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Postgraduate Work-In-Progress Seminar A weekly seminar for Philosophy postgraduates to present their in-progress work, followed by a well-spirited trip to the pub. Overview The WIP provides a risk-free and supportive space for postgraduates to present their work and receive feedback from other graduates and faculty. When: Every Thursday (5pm to 6:15pm) Where: Room S1.50 (Social Sciences Building, First Floor) What: Presentation + Q&A Attendance optional but highly recommended. All postgraduates are welcome to present or attend -- whether MA, MPhil, PhD, Visitors, etc. Useful Info The 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. Presentation: 30 minutes Open Discussion / Q&A: 30 minutes Material: Work in progress (essay drafts, thesis sections, a substantial set of notes, ... ). Style: Flexible. Slides, handouts, or neither. Audience: No prior reading or background knowledge expected. All are encouraged to attend and present (including visiting postgraduates). 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. Term 1 Wk 1 (09/10) \| Tiago Rodrigues (MPhil) "Can you know the value of parenthood before having a child?" Wk 2 (16/10) \| David Lopez Baeza (MPhil) "Internalism 91福利 Reasons and the Tutelage of Experience" Wk 3 (23/10) \| Shaun Clamp (MPhil) "Testing the Limits of Feeling and Form: Reappraising Langer's Aesthetic Theory in Light of the Poetic Sublime" Wk 4 (30/10) \| 陌smail Deniz Demirkan (PhD) "Incompleteness of the Philosopher King: G枚del and the Concept of Truth in Politics" Wk 5 (06/11) \| Alicia Klemm Silva (MPhil) "Frege on Sense and Reference" Wk 6 (13/11) NO WIP DUE TO READING WEEK Wk 7 (20/11) \| Ben Long (MPhil) "Knowledge Through Alchemy?" Wk 8 (27/11) \| Dmitry Sereda (Visiting PhD) "No Surrender? Capital Flight, Tax Competition, and Egalitarian Taxation Reforms" Wk 9 (04/12) \| Jos茅 Xarez (Visiting PhD) "Free-Will Scepticism, Desert, and the Justification of Punishment" ~~Wk 10 (11/12) \| Emily Boocock (PhD)~~ CANCELLED Term 2 Wk 1 (15/01) \| Juyong Kim (PhD) "Hegel's Intersubjective Logic: Hegel and the Possibility of a New Social Ontology?" ~~Wk 2 (22/01) \| Emma Clinton (MPhil)~~ CANCELLED Wk 3 (29/01) \| Harland Cossons (UG) "Gareth Evans on Proper Names: An Interpretation" Wk 4 (05/02) \| Emily Boocock (PhD) "Support and Legitimation of Extremist Acts" Wk 5 (12/02) \| Evgenia Sonnabend (Visiting PhD) "The Relation of Logic to Realphilosophie in G.W.F. Hegel" Wk 6 (19/02) NO WIP DUE TO READING WEEK Wk 7 (26/02) \| Mirko Prokop (Visiting PhD) "Reading Grice with Merleau-Ponty: Intention and the Foundations of Creative Expression" Wk 8 (05/03) \| Simon Courtenage (PhD) "How to Make a Self" Wk 9 (12/03) NO WIP DUE TO TIMETABLE CLASH Wk 10 (19/03) \| Tiago Rodrigues (MPhil) "Free, Equal, and Incompetent: Rethinking Epistemology in Political Liberalism" Term 3 Wk 1 (30/04) \| Fridolin Neumann (PhD) "Heidegger鈥檚 Realism and His Appropriation of Kant" Wk 2 (07/05) \| Ignacio Pe帽a (PhD) "Intentions and Behaviourist Theories of Consent" Wk 3 (14/05) NO WIP DUE TO TIMETABLE CLASH Wk 4 (21/05) \| Alin Cristian Simion (MA) "The Transcendental Object and the Thing-in-Itself in Kant鈥檚 Critique of Pure Reason" Wk 5 (28/05) \| Yichen Zhu (MA) "The Apollonian as Individuation: The Two Appearances and the Question of Making 'Representing' Possible" Wk 6 (04/06) \| Ben Long (MPhil) "Common-Sense, Scepticism, and the Separation Thesis" Wk 7 (11/06) \| Joe Horspool (MPhil) TBC Wk 8 (18/06) \| Oscar Jenkinson (MA) TBC Wk 9 (25/06) \| Rozemin Keshvani (PhD) TBC Wk 10 (02/07) \| Anpeng Liu (MA) TBC Guidance for Presenters What can I present? Any kind of in-progress work (within reason). E.g. Drafts of assessed essays, thesis sections, writing samples, conference papers, project outline, ... Recommended Length Aim for 3,000 to 4,000 words. Anything closer to the 5,000-word mark will be hard to fit in the 30-minute presentation time. Presentation Structure Presenters have complete liberty with regards to how to structure their presentation: handout, slideshow, etc. Worth noting a common pitfall: spending too much time on background/exposition and not having enough time to present your main thesis and argument. A good rule of thumb: aim for 10 minutes of exposition, and 20 minutes for whatever parts you actually want feedback on. Submission Deadline Presenters should email title and abstract to the organisers by the Sunday before their presentation. E.g. If presenting Thursday Week 5, email us by the end of Sunday Week 4.		NEXT TALK Ben Long (PhD) Scepticism Thursday 04/06/2026 5pm - 6:15pm S1.50 ORGANISERS Tiago Rodrigues Lucas Menezes

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Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

12pm - 2pm, Thu, 07 May '26 and every week until Fri, 17 Jul '26 Export as iCalendar

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Week 2: Thursday 7^th May 12noon–2pm – Introduction + Chapter 1 Mind

Week 3: Thursday 14^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 2 Mind and Body

Week 4: Thursday 21^st May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 3 The Objective Self

Week 5: Thursday 28^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 4 Knowledge

Week 6: Thursday 4^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 5 Thought and Reality

Week 7: Thursday 11^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 6 Freedom

Week 8: Thursday 18^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 7 Value

Week 9: Thursday 25^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 8 Ethics

Week 10: Thursday 2^nd July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 9 Living Right and Living Well

Week 11: Thursday 9^th July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 10 Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life

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Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere