Postgraduate "Work In Progress" Seminar
Postgraduate Work-In-Progress SeminarA weekly seminar for Philosophy postgraduates to present their in-progress work, followed by a well-spirited trip to the pub. OverviewThe WIP provides a risk-free and supportive space for postgraduates to present their work and receive feedback from other graduates and faculty.
Attendance optional but highly recommended. All postgraduates are welcome to present or attend -- whether MA, MPhil, PhD, Visitors, etc. Useful InfoThe WIP is a unique opportunity for graduates to develop their presenting and writing skills, take risks, test out ideas, and receive constructive feedback from peers.
Presentations need not be watertight or polished pieces at all. You are encouraged to present work at all stages of the writing process. Should you present?Are you a postgraduate? Then yes, you should present. |
NEXT TALKBen Long (PhD) Scepticism Thursday 04/06/2026 5pm - 6:15pm S1.50 ORGANISERS |
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Philosophy Staff WiP Seminar - Benedict Eastaugh 'Infinite democracy and computational (im)possibility'
Infinite democracy and computational (im)possibility
There is a growing body of literature on population ethics for infinite societies. In the typical case, such societies contain countably infinitely many individuals, intended to model potentially infinite societies comprised of successive future generations, even if there are only finitely many individuals alive at any given time. In this talk I will consider the idea that we should also consider the social and political preferences of such individuals, and try to aggregate them into a social decision. I will suggest that both predicting the preferences of individuals, and aggregating those preferences into social decisions, should obey computational constraints. I will then explore some limitations that this imposes on the possibility of aggregation.