What's on in Philosophy and Bioethics
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Seminars at Monash
Seminars, workshops, papers etc.
"Neglected Problems of Time Workshop" at Monash, June 29th '09.
"Dichotomies of the Visual Brain", a workshop on neuroscience and philosophy at Monash, June 17th '08.
"Rethinking our Place in Nature", a series of six public lectures at ACU, June/July '08.
"The New Atheism", speaker: Russell Blackford, Wed. August 15th 6:00 pm.
Meeting Room, Trades Hall Council (Victoria St Entrance). For more information contact rationalist@bigpond.com.
Russell will examine the recent torrent of bestselling books by Sam Harris, Richard Dworkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens and others. These are forthright, sometimes passionate in putting the case against religous belief. They also provoke fierce criticism, including charges of atheistic 'fundamentalism'.
Conferences etc.
Women's Political Thought in Europe during the Enlightenment, 1700-1800, Monash Prato, Italy, August 2010.
10th World Congress of Bioethics, Singapore, July 2010.
Australasian Philosophy of Religion Assocation (APRA) Conference in Sydney, July 16th-17th, 2009.
Australasian Association for Philosophy (AAP) Conference, Melbourne, VIC, July 2009.
Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference, Sydney, NSW, April 2009.
The Australasian Society for Classical Studies Conference, Sydney, NSW, Feb. 2009.
And ...
University of Melbourne Logic Seminars
University of Melbourne, Philosophy Research Seminars and Colloquia
And what was on ...
Ethics and Stem Cell Seminar at Monash, June 14th '07.
Scientific Ethics, Integrity and the Media, forum in Melbourne, June 13th '07.
Multiculturalism in Perspective: The Community and the Academy, Melbourne Town Hall, Jan. 20, Feb. 3 and Feb. 17, 2007. For further information, download a poster or brochure, or see the Centre for Public Philosophy site.
Conference on Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Monash Philosophy, November 3-4, 2005.
Toward a History of Women's Political Thought, 1400 - 1800, Monash, July 2005.