Philosophy Postgrad Work-In-Progress Seminar: Graeme Forbes, 'Why the past can't be abstract', 3.30-5.00pm, Monday August 3, Philosophy Common Room.
In the interest of promoting the exchange of ideas and fostering a postgraduate community, a postgraduate work-in-progress seminar will run on Mondays from 3.30-5.00pm in the Philosophy Common Room. Since this time slot is also occupied by occasional Philosophy Staff Meetings, we will have a break some weeks (which are still to be advised). We will have 30 minutes for presentations followed by 1 hour of discussion. Since the primary aim of this seminar is to generate discussion, presentations need not be particularly polished or formal. Our first presenter on Monday August 3 at 3.30-5.00pm in the Philosophy Common Room will be Graeme Forbes from University of Sheffield who will be talking about 'Why the past can't be abstract': 'A number of people who defend a dynamic view of time, (those known as A-theorists) think that there is some fundamental ontological difference between past and present. It is very unclear what this difference could be. There have been a number of proposals, though none of them seem entirely satisfying. I shall try in this paper to show that, whatever this difference may be, it is highly implausible to claim the difference is that the past is abstract and the present is concrete.' Everyone (including non-postgrads) is welcome to attend. If you would like to present or require further information, please contact Nick Malpas at [email protected] We already have further presenters slated. On August 10 (wk3) we have Ben Herscovitsch. On August 17 (wk4) we have Nick Malpas. On September 7 (wk7) we have Kyla Reid. That means we have free slots on August 24 and 31 (wks 5 and 6). Any volunteers? _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list [email protected] 849 subscribers now served. To UNSUBSCRIBE, change your MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS, find ANSWERS TO COMMON PROBLEMS, or visit our ONLINE ARCHIVES, please go to the LIST INFORMATION PAGE: http://lists.arts.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil
