SCMP News: April 2007

• The second Somatechnics seminar on GENOMICS is - 26 April 2007
• Sociology seminar - Thursday 26 April
• Philosophy seminar - Tuesday April 24

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Philosophy seminar - Tuesday April 24

The next Macquarie University Philosophy seminar will be held on Tuesday
April 24, 11am-1pm, in Room 107, W6A.

PROFESSOR DANIEL NOLAN (Philosophy, University of Nottingham) will present a
paper entitled "The Theoretical Virtue of Conservatism".

Abstract:
Is a theory any better for an agent simply because that is the theory
that the agent happens to hold? Opinion is divided about this: both
the idea that it is a good thing to stick to one's epistemic guns,
and the idea that it is unwarranted bias to prefer a theory simply
because it is one's own, have some immediate appeal. In this paper I
offer what I hope will be a useful framing of the issue, and discuss
some arguments for and against treating conservatism as a theoretical
virtue.

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Sociology seminar - Thursday 26 April

This sociology seminar hosts Professor Sharyn Roach Anleu who will talk on:
"Magistrates and their courts: Findings from survey and observational research"

Details:
Time: 3pm
Date: Thursday 26 April
Place Executive Meeting Room (C3B 601 on the top floor of C3B)

No RSVP necessary. Refreshments follow.

Visit http://www.soc.mq.edu.au/colloquium.html to find more about Sociology Colloquium Series schedule for semester 1, 2007

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The second Somatechnics seminar on GENOMICS is - 26 April 2007

We hope to see you there to hear Dr Fiona O'Neill (ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen), University of Lancaster, UK) present her paper on:

"A Certain Disquiet: Certitude, The Uncanny and genomics ~ looking at moral unease through The Uncanny and Wittgenstein's On Certainty"

and Ravi Glasser-Vora (Department of Critical and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University) present his paper on:

"Archives of Possible Lives: PGD, Index, Child"

All are welcome, light refreshments provided.