
The Programme

Chaired by Helen Beebee, University of Manchester
Edited by Guy Longworth, University of Warwick
2017-2018
the 138th Session
Volume CXVIII
Issue No. 1
2 October 2017
The 110th Presidential Address
The Chancellor's Hall - Senate House
Philosophical Scepticism
Helen BeeBee
University of Manchester

16 October 2017 |
Fictional, Metafictional, Parafictional |
François Recanati
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30 October 2017 |
Discrimination: The Good, the Bad, and the Wrongful |
John Gardner
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13 November 2017 |
The Infliction of Severe Poverty as
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Elizabeth Ashford
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27 November 2017 |
Forgiveness and
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Laurent Jaffro
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Issue No. 2

22 January 2018 |
The Importance of Concepts |
Sarah Sawyer
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5 February 2018 |
Naïve Realism and Diaphaneity |
Craig French
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19 February 2018 |
Epicurus on Pleasure,
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Alex Voorhoeve
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5 March 2018 |
Moral Encroachment |
Sarah Moss
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19 March 2018 |
What is Social Philosophy? |
Martin Saar
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Issue No. 3

23 April 2018 |
Moral and Aesthetic Virtue |
Alison Hills
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14 May 2018 |
Fighting for My Mind:
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Hannah Dawson
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21 May 2018 |
Assuming Epistemic Authority |
Lisa Shapiro
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4 June 2018 |
What's Wrong with Collective Punishment? |
Holly Lawford-Smith
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18 June 2018 |
Intelligent Capacities |
Victoria McGeer
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