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The University of Western
Australia Philosophy Society is the University's main forum for
philosophical discussion outside the context of instruction. The regular flow of
visitors to Perth also ensures that there is a steady supply of
presentations from interstate and overseas.
Click here to see the
Current Programme of seminars.
Visitors who have given papers to
the Society over the years include the following:
Michael Arbib, David Armstrong,
Michael Ayers, John Bigelow, Margaret Boden, Andrew Brook, Andy
Clark, Lorraine Code, John Cottingham, Martin Davies, Phil
Dowe, Hubert Dreyfus, Robyn Ferrell, Peter Forrest, Paul Griffiths, Cliff Hooker, David Hull, Frank Jackson, John Kleinig, Peter Lamarque, David Lewis, Brian McLaughlin, Alfred R. Mele, D. H. Mellor, Alan Millar, Chris
Mortensen, Adam Morton, Graham Nerlich, Justin Oakley, Philip
Pettit, Graham Priest, Holmes Rolston III, Mark Sagoff, Mark
Sainsbury, Eike von Savigny, Peter Slezak, Michael Smith, Stephen Stich,
Charles Taylor, Douglas Walton, Karen Warren, Bernard Williams, Robert A. Wilson,
Peter Winch, Julian Young, Uriah Kriegel
The person who arranges the
Philosophy Society seminars is currently Nic Damnjanovic. (Click on the name to find an email address.)
Current Programme of Seminars (2nd Semester, 2008)
Meetings are held: Arts Seminar Room 1.33
4.30pm - 6.30pm
Click on the title below to see an abstract (if available).
| DATE |
SPEAKER |
TITLE |
August 8 |
Bill Fish
(Massey University) |
"Representationalism, Theories of Content and
the Explanatory Gap". |
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September 12 |
Lisa Bortolotti
(University of Birmingham and Macquarie
University) |
'Agency and the Meaning of Life' |
| September 19 |
Andy
Hamilton
(Durham University) |
'Wittgenstein and
Scepticism' |
| October 3 |
Lubica
Ucnik
(Murdoch University) |
'Husserl's Critique of the Mathematization
of Nature: From Philosophy of Arithmetic to The Crisis of
European Sciences' |
| October 17 |
Richard
Hamilton
(University of Notre Dame) |
'Function and
Flourishing' |
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