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Scott Sturgeon (Birmingham)
The 116th Presidential Address: When Epistemic Models Misfire: Lessons for Everyday Rationality

2023 | 2024

ISSUE NO. 1 | VOLUME CXXIV

MONDAY, 2 OCTOBER 2023

18.00 - 19.45

about

Scott Sturgeon

Scott Sturgeon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. Earlier he was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford & Tutorial Fellow at Wadham College, Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, and Lecturer in Philosophy at King’s College, London. He has been Weinberg Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan, Inaugural Distinguished VisitingProfessor at Brown University—where he delivered the Blackwell/Brown Lectures—and visitingAssociate Professor at Harvard. His books are Matters of Mind and The Rational Mind, and he has authored numerous articles in epistemology, meta-ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. He has also edited theBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Mind, Nous, andPhilosophicalStudies.

Meeting Address

Senate House University of London, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU

meeting time

The Society’s philosophy talks take place every fortnight on Mondays throughout the academic year. Each talk starts at 18.00 and lasts for approximately an hour. The remainder of the time is dedicated to discussion, which ends at 19.45.

Catering

All of the Society’s philosophy talks are catered with fairtrade teas, coffees, and biscuits.

Admission

In line with the Society’s mission to make philosophy readily available to the general public, all talks are free and membership is not required.

Draft Papers

Following over a century of tradition, draft papers for all the talks are available in advance. Please note that draft papers can only be cited with the authors permission (see below for final publication and subscription details). The draft paper for a talk is available approximately one week prior to its schedule delivery.

Final Papers

For the past 141 years, the Proceedings has featured widely respected papers delivered by a range of prominent philosophers, such as Alfred North Whitehead, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, A.J. Ayer, P.F. Strawson, Karl Popper, Elizabeth Anscombe, Bernard Williams, Hubert Dreyfus, Alexander Nehamas, and Onora O’Neill. Final drafts of the papers – including discussion notes and exemplary graduate papers – are published in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society.

Accessibility

The venue at Senate House is wheelchair accessible and there are disabled toilet facilities on the ground floor. If you require a disabled parking space, or a hearing loop, please contact hdelascasas@aristoteliansociety.org.uk in advance, so that we can reserve these for you. Service animals are also welcome.