Philosophy and the Real World
How different does economics look, how different does any subject look, if the person pursuing it is a philosopher?
- with #SimonLongstaff
#AdamSmith
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Philosophy and the Real World
How different does economics look, how different does any subject look, if the person pursuing it is a philosopher?
- with #SimonLongstaff
#AdamSmith
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Group agents
An agent is just somebody who does something for a purpose, but do we have to be talking about individual persons here, or can groups of people be agents in just the way that individuals can?
- with #PhilipPettit
#Feb2012
#AlanSaunders
#ThePhilosopher'sZone
Group agents
An agent is just somebody who does something for a purpose, but do we have to be talking about individual persons here, or can groups of people be agents in just the way that individuals can?
- with #PhilipPettit
#Feb2012
#AlanSaunders
#ThePhilosopher'sZone
What is an #Ethicist?
You can be a biologist without reading Darwin or a physicist without reading Newton, but philosophers still read Plato, Descartes and Kant. So does this mean that philosophy, unlike science, does not progress?
- with #SimonLongstaff
#May2005
#AlanSaunders
What is an #Ethicist?
You can be a biologist without reading Darwin or a physicist without reading Newton, but philosophers still read Plato, Descartes and Kant. So does this mean that philosophy, unlike science, does not progress?
- with #SimonLongstaff
#May2005
#AlanSaunders
Kafka and Philosophy
What has been so alluring about #Kafka that philosophers have a compulsion to return to his writings?
- with #HenrySussman, #YaleUniversity
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#Mar2012
#AlanSaunders
#Philosopher'sZone
Kafka and Philosophy
What has been so alluring about #Kafka that philosophers have a compulsion to return to his writings?
- with #HenrySussman, #YaleUniversity
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#Mar2012
#AlanSaunders
#Philosopher'sZone
Volcanoes, Sea Battles and #Aristotle
Logicians and philosophers are always concerned about the status of our statements. How, for example, can we make meaningful statements about things that don't exist?
#May2005
#AlanSaunders
#Philosopher'sZone
Volcanoes, Sea Battles and #Aristotle
Logicians and philosophers are always concerned about the status of our statements. How, for example, can we make meaningful statements about things that don't exist?
#May2005
#AlanSaunders
#Philosopher'sZone
The Myth of #Plato and Plato the Myth-maker
For centuries, Plato was admired for his inspiration and vision, rather than for his theories and argumentation. Then the pendulum swung hard in the other direction.
- with #RickBenitez, #TheUniversityOfSydney
#myth
#Mar2012
The Myth of #Plato and Plato the Myth-maker
For centuries, Plato was admired for his inspiration and vision, rather than for his theories and argumentation. Then the pendulum swung hard in the other direction.
- with #RickBenitez, #TheUniversityOfSydney
#myth
#Mar2012
Relativism and Cardinal Ratzinger
This week, we examine the allure of #relativism and discuss how (or whether) it should be resisted.
- with #JamesFranklin, the University of New South Wales.
#Apr2005
Relativism and Cardinal Ratzinger
This week, we examine the allure of #relativism and discuss how (or whether) it should be resisted.
- with #JamesFranklin, the University of New South Wales.
#Apr2005
Thomas Pogge and global #fairness
In a world in which many humans do not have all their #humanRights fulfilled, how to bring a better world about?
- with #ThomasPogge, Yale University and the Australian National University.
#Kant #JohnRawls #moralPhilosophy
#Mar2012
Thomas Pogge and global #fairness
In a world in which many humans do not have all their #humanRights fulfilled, how to bring a better world about?
- with #ThomasPogge, Yale University and the Australian National University.
#Kant #JohnRawls #moralPhilosophy
#Mar2012
What Are #Qualia?
Recently, many philosophers puzzled on what goes on in the head. A mental state will have certain properties that determine what it is like to be in that mental state. These properties are #qualia.
- with #GeraldGleeson, the Catholic Institute of Sydney
#Apr2005
What Are #Qualia?
Recently, many philosophers puzzled on what goes on in the head. A mental state will have certain properties that determine what it is like to be in that mental state. These properties are #qualia.
- with #GeraldGleeson, the Catholic Institute of Sydney
#Apr2005
Extending the mind
Where does the #mind stop and the rest of the world begin? Some philosophers are now arguing that #thoughts are not all in the head.
