Notices
2002
Sun 14th April: Noel Tointon: Co-Authored Phenomena
Sun 12th May: Robert Zentner: Robert Norick: Free Market/Economic Rationalism... and Beyond?
Sun 9th June: Michael von Brasch: Terrorism - Part II
Sun 14th July: Noel Tointon: Process Theology - From Physics to Theology?
Sun 11th August: Refugees... Asylum seekers... Economic Migrants... What Difference is there in a Name... In so far as how Australian Immigration Policy Should be Formulated?
Sun 8th September: A Key Principle in Conflict Resolution - "What is good for one party is good for any other"?
Sun 13th October: Mary Harnett: What is God Like: Through the Analogy of Mind?
Sun 10th Nov: Blue Mts Conference/Symposium (no meeting at Green Iguana)
Sun 15th December: Alien Abduction - Have Your Been Taken?
2003
Sun 12th January: Lindsay Mell: Towards an 'Ethical Culture': How do we relate ethical principles to the state of contemporary culture?
Sun 9th February: Media or Medium:Does a Democracy Today Need to Fear a Monopolization of the Media?
Sun 9th Mar: Open Forum:Why is going to war (in Iraq) so controversial?
Sun 13th April: Noel Tointon: Beyond Therapy
Sun 11th May: Noel Tointon: Problem(s) of Deception and Self-Deception
Sun 8th June: Lindsay Mell: Looking at the work of Singer
Shift of Location to The Rustic Cafe/Surry Hills
Sun 13th July: How Sientific is Science? (A) Dark Matter or an Occult Science?
Sun 10th Aug: Francesco Amati: Ricoeur and Levinas, two modalities of self.
Sun 14th Sep: Noel Tointon: Finding a Place for the 'Idea' of God - Dead or Alive?
Sun 12th Oct: Michael von Brasch: Algabel and the arabessques of power
Sun 9th Nov: IVth Annual Conference (The Rustic Cafe/Surry Hills)
Sun 14th Dec: Marc Marusic: Rousseau and the French Revolution
2004
Sun 11th Jan: Lindsay Mell: Popular Philosophy: A Contemporary Reflection
Sun 8th Feb: Phil Wong: Scientific Hypothesis, Scientific Methodology, Scientific Proofs... A Review
Sun 14th Mar: May Harnett/Noel Tointon: Papers on Theological Topics
Sun 11th Apr: Michael von Brasch: Title to be announced
Sun 9th May: Francesco Amati: Ricoeur and Levinas, two modalities of self.
Part II - Ricoeur....
Sun 13th Jun: Marc Marusic: The Frankfurt School versus One Dimensional Man - Questions of Consciousness, Meaning, Identity, Everyday Life, Culture, Desire and Power?
Sun 11th Jul: Open Forum: Has Australia Now Become Merely a Mirror of American Society: Both Culturally and Politicaly?
Sun 8th Aug: Noel Tointon: On the Role of Textual Reflexivity in Determining the Contemporaneous Nature of the Post-Postmodern Condition? Between the Pre-Modern, the Modern, the Postmodern and the Contemporary is there a real difference in the production of their texts? Titled a "Current Controversy...."
Sun 12th Sep: Open Forum: Is a Culture Blind to its Own Myths?
Sun 10th Oct: Sandy Yang: Confucious....
Sun 14th Nov: Mini-Conference: Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre: From 12:30 - 5:30pm. Major Theme - Rationality. Bring a plate/beverage. Cost $5 (includes free teas/coffees, etc.).
Shift to Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre
Sun 12th Dec: Michael von Brasch: Title to be announced (Paper is on the theme of the 'concept' of democracy)
Sun 9th Jan: Confucius - Part II
Sun 13th Feb: Open Forum: If the Contemporary era is, theoretically, an era of pluralism where is the (Australian) world of politics heading? Are we moving into an era of oppositions? Whence the hegemony of the Right?
Sun 13th March: Lindsay Mell: On Values....
Sun 10th April: Open Forum: Now Who Owns the Truth?
Sun 9th April: Noel Tointon: 'Entry' into the Transcendental Dimension: Part I:
Overlooking of this Dimension in the (Mis)Interpretation of Vasubandhu's Vimsatika
Sun 14th May: Lindsay Mell: Early Modern Reflections on Perception
Sun 11th June: Open Forum - Semiotic Proliferation in the Textualization of the World:
What's Happening to the World as it Sinks in a Flood of Signs, Regulations, Laws, Forms, Questionnaires, Roads, Concrete Constructions, Weapons...?
Sun 9th July: Lindsay Mell: Perspectives on Perception
Sun 13th August: Michael vo Brasch: Postmodern Heroism
Sun 10th September: 'Entry' into the Transcendental Dimension: Part II: "Like a Dream" -
Vasubandhu Answers his Realist Critics
Shifting of Venue to Heffron Hall (Darlinghurst)
Sun 8th October: Open Forum - Should University be Free?
