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 presentation will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre and will be Professor Chomsky’s only public appearance in Melbourne.
Registration for the event opens in September and is essential. You can keep abreast of event information on the event’s Facebook page.
Kind regards,
Dylan Nickelson,
President, Deakin Philosophical Society.
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 Thursday 22 September, Greg Sheridan will speak on the topic ‘What role can or should religion ploy in a modern nation?’. This event is a Deakin University public lecture.
Greg Sheridan is Foreign Editor for The Australian and arguably the most influential foreign affairs analyst in Australian journalism. He has also written actively and constructively on the question of religion in modern society. Mr Sheridan’s work has always been thought-provoking, and this event (sponsored by the Alfred Deakin Research Institute) provides a forum to address a topic of great national and international importance.
The lecture will be followed by a cocktail reception.
Date: Thursday 22 September 2011
Time: from 6pm
Venue: Conference Theatre, Deakin University Melbourne City Centre
Level 3, 550 Bourke Street
Melbourne (Melways Ref: 43 F8)
To register your attendance for this public lecture please email Dr Sam Koehne samuel.koehne@deakin.edu.au
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 Dog hotel, Dr Francis Kung, author of Ways to better living presents ‘Ways to better living and the way life works’.
Dr Kung introduces his presentation as follows.
Understanding the way life works is essential to living a balanced and satisfied life. This is because our views of the way life works can affect our thoughts and interpretations of events, which in turn may have either positive or not so positive impacts on our emotional, physical, social and spiritual wellbeing.
Our views of the way life works are dependent on our experiences, upbringing, education and spirituality. Therefore, we may have to drop some of our outdated assumptions and beliefs that limit us in one way or another, because our map is not the territory.
- The way life works
- Life is difficult. If we accept this concept, then life is no longer difficult, because even if it is difficult, it does not matter anymore. Then, we will take our daily challenges as lessons to be learnt and respond in a mature way rather than wishing that everything is sweet and cared for.
- We are in control of our lives. Those who believe that they are in control of their lives are more likely to take positive actions to solve their problems. They will take responsibilities rather than blaming others.
- Nothing very good or very bad lasts for very long. Once we realize, then we would not be too concerned if our world changes every now and then, sometimes in our favour, sometimes not.
- Ways to better living
When we set meaningful goals for ourselves, then we would not be busy doing things that are not important. If we want happiness, give happiness to others. The way to get what you want is to help others get what they want.
- Our purpose is giving ourselves to care for others and help them grow.
Philosophy Café takes place on the last Wednesday of each month, February to November.
Entry is free and includes a glass of wine and nibbles.
Dr Kung’s book, Ways to Better Living, is available from Readings Melbourne or as an E-book from the publisher.
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 2. For the first week back we’ll discuss a topic that is more political than philosophical at the moment: the new carbon tax. Take a look at cleanenergyfuture.gov.au for the latest information. If your after an opposing position, go to nocarbontax.com.au.
Kind Regards,
Dylan Nickelson,
President, Deakin Philosophical Society.
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 of Melancholy’ from his 1628 The Anatomy of Melancholy. However, you may also like to consider Denis Diderot’s entry on melancholy in the 1765 Encyclopaedia of the Sciences, Art and Crafts.
Wednesday’s meeting is our last for the first trimester, so we will also discuss topics for next trimester. We’ve focussed quite heavily on science and politics so far this year. It would be good to spend some time on other areas of philosophy in trimester two. All suggestions are welcome.
So are good spirits.
Hope to see you there,
Dylan Nickelson,
President, Deakin Philosophical Society.
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’. A period of questions and discussion will follow the presentation.
Philosophy Café is held from 7-9pm on the last Wednesday of each month, February to November, in the (newly refurbished) ‘Kennel’ at The Barking Dog hotel, 126 Pakington st, Geelong West.
Entry is free and includes a glass of wine and nibbles.