- with #RobertRupert, the University of Colorado
#extendedMind #naturalisticTheory #mentalContent
#Mar2012
Extending the mind
Where does the #mind stop and the rest of the world begin? Some philosophers are now arguing that #thoughts are not all in the head.
- with #RobertRupert, the University of Colorado
#extendedMind #naturalisticTheory #mentalContent
#Mar2012
The Pope and Philosophy
#KarolWojtyla, the man who became #PopeJohnPaulII had a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Cracow. So how did #theology and philosophy operate together in his mind and what role did philosophy have in his #papacy?
- with Gerald Gleason
#Apr2005
The Pope and Philosophy
#KarolWojtyla, the man who became #PopeJohnPaulII had a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Cracow. So how did #theology and philosophy operate together in his mind and what role did philosophy have in his #papacy?
- with Gerald Gleason
#Apr2005
Sun 24 Jun 2012 - Tribute to the philosophical Alan Saunders
Sun 17 Jun 2012 - Thinking Out Loud - Lecture Three
Sun 10 Jun 2012 - Thinking Out Loud - Lecture One
Sun 3 Jun 2012 - The Philosophy of Astronomy
#ASPZE_June2012
#ASPZE_Jun2012
Sun 24 Jun 2012 - Tribute to the philosophical Alan Saunders
Sun 17 Jun 2012 - Thinking Out Loud - Lecture Three
Sun 10 Jun 2012 - Thinking Out Loud - Lecture One
Sun 3 Jun 2012 - The Philosophy of Astronomy
#ASPZE_June2012
#ASPZE_Jun2012
Philosophy for #Representationalists
#PerceptualExperiences represent the way things are. We can pass this information on in many ways, but most often pass it on using #words and #sentences.
- with #FrankJackson from #ANU
#Language #Representationalism
#ASPZE_Apr2012
Philosophy for #Representationalists
#PerceptualExperiences represent the way things are. We can pass this information on in many ways, but most often pass it on using #words and #sentences.
- with #FrankJackson from #ANU
#Language #Representationalism
#ASPZE_Apr2012
What is death?
Is #death the ultimate disaster, to be avoided at all costs? Should we not fear being dead because we will not experience it? Is a constant awareness of death necessary?
- with #StanVanHooft ( #DeakinUniversity )
#Life #Death #Subjectivity
#Bioethics
#Apr2005
What is death?
Is #death the ultimate disaster, to be avoided at all costs? Should we not fear being dead because we will not experience it? Is a constant awareness of death necessary?
- with #StanVanHooft ( #DeakinUniversity )
#Life #Death #Subjectivity
#Bioethics
#Apr2005
Honourable intentions
Human #consciousness is intentional – it’s about something – but what is the relationship between my consciousness and the objects of which I’m conscious?
- with #FrankJackson ( #ANU )
#Physicalism #Representationalism
#KnowledgeArgument
#ASPZE_Apr2012
Honourable intentions
Human #consciousness is intentional – it’s about something – but what is the relationship between my consciousness and the objects of which I’m conscious?
- with #FrankJackson ( #ANU )
#Physicalism #Representationalism
#KnowledgeArgument
#ASPZE_Apr2012
The Moral Significance of Persons
Ethical matters with the concept of a #person and with #death, the end of a person if that's what death is.
with #StanVanHooft
#TerriSchiavo
#HumanLife
#ASPZE_Mar2005
The Moral Significance of Persons
Ethical matters with the concept of a #person and with #death, the end of a person if that's what death is.
with #StanVanHooft
#TerriSchiavo
#HumanLife
#ASPZE_Mar2005
A Dangerous Method
The film depicts #Jung and #Freud as they seek a common ground with the new method of #psychoanalysis.
- with clinical professor in psychiatric ethics #MichaelRobertson
#ADangerousMethod
#CarlGustavJung #SigmundFreud
#Akhenaten #TheSecondComing
#ASPZE_Apr2012
A Dangerous Method
The film depicts #Jung and #Freud as they seek a common ground with the new method of #psychoanalysis.
- with clinical professor in psychiatric ethics #MichaelRobertson
#ADangerousMethod
#CarlGustavJung #SigmundFreud
#Akhenaten #TheSecondComing
#ASPZE_Apr2012
Acts of Contrition
What about #contrition, does it matter that though #Judas might be #contrite he is, as it were, shallowly contrite?
