Edinburgh University Philosophy Society

From StudentWiki

Edinburgh Student Guide [ Academic ] [ Accommodation ] [ Alumni ] [ Social ] [ Societies ] [ Sport ] [ Sports Clubs ] [ Travel ] [ Welfare ]
Edinburgh City Guide [ Bars Clubs and Pubs ] [ Eating Out ] [ Shops ]	Edinburgh University Philosophy Society

Edinburgh University Philosophy Society deals with all things Philosophical in Edinburgh.

Weekly Events: Every Monday from 7pm we meet in the Meadow Bar, Buccleugh St, to discuss Philosophy over a pint.

Every Wednesday from 1pm, upstairs in The Meadow Bar, we host a Reading Group - a chance for an indepth analysis of a key philosophy paper.

Every Thursday we bring a Visiting Speaker to Edinburgh to present a talk on a topic of their choice. The Speakers are always hand-selected experts in their fields... Past Speakers include Prof. Kevin Warwick, Prof. Mary Midgely, Prof. Simon Blackburn and Prof. Ian Wilmut.

Lectures are every Thursday, from 6pm, in Appleton Tower. See Lecture Schedule Below.

Other Activities: We host an Academic Families System, run a Library, convene extra-cirricular seminars and reading groups, hold study support groups and create Logic Drop-in sessions...

Past events include: Plays, Poetry Nights, Balls, Zoo Trips, Beach Trips and Weekends Away.... as well as countless parties, picnics and socials... All in the name of Philosophy.

We are the largest Undergrad Philosophy Society in the UK, and the most active academic society in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh PhilSoc

email: thephilosophysociety@gmail.com

PhilSoc Edinburgh Lectures - Autumn 2007

20th September Prof. Kevin Warwick(Reading) "Four Weddings and a Funereal "

27th September

Dr. Peter Baumann(Aberdeen) "Apple, Banana or Peach: The Rationality of Preferences" 4th October Dr. Elinor Mason(Edinburgh) "The 'F' word" talk and Discussion!

11th October

Prof. Adrian Moore(Oxford) "Vats, Sets and Tits" 18th October Dr. Philip Ebert(St Andrews) "What Mathematical Knowledge could not be"

25th October 	Prof. EJ Lowe(Durham)

"Why We Cannot Rationally Believe that Determinism is True" 1st Nov Prof. Hannes Leitgeb(Bristol) "On Mathematical Philosophy: Why serious Philosophy must use Mathematics"