbacher (Economics, Konstanz)
Natalie Gold (King's College London)
Shaun Nichols (Arizona)
Briony Pulford (Psychology, Leicester)
In conjunction with AHRC Framing Effects in Ethical Dilemmas project.
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FORTHCOMING

Wed 9 – Thurs 10 May, 10.30am – 6.00pm
Two-day conference: Senate Room, first floor, Senate House, WC1
Free Will Then and Now
http://philosophy.sas.ac.uk/d/f/0910FreeWill.pdf (registration required)
Tom Pink (King's College London)
Susan James (Birkbeck)
Peter Kail (Oxford)
Sebastian Gardner (UCL)
Christopher Janaway (Southampton)
Ken Gemes (Birkbeck)
Respondents: Jason Turner (Leeds), Helen Beebee (Birmingham & IP), John Roberts (UNC, Chapel Hill)
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Thurs 10 May, 6.00 pm
Public Lecture (following the Free Will conference): Room 349, third floor, Senate House, WC1
Daniel Dennett (Tufts)
Practical and 'Theoretical' Free Will
Admission free without ticket.
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Fri 11 – Sat 12 May, 10.30am – 6.00pm
Two-day conference: Senate Room, first floor, Senate House, WC1 (Day 2: Court Room, first floor)
The Personal and Subpersonal
Speakers:
Kathleen Akins (Simon Fraser)
John Collins (UEA)
Tim Crane (Cambridge)
Daniel Dennett (Tufts)
Ophelia Deroy (IP)
Chris Frith (UCL)
Kristina Musholt (LSE)
Zoe Drayson (ANU)
Full programme and Registration http://philosophy.sas.ac.uk/d/f/11120512_PersonalSubpersonal_FULL.pdf
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Tues 15 May, 5.00pm
IP Logic and Metaphysics Forum: STB3, Stewart House, basement, WC1
Sean Walsh (Birkbeck)
Classification in mathematics: Understanding its aims and logic
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Wed 16 May, 4.00pm
IP Aesthetics Forum: Room 264, Senate House WC1
Sherri Irvin (Oklahoma)
Sex Objects and Sexy Subjects: A Critique of Sexiness
Supported by the British Society of Aesthetics
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Thurs 17 May, 10.00am – 5.30pm
One-day Workshop: Room 264, Second floor, Senate House, WC1
Health Innovation and Social Equity in the 21st Century: A Multidisciplinary focus on health injustices
Speakers:
Trisha Greenhalgh (Barts)
Jonathan Wolff (UCL)
Nina Hallowell (PHG Foundation)
Maureen Mackintosh (Open)
James Wilson (UCL)
Paula Tibandebage (Open)
Benedict Rumbold (Nuffield Trust)
Full programme and Registration http://philosophy.sas.ac.uk/d/f/Health_Innovation_170512.doc
In conjunction with the ESRC Innogen Centre
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Tues 22 May, 10.30am – 6.30pm
One-day Conference: Room 349, Second floor, Senate House, WC1
Politics of Secession in the European Union
Speakers:
Montserrat Guibernau and Xavier Solano (Catalonia, Spain)
Philippe Van Parijs and Rik Van Cauwelaert (Flanders, Belgium)
Iain McLean (Scotland)
Full programme and Registration:
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/forumForEuropeanPhilosophy/events/conferences/Home.aspx
Organised by LSE Dept of Philosophy and Forum for European Philosophy. Supported by LSE Annual Fund.
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Tues 22 May, 5.30 pm
ST Lee Visiting Professorial Fellow Lecture: Macmillan Hall, ground floor, Senate House, WC1
Steven Shapin (ST Lee Visiting Prof, SAS)
Changing Tastes: How Foods Tasted in the Early Modern Period and How They Taste Now
Abstract & Registration: http://events.sas.ac.uk/support-research/events/view/11783 .
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Thurs 24 May, 12.30pm
IP Lunchtime Seminar: STB9, Stewart House, basement, WC1
Francesca Boccuni (IP & San Raffaele)
Frege's Grundgesetze and a Reassessment of Impredicativity
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Thurs 24 May, 4.00pm
IP Perception, Senses and Action Forum: STB9, Stewart House, basement, WC1
Keith Allen (York)
Colour as a superficial kind
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Fri 25 May, 10.00am – 6.00pm
One-day conference: Room 349, third floor, Senate House, WC1
Understanding Equality
Joseph Raz (Columbia & King's College London)
Veronique Munoz Darde (UCL & Berkeley)
Niko Kolodny (Berkeley)
Sam Scheffler (NYU)
Registration: http://philosophy.sas.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Equality250512.pdf

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