School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Seminars, Lectures, Workshops, Conferences

Seminars

Seminar Frequency Day Time Location
Ancient Epistemology Reading Group Weekly Tue 4.30pm 1.01 (DSB)
Edinburgh Philosophy & Phenomenology Reading Group Fortnightly Thu 2pm 4.01 (DSB)
Epistemology Reading Group Weekly Mon 5pm 1.01 (DSB)
Epistemology Research Group Fortnightly Wed 3.30pm TBA (DSB)
Ethics Reading Group     2pm 1.01 (DSB)
Faculty-Postgraduate 'afternoon tea' Weekly Thu 3pm 7.00 (DSB)
Logic and Language Seminar Weekly Tue 4pm 2.01 (DSB)
Meta-Reading Group Weekly Thu 4.30pm 1.01 (DSB)
Philosophy Society Weekly Thu 6pm Teviot
Philosophy, Psychology, & Informatics Reading Group Fortnightly Wed 4.30pm B21 (7GS)
PG Professional Development & Research Training   Wed 1pm 3.10 (DSB)
Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar Weekly Wed 1pm 3.10 (DSB)
PPLS Interdisciplinary Seminar Series        
Research Seminar bulletin board        
Scepticism Reading Group Fortnightly Tue 5pm 4.01 (DSB)
Visiting Speaker Seminar Weekly Fri 4pm G0.6 (DSB)

 Note: meetings are held during semesters only.

Lectures

Workshops

Conferences

Forthcoming and Recent Events

Forthcoming Events

Philosophy PG Professional Development Seminar

15 Feb 2012 13:00 – 14:00

Speakers: Alasdair Richmond
Topic: "Surviving Academe"

Visiting Speaker Philosophy Seminar

17 Feb 2012 16:00 – 18:00

Departmental Symposium

Andy Clark (University of Edinburgh)
"Perceiving as Predicting"

Abstract: According to an emerging vision in computational ...

Problem Solving Skills for MSc Students (ILW)

20 Feb 2012 09:30 – 13:00

An Innovative Learning Week (ILW) event: A fresh and unusual perspective is the key to innovative problem solving, but how fresh are your eyes? Foc...

"I know what I like" (Part 1) (ILW)

20 Feb 2012 10:00 – 12:00

An Innovative Learning Week (ILW) event: Interpreting the beauty in an art object. Collaborative project with Philosophy, Art and Social Anthropolo...

The Original Psychic Challenge (ILW)

20 Feb 2012 13:00 – 13:30

An Innovative Learning Week (ILW) event: In 1871, some very strange experiments were carried out with an accordion and a plank of wood. Scientists,...

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Recent Events

Visiting Speaker Philosophy Seminar

10 Feb 2012 16:00 – 18:00

Katherine Hawley (University of St. Andrews)
'Trust and Distrust'

David Lagnado on Evidential reasoning

10 Feb 2012 15:00 – 16:00

UCL psychologist David Lagnado on the psychological processes used when people make judgments based on complex bodies of interrelated evidence.

PPIG: Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Reading Group

8 Feb 2012 16:30 – 17:30

Presenter: Tim Bates (University of Edinburgh)
Title: Brain mechanisms for moral behavior

PPLS Tutoring Staff Training Seminar

7 Feb 2012 13:00 – 14:00

Session 3: "National Student Survey update & PPLS action plan"
Presented by: Dr Caroline Watt PPLS UG Director

Visiting Speaker Philosophy Seminar

3 Feb 2012 16:00 – 18:00

Naomi Eilan (University of Warwick)
'On the Role of Attention is Solving the Paradox of Visual Gestalt Switches: an Historical Perspective'

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