Kind regards,
Dylan Nickelson,
President, Deakin Philosophical Society.
Existentialist Society Melbourne announcement
Existentialist Society
Free Public Lectures, followed by an extended period of questions and discussion.Tuesday, 5th April 2011, 8pm
Richard Sebold (Philosophy, La Trobe University)
will speak on, “Toward the Disenchantment of Nature”.Venue: Unitarian Hall, 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne. (Melways 2G D2)
Enquiries:
Secretary: David Miller.
Telephone: (03) 9467 2063.
Email: existmelb@yahoo.com.au
Future lectures, past transcripts and links: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~exist
MSCP evening course announcement
Lecturer: Dr David Rathbone
A 12 week evening courseWhen?
Weekly, Thursday 6:30-8:30pm, March 31 – June 16Where?
University of Melbourne Law School, Parkville
Room GM16Full Details and Enrolment at
www.mscp.org.auOutline
This course is an introduction to the whole of Hegel’s philosophy from the objective perspective. After first distinguishing this perspective from the subjective perspective on the one hand and the absolute perspective on the other, we shall focus on the objective aspect of Hegel’s system, namely the histories of religion, of art and of philosophy, and, most importantly, his philosophy of law and its relation to custom, morality and the state. The “right” and “left” interpretations of Hegel shall be contrast not through extreme examples but rather through the only slightly left interpretation of Walter Kaufmann and the only slightly right interpretation of George Seidel. We shall also be dispelling some prevalent Hegel myths and considering Derrida’s approach to Hegel along the way.Programme of Study
- Week One: Introduction to Hegel – the subjective, objective and absolute perspectives
- Weeks 2-3: The objective perspective subjectively – The Phenomenology of Mind chapter VI “(BB) Spirit” (Baillie translation pp.455-506, Miller tr. pp. 438-483)
- Weeks 4-7: The objective perspective objectively – Hegel’s Philosophy of Law
(Hegel’s Philosophy of Right in Nisbet’s tr. ed. Wood; my tr. as Philosophy of Law shall be supplied)- Weeks 8-10: The objective perspective absolutely – Encyclopedia §483-552
(Wallace’s tr. as Hegel’s Philosophy of Mind pp.241-291)- Weeks 11-12: Back to the beginning – two crucial early texts:
- 1. Hegel’s System of Ethical Life (1802/3) and First Philosophy of Spirit (Part III of the System of Speculative Philosophy 1803/4) ed. & tr. by Harris & Knox
- 2. Natural Law: the Scientific Ways of Treating Natural Law, its Place in Moral Philosophy, and its relation to the Positive Sciences of Law tr. Knox
MSCP Evening Schools
Beginning Monday 7 March from 6:30-8:30pm in room GM16, Law Building, Pelham st., University of Melbourne
The Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy Evening Schools begin next Monday with the first seminar of a twelve-week series by Jon Roffe on the work of Gilles Deleuze. The seminars will be held in room GM16 in the Law Building on Pelham st at the University of Melbourne.
An evening school on Hegel, taught by David Rathbone, will soon be available for enrolment. The course is due to commence at the end of March.
For full details and enrolment visit www.mscp.org.au
Existentialist Society of Melbourne
The Triumph of Virtual Reality: The Implications for Philosophy
Tuesday 1 March 2011 from 8pm
On Tuesday 1 March 2011 at Unitarian Hall, 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne (Melways 2G D2) the Melbourne Existentialist Society will host a free public lecture by Dr Glenn McClaren (Philosophy & Cultural Inquiry, Swinburne University). Dr McClaren will speak on ‘The Triumph of Virtual Reality: The Implications for Philosophy’. The lecture will be followed by an extended period of questions and discussion.
Please direct all inquiries about the Existentialist Society lecture to David Miller (Telephone: (03) 9467 2063, Email: existmelb@yahoo.com.au)
You can also access information on future Existentialist Society lectures, past transcripts and links at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~exist.
