Philosophy Seminar Series
First Semester 2007
| 6 March | Mark Colyvan (University of Sydney) What Is the Principle of Uniform Solution and Why Should We Buy It? |
| 20 March | Deborah Brown (University of Queensland) The Very Idea of Idea |
| 3 April | Justine McGill (University of Sydney) Distrust of the State: Riots in France and Australia |
| 24 April | Daniel Nolan (University of Nottingham & RSSS) The Theoretical Virtue of Conservatism |
| 8 May | Ofer Gal (HPS, University of Sydney) The Real Issue |
22 May |
Matt Sharpe (University of Melbourne) Is Neo-liberalism a Liberalism, or a Stranger Kind of Bird? |
| 5 June | Catharine Abell (Macquarie University) The Aesthetic Value of Literary Tragedy |
| 12 June *2-4pm |
Andrew Schaap (University of Melbourne) Reconciliation as Ideology and Politics (Special Seminar co-hosted with the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, details at: http://www.crsi.mq.edu.au/news_and_events/Reconciliation.htm) |
Second Semester 2007
| 7 August |
Christoph Hoerl (University of Warwick) On Being Stuck in Time |
| 21 August |
Richard Menary (University of Wollongong) Embodied Engagements |
| 11 September |
Marilyn Friedman (University of Washington) Female Terrorists: Does Gender Make a Normative Difference? *Special venue: E6A 102 (Please allow 10 minutes stroll-time) |
| 9 October |
Simon Lumsden (University of New South Wales) Hegel and the Problem of the Retrospective Character of Reconciliation |
| 23 October |
Elizabeth Schier (Macquarie University) Emergent Materialism |
6 November |
Larry May (University of Washington) Genocide, Criminal Trials, and Reconciliation *Special venue: X5B 323 (Seminar Room, Museum of Ancient Cultures) |
| 13 December Thursday |
Natalie Stoljar (McGill University, Montreal) Oppressive Norms and Failures of Individual Autonomy: A Reply to Benson *Special venue: W6A 720 (Philosophy Seminar Room) |
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