Philosophy Program
Philosophy Seminar Program 2009
A list of past seminars is available on another page with this link.
All seminars take place in the Humanities 2 Building, Room 228 on Wednesdays and start at 11:00am.
Enquiries should be directed to
Jack Reynolds
(9479 3605, email: jack.reynolds@latrobe.edu.au).
Semester Two
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 12th August |
Assoc. Prof. Stan Van Hooft ( Deakin University ) |
Cosmopolitanism |
| 19th August |
Prof. Jeff Malpas ( University of Tasmania ) |
Kant and the Geography of Reason |
| 26th August |
Dr Jack Reynolds (La Trobe) |
The Fate of the Transcendental in Contemporary Philosophy |
| 2nd September |
John Fox (La Trobe University) |
Gandhian ethics and the principle of double effect |
| 9th September |
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| 16th September |
Dr. Mark Hodges (La Trobe University |
Relativisation, Rigidity, and the New Deceitful Demon Objection to Process Reliabilism |
| 23rd September |
Dr. Lynda Burns (La Trobe University) |
Philosophy in the 1980s in Australasia |
| 7th October |
Professor Brian Ellis |
The Aims of Morality |
| 14th October |
Dr Ashley Woodward (University of Melbourne/VCA/MSCP) |
Foucault and Hadot on Philosophy as a Way of Life Today |
| 21st October |
Dr Hélèn Frichot (RMIT) |
Further Thoughts on a Life within the Folds |
| 28th October |
Dr Laura and Dr Francois Schroeter ( University of Melbourne ) |
The Jazz Model Of Meaning Goes To Twin Earth |
| 4th November |
Prof. Michael Smith ( Princeton ) |
Do We Have Internal Reason to Do What We Should Do Morally Speaking? |
| 11th November |
Dr. John Jenkins (La Trobe University) |
“Driven to Diffraction” a documentary film |
| 18th November |
Tim Oakley (La Trobe University) |
The Issue is Meaningless |
| 25th November |
Assoc. Prof Michael Wong (Monash University) |
Philosophy of Psychiatry - a brief overview |
Seminars are presented each Wednesday throughout the semester. Details will be added to this page as they become available.
Special Seminars
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 13th and 14th August |
Various Speakers |
Postgraduate Student Reviews |
| 9th October |
Various Speakers |
Derrida Symposium |
If you wish to park in the Visitor’s Car Park you will need to notify the Philosophy Administrator (9479 1673 or email:
philosophy@latrobe.edu.au) by midday on the day before the seminar.
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