- with #PaulComrie-Thomson
#FeelingAndAction
#apology #ConditionalApology #CulpableIgnorance
#ImpetuousActivity
#reconciliation
#ASPZE_Mar2005
Acts of Contrition
What about #contrition, does it matter that though #Judas might be #contrite he is, as it were, shallowly contrite?
- with #PaulComrie-Thomson
#FeelingAndAction
#apology #ConditionalApology #CulpableIgnorance
#ImpetuousActivity
#reconciliation
#ASPZE_Mar2005
The worst #argument in the world
Presented by two philosophical connoisseurs of bad argument: #PeterSlezak and #JamesFranklin
#ChineseRoom #zombie #homunculusFallacy #consciousness #Pascal’sWager #MonteCarloFallacy #nonSequitur #StAnselm #DavidStove
#ASPZE_Apr2012
The worst #argument in the world
Presented by two philosophical connoisseurs of bad argument: #PeterSlezak and #JamesFranklin
#ChineseRoom #zombie #homunculusFallacy #consciousness #Pascal’sWager #MonteCarloFallacy #nonSequitur #StAnselm #DavidStove
#ASPZE_Apr2012
The Ways of #Paradox
The reason that #paradoxes matter is that they tell us that there is something wrong with our way of #thinking.
#TheBarberParadox
#KurtGrelling #heterological
#BertrandRussell #TheClassOfAllClasses
#KurtGerdell
#IncompletenessTheorem #logic
#ASPZE_Mar2005
The Ways of #Paradox
The reason that #paradoxes matter is that they tell us that there is something wrong with our way of #thinking.
#TheBarberParadox
#KurtGrelling #heterological
#BertrandRussell #TheClassOfAllClasses
#KurtGerdell
#IncompletenessTheorem #logic
#ASPZE_Mar2005
The Problem of Evil
How do we understand the problem of evil, an ancient philosophical conundrum?
- with #MichaelRobertson a professor in psychiatric ethics
#PhiloAgora #theodicy #DavidHume #empathy
#TheProblemOfEvil #psychopathy #narcissism #TheBanalityOfEvil #ASPZE_Apr2012
The Problem of Evil
How do we understand the problem of evil, an ancient philosophical conundrum?
- with #MichaelRobertson a professor in psychiatric ethics
#PhiloAgora #theodicy #DavidHume #empathy
#TheProblemOfEvil #psychopathy #narcissism #TheBanalityOfEvil #ASPZE_Apr2012
Ethical Relationships and Body Image
#MoralPhilosophy
#Essentialism
#ReneDescartes #CogitoErgoSum
#SigmundFreud #JacquesLacan #Psychoanalysis
#Mereau-Ponty
#ChristinaColegate
#BodyImage #Body
#JustBetweenYouAndMe
#ASPZE_Mar2005
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Ethical Relationships and Body Image
#MoralPhilosophy
#Essentialism
#ReneDescartes #CogitoErgoSum
#SigmundFreud #JacquesLacan #Psychoanalysis
#Mereau-Ponty
#ChristinaColegate
#BodyImage #Body
#JustBetweenYouAndMe
#ASPZE_Mar2005
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Reflections on cultural identity
#CulturalIdentity
#Indigeneity
#JeanComaroff
#Apartheid
#CommercialisationOfIdentity
#Cajun #CommodificationOfEthnicity
#Navajo
#OriginsOfEthnicity #Ethnicity
#IntellectualProperty
#San #IndigenousRights #Bafokeng
#ASPZE_May2012
The Art of Ethical Relationships
#MoralPhilosophy
#Anti-Essentialism #ClassStruggle
#AlisdairMacintyre #NormativeMoralPsychology
#Aristotle #Phronesis #Ergon
#ChristinaColegate
#JustBetweenYouAndMe
#TheArtOfEthicalRelationships
#ASPZE_Mar2005
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Sun 13 May 2012
#Shakespeare
#Shakespeare’sReligion
#FatherPeasons #Jesuit #TudorTheory
#Aquinas
#JohnFinnis
#PersonalIdentity #Englishness #NationalIdentity
#Shakespeare’sCharacters
#TheUniversityOfNotreDame
#ASPZE_May2012
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