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Forum Home☜Welcome to Blackheath Philosophy Forum. Some years ago a group of us had the bizarre idea of organizing public discussion forums on philosophical topics in the small Blue Mountains town of Blackheath (about 110 km west of Sydney). We feared we might get three people and a dog - but so many came we had to move to a bigger hall. Sixteenyears later we are still going strong...☜F1CEB7
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Forum 1: TURNCOATS I - KEITH WINDSCHUTTLE - 19 April »
Forum 1: TURNCOATS I - KEITH WINDSCHUTTLE - 19 April
Forum 1: TURNCOATS I - KEITH WINDSCHUTTLE - 19 April☜In the 1960s and 1970s Windschuttle was a prominent figure in the New Left. He is now one of the main Australian public intellectuals of the Right. Keith will outline the factors, influences and reasons that changed his mind.☜FFB597
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Forum 2: TURNCOATS II - DAVID HOROWITZ – 3 May »
Forum 2: TURNCOATS II - DAVID HOROWITZ – 3 May
Forum 2: TURNCOATS II - DAVID HOROWITZ – 3 May☜David Horowitz, former editor of Ramparts magazine, is one of the most prominent American political figures to change ideological horses. He has spent roughly half of his 75 years on the radical Left, half on the Right. He has written extensively about the factors that caused his change of heart. How persuasive is his case?☜FFB597
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Forum 3: SOCIAL HUMANISM - A NEW FOUNDATION? – 17 May »
Forum 3: SOCIAL HUMANISM - A NEW FOUNDATION? – 17 May
Forum 3: SOCIAL HUMANISM - A NEW FOUNDATION? – 17 May☜Our speaker argues for a new way of thinking about social and political arrangements that draws on a synthesis of moral and political philosophy. His proposal, which he terms Social Humanism, provides a theoretical underpinning for the welfare state that, in his view, avoids the pitfalls of Left and Right. Brian Ellis is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at LaTrobe University.☜FFB597
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Forum 4: EMOTION AND REASON – 31 May »
Forum 4: EMOTION AND REASON – 31 May
Forum 4: EMOTION AND REASON – 31 May☜Do we control our expression of emotions to conform to what we deem appropriate to our social roles and relationships? Can this kind of emotional control lead to self-deception? Dr Morag will explain a notion of ‘emotional appropriateness’. Talia Morag took her PhD at Sydney University and now teaches philosophy and psychoanalysis.☜FFB597
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Forum 5: REASON, MORAL FEELING AND PSYCHOPATHY – 14 June »
Forum 5: REASON, MORAL FEELING AND PSYCHOPATHY – 14 June
Forum 5: REASON, MORAL FEELING AND PSYCHOPATHY – 14 June☜Immanuel Kant has been depicted as the cold rationalist who famously said that an action motivated by sympathy has no moral worth. Jeanette Kennett will challenge this stereotype and outline a Kantian account of moral feeling and its relation to rationality. Jeanette Kennett is Professor of Moral Psychology at Macquarie University.☜FFB597
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Forum 6: OUR FINAL INVENTION - YOUNG PHILOSOPHERS PANEL – 28 June »
Forum 6: OUR FINAL INVENTION - YOUNG PHILOSOPHERS PANEL – 28 June
Forum 6: OUR FINAL INVENTION - YOUNG PHILOSOPHERS PANEL – 28 June☜Artificial Intelligence researchers think the emergence of machines with human-like intelligence is more likely than not this century. Some think it will not stop there – that such intelligences will go on to improve themselves at computational speed. Is this our fi nal invention? Toby Solomon, Jeevan Hariharan and Heydon Wardell-Burns are philosophy honours students or graduates at Sydney University.☜FFB597
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Forum 7: THE FAILURE OF LINGUISTIC SEMANTICS – 12 July »
Forum 7: THE FAILURE OF LINGUISTIC SEMANTICS – 12 July
Forum 7: THE FAILURE OF LINGUISTIC SEMANTICS – 12 July☜Semantics is the study of meaning in language. ‘Meaning’ however is a vague term that can refer to different things - and there is failure to reach consensus on even the most basic semantic facts. Our speaker will explore some of the implications. Nicholas Riemer is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Sydney.☜FFB597
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Forum 8: CHOMSKY vs THE PHILOSOPHERS – 26 July »
Forum 8: CHOMSKY vs THE PHILOSOPHERS – 26 July
Forum 8: CHOMSKY vs THE PHILOSOPHERS – 26 July☜In the 1960s Noam Chomsky created a revolution in linguistics that has been compared with those of Galileo and Darwin. Chomsky’s theory has been challenged by philosophers. Hear a philosopher argue Chomsky was right and the philosophers wrong. Peter Slezak is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales.☜FFB597
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Forum 9: AUGUST 1914, THEN AND NOW – 9 August »
Forum 9: AUGUST 1914, THEN AND NOW – 9 August
Forum 9: AUGUST 1914, THEN AND NOW – 9 August☜With Blackheath History Forum: World War I was the pivotal event that shaped the 20th century. Historians and political theorists have debated the circumstances that led to the war ever since. Some point to disturbing parallels with our own time. Bob Howard and Diarmuid Maguire, both in International Relations at Sydney University will present, with distinguished military historian Bob O’Neill as discussant.☜FFB597
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