Terry Eagleton: Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching
Wednesday, April 21
4-5.30pm in ib3.307 on the Waurn Ponds campus

To wrap up the theism versus atheism discussion (for now), this Wednesday April 21 we’ll discuss Terry Eagleton’s scathing review of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion. Eagleton’s review was published in the London Review of Books in 2006. You can access the review online at http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n20/terry-eagleton/lunging-flailing-mispunching.

DPS Lectures online

Also, both AC Grayling’s and Tamas Pataki’s lectures are now available on the Deakin Philosophical Society website: http://deakinphilosophicalsociety.com/lectures

Regards,

Dylan Nickelson,
President, Deakin Philosophical Society.

Following on from AC Grayling’s presentation last Thursday on the topic of civil liberties and conceptions of liberty, tomorrow, Wednesday 17th March, from 4-5.30pm the Deakin Philosophical Society will meet in ib3.307 to further discuss Professor Grayling’s position.

The discussion will focus on both Grayling’s presentation and a short article by him entitled ‘Tolerating Intolerance’ [1].

I hope to see you there,

Dylan Nickelson,
President, Deakin Philosophical Society.

1. AC Grayling (2007), ‘Tolerating Intolerance’, Index on Censorship, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 124-130

In trimester one, 2010 the Deakin Philosophical Society weekly meetings will be held on Wednesdays from 4-5.30pm in ib3.307 (third floor of the Business & Law building). The first weekly meeting is next Wednesday, 10th March. This first meeting will be a relaxed meet and greet — an opportunity for new members to meet returning members and vice versa.

Special presentation by Professor AC Grayling

On Thursday, 11th March from 3-4.30pm in ib3.307 there will be a free presentation by Professor AC Grayling from Birkbeck College, University of London, on ‘Civil Liberties and Conceptions of Liberty’.

Professor Grayling is in Melbourne for the 2010 Global Atheist Convention and has kindly accepted our invitation to give a presentation at Deakin’s Waurn Ponds campus. His recent books include Against All Gods and Liberty in the Age of Terror.

If you would like to familiarise yourself with Grayling’s position on liberty and civil liberties before you hear his presentation, there are two very brief and easy to read articles freely available. They are:

• AC Grayling (2005), ‘A Matter of Principle’, Index on Censorship, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 17-21
• AC Grayling (2007), ‘Tolerating Intolerance’, Index on Censorship, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 124-130

This presentation is the first of what we hope will be many presentations hosted by the Deakin University School of International and Political Studies and the Alfred Deakin Research Institute in association with the Deakin Philosophical Society.

If you have any questions about the weekly meetings or the presentation by Professor Grayling you can email me at mail@deakinphilosophicalsociety.com

I will see you next week. But until then, enjoy the first week of T1 classes for 2010.

Dylan Nickelson,
President, Deakin Philosophical Society.