[SydPhil] Confucianism Today: Roundtable with Prof Yu Dan

Confucian ethics and Confucian values have experienced a revival in China in recent years. This philosophical system dates back over two thousand years. Its original essence is however contested in academic circles. A panel of Australian experts and a well-known Beijing-based scholar will discus

[SydPhil] [Philosophy@Western Sydney Seminar] Patrick Stokes, How Do We Live With the Digital Dead?, 16 August 2017

Philosophy @ Western Sydney - Seminar Patrick Stokes (Deakin)-"How Do We Live With the Digital Dead?" In The Work of Mourning, Jacques Derrida claims that mourning cannot be directed to the dead, who no longer exist, but only towards our 'interiorization' of them: "the [deceased] friend can no

[SydPhil] MA in Continental Philosophy, Western Sydney University, information sessions

Dear All, If you are interested in postgraduate studies in Continental philosophy, Western Sydney University runs an MA program, the only one solely in continental philosophy available in Australia: www.westernsydney.edu.au/philosophyMA If you want

[SydPhil] Philosophy at Western Sydney's College of Fellows 2017 Conference

The Philosophy Research Initiative at Western Sydney University is pleased to announce the 2017 College of Fellows Conference. The College of Fellows is a group of internationally recognized scholars in Continental Philosophy with formal ties to the Philosophy Research Initiative at Western Syd

[SydPhil] MA in Continental Philosophy

Dear All, The MA in Continental Philosophy at Western Sydney University (www.westernsydney.edu.au/philosophyMA) will be entering its third year in 2018. We offer a wide array of units in philosophy as well as the option for the students to write a t

[SydPhil] Seminar: Bernardo Ainbinder, Ways of Being and Form of Life, 28 March 2018

Philosophy @ Western Sydney – Seminar Bernardo Ainbinder (Diego Portales University, Chile)—“Ways of Being and Form of Life” IThe precise meaning of the expression "way of being" in Heidegger has raised an interesting discussion (McDaniel 2009, 2012, Boeneker 2005, Hartmann 1972, Golob 2014,

[SydPhil] [Thinking out Loud] Rosi Braidotti: The Human in the Age of Technology and Climate Change

[cid:image003.jpg@01D3B715.6B4D9880]Rosi Braidotti The Human in the Age of Technology and Climate Change The idea of 'human' is undergoing rapid change. Scientific and technological advance is pushing the limits of what we have understood of our existence. Some have termed this the age of the 'p

[SydPhil] Seminar (Reminder): Bernardo Ainbinder, Ways of Being and Form of Life, 28 March 2018

Philosophy @ Western Sydney – Seminar Bernardo Ainbinder (Diego Portales University, Chile)—“Ways of Being and Form of Life” The precise meaning of the expression "way of being" in Heidegger has raised an interesting discussion (McDaniel 2009, 2012, Boeneker 2005, Hartmann 1972, Golob 2014

[SydPhil] CFP: ASCP 2018 conference

The Philosophy Research Initiative at Western Sydney University is organizing this year's conference of the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy Where: Parramatta City Campus (Peter Shergold Building) When: November 21-23, 2018. On November 20, there will be Postgraduate Day followed b

[SydPhil] Encountering the Author: Diego Bubbio, 'God and the Self in Hegel', 23 May 2018

Philosophy @ Western Sydney is pleased to invite you to the next Encountering the Author seminar: Paolo Diego Bubbio (Western Sydney University)—God and the Self in Hegel: Beyond Subjectivism (SUNY Press, 2017)

[SydPhil] Reminder: Encountering the Author: Diego Bubbio, 'God and the Self in Hegel', 23 May 2018

Philosophy @ Western Sydney is pleased to invite you to the next Encountering the Author seminar, which will be held on Wednesday, May 23: Paolo Diego Bubbio (Western Sydney University)—God and the Self in Hegel:

[SydPhil] Seminar: David Macarthur, Wittgenstein: Philosophy as Imaginative Therapy, 6 June 2018

Philosophy @ Western Sydney – Seminar David Macarthur (The University of Sydney) — “Wittgenstein: Philosophy as Imaginative Therapy” A widespread image of Wittgenstein in the secondary literature is of a philosopher who produced some remarkable ideas and thought-experiments but whose methodol

[SydPhil] ASCP 2018 conference - Submission deadline extended

Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy 2018 – Western Sydney University, 21-23 November 2018 The deadline for submissions of abstracts, thematic panel proposals, and book panel proposals to be considered for the 2018

[SydPhil] MA in Continental Philosophy

Dear All, If you are considering pursuing an MA in Continental Philosophy and if you are interested to find out more about our MA program (www.westernsydney.edu.au/philosophyMA), please attend the Postgraduate Information evening on Thursday 18 Oct

[SydPhil] Seminar: Talia Morag, Seeing-As and the Ethics of Comparison, 8 May

Philosophy @ Western Sydney – Seminar Talia Morag (Deakin University)—“ Seeing-As and the Ethics of Comparison: The Holocaust and Factory Farming” Cora Diamond criticizes typical arguments of philosophical ethics for or against eating animals as a way of deflecting from the difficulty of the r

[SydPhil] Reminder: The Opening of the Art Exhibition 'When Gods Walked the Earth' is today

Dear All, A reminder that the Opening of the art exhibition “When Gods Walked the Earth” is today, Thursday, October 10, at 6pm, at the Italian Cultural Institute (125 York Street, Level 4). The collection of artworks by artist Mauro De Giorgi is entirely devoted to Rene Girard’s Mimetic Theor