Philosophy at Murdoch University

Program: Colloquium 2009 Crisis of Meaning

A Day of Philo-Sophia: Crisis of Meaning
Murdoch University
Brian Hill Lecture Theatre: 9.00 - 17.00
27 November , 2009

In order to encourage students' participation in the Colloquium,
we will invite students to think about questions related to the themes of the Colloquium,
write them down and put them into a question box.
At the conclusion of the Colloquium, Panel members
will address individual questions and discuss them with the audience.

Copernicus

 
8.30 – 9.00
REGISTRATION
9.00 – 9.15

 

Opening: Associate Prof. Jim Macbeth (Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities)

 
9.15– 10.00

 

Dr Richard Hamilton (UNDA): “Opening Address: Does Science Deprive Life of Meaning?"

 
10.00 – 10.30
Coffee
10.30 – 11.30


Daniel Burke (MU): "A Brave New World: The Conflict between Science and Tradition in a Modernising Japan"

James Muldoon (Arts/Law, The U of Melbourne): "Crisis of Democracy"
11.30– 12.30


Melissa Russell (Curtin U): "A New Theology: Caputo’s Re-imagining of Derrida"

Nicholas Richard Mercer (Hwa Chong Institution): "Watchmen: the Dialectic of Meaning and Affect"

 
12.30 - 1.30
Lunch
1.30 – 2.45


Erin Stewart (ANU): "Meaning in the Communication of Pain and Illness"

Anita Williams (MU) and Lubica Učník (MU): "How to Treat Depression: Fight Club and History of Thinking"
2.45 – 3.15
 Coffee
3.15 – 4.00

 

Barry Maund (UWA): "Closong Address: On Not Neglecting the History of Philosophy"

 
4.00 – 5.00


Plenary:
Moderator:
Paul McDonald (MU)

The Panel:
Miri Albahari (the University of WA), Richard Hamilton (the University of Notre Dame Australia), Barry Maund (the University of WA), Stephan Millett (Director, Centre for Applied Ethics and Philosophy at Curtin University of Technology), Alan Tapper (Curtin University of Technology)

 

 

 

 

 

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