Events

Queen’s University Belfast, Spring 2013

All events take place in the Meredith Room, 23 University Square, at 4pm on Thursdays unless otherwise specified.

 14^th February             Professor David Archard

Professor in Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast

‘Procreative Liberty’

21^st February             Dr. Richard Hull

Director of COBRA, NUI Galway

‘Thinking about Reproductive Choices: Impairment and Enhancement’

[Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Lecture]

27^th February             Dr. Gerard Hough

Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Aberdeen

‘What Lois Doesn’t Know: Frege’s Puzzle and the Semantics of Names’

[Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Lecture]

Note: Dr. Hough’s talk will take place on Wednesday at 6pm in the Meredith Room.

28^th February             Professor David Archard

Professor in Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast

‘Making a Difference: Normative Philosophy in the World of Law and Policy’

[Inaugural Lecture]

Note: Professor Archard’s lecture will take place on Thursday at 5pm in LAN/01/052.

7^th March                   Dr. Benjamin Jarvis

Lecturer in Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast

‘Belief without Credence’

14^th March                 Dr. Joseph Diekemper

Lecturer in Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast

‘Spatial and Temporal Reductionism’

21^st March                  Dr. Cathal Ó Madagáin

Teaching and Research Fellow in Philosophy, University College Dublin

‘Can Groups Have Concepts?’

[Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Lecture]

2^nd May                      Professor Julian Savulescu

Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, Oxford University

‘Unfit for the Future: the Need for Moral Bioenhancement’

[Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Lecture]

Note: Professor Savulescu’s lecture will take place at 4pm on Thursday in 16 University Square, G01.

For further information about any of the above events, please contact Dr. Benjamin Jarvis (b.jarvis@qub.ac.uk).

 

Two further events to be aware of:

22-23 February          Meeting of the Irish Philosophical Club

Boyne Valley Hotel

Drogheda, Ireland

External Speaker: Professor Duncan Pritchard (Edinburgh)

Parties interested in attending should contact Dr. Joseph Diekemper (j.diekemper@qub.ac.uk)

6-7 June                      Workshop: Bioethical Expertise

Queen’s University Belfast

Supported in part by the Royal Institute of Philosophy, Belfast Branch

Keynote Address and Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Lecture:

 Professor Bobbie Farsides

Professor of Clinical and Biomedical Ethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Parties interested in attending should contact Dr. Nathan Emmerich (n.emmerich@qub.ac.uk)

For further information see:

http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofPoliticsInternationalStudiesandPhilosophy/Events/Events2013/WorkshopBioethicalExpertise6-7thJune2013/