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
- A.E. Taylor Lecture in Ancient Philosophy and programme archive.
- The Gifford Lectures.
- Hume Tercentenary Events.
- The 'Nature of Knowledge' Lecture and programme archive.
Workshops
- Postgraduate Workshop on Inquiry and Cognition, May 24th, 2012
- Xmas Epistemology-Fest Workshop, December 9th, 2011.
- Scots Philosophical Association Annual Meeting (2 – 3 Dec 2011)
- Epistemic Expressivism Workshop (15 – 16 Oct 2011)
- Models and Mechanisms in Cognitive Science Workshop (29 Jun 2011)
- Epistemology Workshop (24 Jun 2011)
- Edinburgh Women in Philosophy Group (EWPG) Workshop (30 May 2011)
Conferences
- Graduate Epistemology Conference (8 – 9 June 2012)
- The Aims of Inquiry and Cognition (25 – 26 May 2012)
- Enlightenment Aesthetics and Beyond (15 – 16 Dec 2011)
- Registration deadline for full and day registration is 15th November 2011.
- Sensory Worlds: Environment, Value and the Multi-Sensory (7 – 9 Dec 2011)
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,...
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'
Abstr...
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