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[Tue 27 Mar] Matthew Sharpe presents ‘Reading Hadot via Costa Lima: Philosophy as a Way of Life and “the Control of the Imaginary”‘

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Dylan Nickelson

Deakin University seminar Dr Matthew Sharpe (Deakin) presents ‘Reading Hadot via Costa Lima: Philosophy as a Way of Life and “the Control of the Imaginary”’ Tuesday 27 March from 3.30-5pm in C2.05 on Deakin University’s Burwood campus (Videolinked to ic1.108 … Continue reading →

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[Tue 20 Mar] DU seminar: Dr Jack Reynolds (La Trobe) presents ‘Time, Philosophy and Chronopathologies’

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Dylan Nickelson

Deakin University seminar Dr Jack Reynolds (La Trobe) presents ‘Time, Philosophy and Chronopathologies’ Tuesday 20 March from 3.30-5pm in C2.05 on Deakin’s Burwood campus (Videolinked to ic1.108 on the Waurn Ponds campus) ABSTRACT This paper examines the importance of time … Continue reading →

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14 Mar DU seminar: A/Prof Deranty, Historicist objections to the centrality of work, and a tentative rejoinder

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Dylan Nickelson

Deakin University philosophy seminar A/Prof Jean-Philippe Deranty (Macquarie) presents ‘Historicist objections to the centrality of work, and a tentative rejoinder’ Wednesday 14 March from 3.30-5pm in C2.05 on Deakin University’s Burwood campus, videolinked to LC1.003 (Facilities Management building) on the … Continue reading →

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Today: Dr Patrick Stokes, ‘Some Kierkegaardian Contributions to Analytic Philosophy of Personal Identity’

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Dylan Nickelson

Deakin University philosophy seminar series Dr Patrick Stokes (Deakin University) presents ‘The Naked Self: Some Kierkegaardian Contributions to Analytic Philosophy of Personal Identity’ Tuesday 6 March from 3.30-5pm in C2.05 on Deakin University’s Burwood campus, videolinked to ic1.108 on the … Continue reading →

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Noam Chomsky free public lecture in Melbourne

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Dylan Nickelson

Noam Chomsky presents ‘Changing Contours of Global Order’ Friday 4 November from 7.30-10.30pm at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre Deakin University School of international and Political Studies is hosting a free public presentation by renowned author Noam Chomsky. The … Continue reading →

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Greg Sheridan presents ‘What role can or should religion play in a modern nation?’

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Dylan Nickelson

Alfred Deakin Research Institute free public lecture Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor at The Australian, presents ‘What role can or should religion play in a modern nation?’ Thursday 22 September from 6pm at Deakin University’s Melbourne city centre conference theatre On … Continue reading →

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Philosophy Cafe: Francis Kung, ‘Ways to better living and the way life works’

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Dylan Nickelson

August Philosophy Café Dr Francis Kung presents ‘Ways to better living and the way life works’ Wednesday 31 August from 7-9pm at The Barking Dog hotel, 126 Pakington St, Geelong West This Wednesday 31 August from 7-9pm at The Barking … Continue reading →

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The philosophy of a carbon tax

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Dylan Nickelson

DPS meeting The philosophy of a carbon tax Wednesday 13 July from 5-6.30pm in ib3.307 on Deakin’s Waurn Ponds campus This Wednesday 13 July from 5-6.50pm in ib3.307 the Deakin Philosophical Society will meet for the first time in Trimester … Continue reading →

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Melancholy and other business

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Dylan Nickelson

Friends, DPS meeting Melancholy and other business Wednesday 1 June from 5-6.30pm in ib3.307 on Deakin’s Waurn Ponds campus This Wednesday 1 June the Deakin Philosophical Society will meet to discuss melancholy. We’ll focus on Robert Burton’s verse ‘Author’s Abstract … Continue reading →

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Philosophy cafe: John Calvert discusses Adam Smith

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Dylan Nickelson

March Philosophy Café John Calvert discusses Adam Smith 255 years on Wednesday 30 March from 7-9pm at The Barking Dog hotel On Wednesday 30 March John Calvert will talk at Philosophy Café on the topic ‘Adam Smith 255 years on’. … Continue reading →

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