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The 2015 'Mangoletsi Lectures' at the University of Leeds will be given by Professor Helen Beebee, Samuell Hall Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester, with the title: Freedom of the Will and the Perils of Scientism Abstract: The turf war between science and philosophy – and between philosophers themselves, who differ in their views about the light that can be shed by science on philosophical questions – continues to rage. I shall excavate a small corner of the battleground: the debate, in its various forms, about the extent to which scientific discoveries have the potential to threaten the claim that we possess free will and are morally responsible for our behaviour. Lecture details: LECTURE 1: Turf Wars: Science and Metaphysics Tuesday 5th May 5.15-6.30 pm Miall Lecture Theatre, Baines Wing Followed by drinks reception in the Philosophy Foyer, Michael Sadler building LECTURE 2: Free Will and Determinism Wednesday 6th May 5.15-6.30 pm Miall Lecture Theatre, Baines Wing LECTURE 3: Get Some Perspective! Free Will and Neuroscience Tuesday 12th May 5.15-6.30 pm Seminar Room BG36, Baines Wing LECTURE 4: Take Some Responsibility! Moral Responsibility and Implicit Bias Wednesday 13th May 6.00-7.15 pm Miall Lecture Theatre, Baines Wing (For a campus map see: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/site/custom_scripts/campus_map.php) All welcome! Requests for further information can be sent to: Steven French Professor of Philosophy of Science School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK Email: [log in to unmask] http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/people/20048/philosophy/person/902/steven_french Co-Editor, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science http://bjps.oxfordjournals.org Editor-in-Chief, New Directions in Philosophy of Science, Palgrave-Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com/series/new-directions-in-the-philosophy-of-science/NDPS/ If you haven't already, join a union, preferably UCU (the University and College Union; or your local equivalent) http://www.ucu.org.uk “Some things are fairly obvious when it's a seven-foot skeleton with a scythe telling you them” ― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather