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Digest Summer Vacation 2018

Events for Summer Vacation 2018

(If you have anything to go in this weekly Digest, please send the information to admin@philosophy.ox.ac.uk by midday on the Wednesday before the event.)

If no location is given, the event will take place in Radcliffe Humanities on Woodstock Rd, OX2 6GG

Digest Index

Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar

Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar (Monday, Week 6, MT26 - 16:30-18:30)

16 November 2026
Richard Pettigrew (New College, Oxford): 'Instrumental nominalism, modalism, and the commitments of mathematical language'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre  
Post-Kantian European Philosophy Seminar

Post-Kantian European Philosophy Seminar (Tuesday, Week 6, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

17 November 2026
Asia Sakchatchawan (Oxford): 'Play-based reading of Sartre's Authenticity as a Relational Virtue'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
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DPhil Seminar (Wednesday, Week 6, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

18 November 2026
TBC; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Ockham Society

The Ockham Society (Thursday, Week 6, MT26 - 14:00-15:00)

19 November 2026
'TBC'
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (Thursday, Week 6, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

19 November 2026
Michele Pecorari (New College, University of Oxford): 'Why do sceptics have beliefs?'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Philosophical Society

The Jowett Society (Friday, Week 6, MT26 - 15:00-18:00)

20 November 2026
Emma Borg (Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Studies): 'Twitches, Fidgets, Habits, Skills: exploring the scope of common-sense psychology.'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
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Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday, Week 7, MT26 - 16:15-18:00)

23 November 2026
Ulrike Heuer (University College London): 'Normative Powers and Triggering Reasons'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
epistemology reading group

Metaphysics, Language, and Epistemology Group (Tuesday, Week 7, MT26 - 14:00-15:45)

24 November 2026
Jordan Scott (University College, Oxford), 'Belief and the Normativity of Compulsion'; Seminar Room (10.303), Level 1, Schwarzman Centre
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Early Career Work in Progress Seminar (Tuesday, Week 7, MT26 - 16:30-18:00)

24 November 2026
Sam Mason (Merton College): 'Reasons for Emotions'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre  
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DPhil Seminar (Wednesday, Week 7, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

25 November 2026
TBC; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Ockham Society

The Ockham Society (Thursday, Week 7, MT26 - 14:00-15:00)

26 November 2026
'TBC'
Philosophy of Physics

Philosophy of Physics Seminar (Thursday, Week 7, MT26 - 15:00-17:00)

26 November 2026
Cheryl Misak (Toronto): 'What Kind of Pragmatism for Subjective Probability Theory?'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (Thursday, Week 7, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

26 November 2026
Carlotta Capuccino (University of Bologna): '“A Strange Dream”, “A Strange Image”: The Philosophical Function of Atopia in the Platonic Corpus'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Philosophy of mind

Philosophy of Mind Seminar (Friday, Week 7, MT26 - 15:30-17:00)

27 November 2026
Emily Shurmur (University of Oxford): 'TBC'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
epistemology reading group

Metaphysics, Language, and Epistemology Group (Tuesday, Week 8, MT26 - 14:00-15:45)

01 December 2026
Wolfgang Schwarz (University of Edinburgh): 'How to Believe in the Good'; Seminar Room (10.303), Level 1, Schwarzman Centre
Post-Kantian European Philosophy Seminar

Post-Kantian European Philosophy Seminar (Tuesday, Week 8, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

01 December 2026
Niklas Welsch (Oxford): 'Heidegger’s Ontological Error Theory of Time'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
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DPhil Seminar (Wednesday, Week 8, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

02 December 2026
Kenneth Novis (St Hugh's College), 'Moral Luck in Pierre Bayle'; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre
Ockham Society

The Ockham Society (Thursday, Week 8, MT26 - 14:00-15:00)

03 December 2026
'TBC'
Philosophy of Physics

Philosophy of Physics Seminar (Thursday, Week 8, MT26 - 15:00-17:00)

03 December 2026
Simon Saunders (Oxford): 'TBC'; Lecture Theatre L1 (10.300), Schwarzman Centre
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (Thursday, Week 8, MT26 - 16:00-18:00)

03 December 2026
Arianna Piazzalunga (University of Geneva): 'Was Aristotle impious? Plato, Aristotle and the early Academy on soul, motion and teleology '; Ryle Room (20.339), Schwarzman Centre

Notices - Events taking place elsewhere in the university and beyond

 

Seminar Series on Reproducibility and Open Research | 4.30-6.00pm, All Souls College: Wharton Room
Laura Fortunato (Magdalen College): ‘Effective Computing for Research Reproducibility'
All are welcome; refreshments will be provided.

 

Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies | 5.00pm-, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (Marston Rd)
Eugene Rogan (St Anthony's College): ‘1918: The Fall of the Ottomans and the Beginning of a Century of Conflict'

 
Science and Populism: From Evidence to Narrative | 5.00-6.00pm, Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre
Panel: 'Putting science at the heart of society and culture'
Discussants: Sarah Harper (Oxford Institute of Population Ageing); Emily Wilson (New Scientist); Katherine Mathieson (British Science Association)
To register, please go here. 
Jurisprudence Discussion Group | 5.00pm-, Balliol College: Massey Room
Jeff King (UCL): 'The Social Dimension of the Rule of Law'
The 2018 Newman Lecture | 5.30pm-, Pembroke College: Pichette Auditorium
Lord Patten of Barnes (CH PC Chancellor, Oxford): 'The Idea of a University in the 21st Century'
The event will be followed by a Q&A and a drinks reception. All are welcome. Please email sarah.gray@campion.ox.ac.uk if you have any queries. 
Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature | 5.30pm-, St Anne's College: TBC
Elif Shafak: Lecture Series - 'Storytelling in a Divided World' 
Open Discussion