Sun 12th November: Mini Conference (Papers to be announced)
Sun 10th December: Open Forum/Paper - Title to be announced (Xmas Party)
Sun 14th January: Lindsay Mell: Title to be announced
Sun 11th February: Paul Reisner: Epicureanism
Sun11th March: Noel Tointon: 'Entry' into the Transcendental Dimension: Part IV:
According to Vasubandhu's Vimsatika Should Other Minds Be Understood
as on the Same Par as Our Own Minds?
Sun 8th April: Open Forum: What are the Political Ramifications of Convergence
(Where particular types of electronic devices/genres of activity, etc., overlap with
other electronic devices/genres of activity, etc.) e.g., w.r.t.media, publishing, politics, profession,
leisure, relationships...?
Sun 13th May: Open Forum: Leaving Iraq? - When and How?
Sun 10th June: Francesco Amati: Science and Ideology
Sun 8th July: Lindsay Mell: Something to Believe in....
Sun 12th August: Open Forum: How Virtual is Virtual Reality? (Phenomenon, Interface and Implications)
Sun 9tth September: Open Forum: What are the Necessary Preconditions for a Democratic Society...?
Sun 14th October: N.Tointon: Freedom in the World of the Political, etc.
Sun 11th November: Mini-Conference Starts 1:30pm
Sun 9th December: Xmas Party/Mishka jambor: Comparing Other Cultures
Sun 13th Jan: Lindsay Mell: Experience as a Phenomenon - Part I
Sun 10th Feb: Lindsay Mell: Experience as a Phenomenon - Part II
Sun 9th March: Open Forum: How Should Civil Society Deal With Fundamentalism Conducive to
Sun 13th April: Paper: Title to be announced
Sun 11th May: Paper: Title to be announced
Sun 8th Jun: Paper: Title to be announced
Sun 13th Jul: Paper/Forum: Ecological Philosophy - Do We Have One?
Sun 1oth Aug: Paper: N.Tointon: The Practical Treatment of Ecological Complexity
Sun 14th Sep: Open Forum: A Non-Heated Discussion of Global Warming??
Sun 12th Oct: Lindsay Mell & Bridget Tam: Friendship in the Social Context
Sun 9th Nov: Conference - Start at 2pm (Papers requested). Bring a plate.
Sun 14th Dec: Xmas Party: Its the Stupid Economy (Stupid)! Bring a plate.
2009
Sun 11th Jan: Lindsay Mell: Friendship in the Social Context - Part II
Sun 8th Feb: Noel Tointon: Negotiating Nqarratives: After the successful Post-Modern critique of grand narratives how do we negotiate a complexity of narratives without succumbing to group-think, misunderstanding, confusion and relativism, etc.
Sun 8th Mar: Open Paper: Things Bite Back - Examining Unintended Consequences
Sun 12th Apr: Michael von Brasch: Altona (Bad Faith and Authenticity)
Sun 10th May: Open Forum: Ater 100 Days of the Barack Obama Presidency What Can We Say?
Sun14th Jun: Noel Tointon: Some thoughts on the nature and circulation of value
Sun 12th Jul: Open Forum: Can We Make a Difference? - How Do We Make a Difference?
Sun 9th Aug: Mar Marusic: Open Forum- Do We Want a Designer/Designed Future?
Sun 13th Sep: Noel Tointon: Negotiating the Other - How does the Other Constitute Us and How do We Constitute Them?
Sun 11th Oct: Michael von Brasch: The curious story of Horst Wessel (Unhappy the nations that need heroes...)
Sun 8th Nov: Annual Mini-Conference: (Four papers were read).
Sun 13th Dec: Xmas Party: How Can Politics Be Improved (If At All?)? What would you like to see happen on the stage of Canberra? Bring your ideas along.
2010
Sun 10th Jan: Lindsay Mell: Part I: Experience and Emotion: Commonly, popular considerations of ‘Emotion’ in the context of ‘Experience’ tend to proceed through the substantial influence of a psychological orientation. Throughout this Continental Philosophy Group session, the extent to which such an orientation remains so supremely pertinent and relevant will be explored. Hence, the potential for various perspectives to contribute to the dimension of ‘Experience and Emotion’ will be explored and interpreted accordingly. Even though such perspectives may not be definitively derived primarily through a ‘psychology’ context, as such. Any dialogue contributions to this theme from those who attend will be most welcome.’
Sun 14th Feb: Marc Marusic: Break-up of Jugoslavia: Reflections on the diverse nation-state - What can go wrong and what can go right?
Sun 14th Mar: Lindsay Mell: Part II: Vocation and Emotion:
Sun 11th Apr: Noël Tointon: Transformation through Re-Self-Organization?
The Beneficial Engineering of Social Change. (The process of transformation as a problematic phenomenon in historical appreciation, governance, inter-personal and personal life).
Sun 9th May: Papers/Open Forum – Given Political Differences How is the Political Spectrum Shaped in Contemporary Australia? Is there a left, a right, is there a center? How should we define/re-define what might be meant by conservative, liberal, socialist, green, etc?
Now at Alchemy, 572 Crown St, backroom, downstairs
Sun 13th Jun: Papers/Open Forum - What are the Conditions for a Meaningful Inter-faith Dialogue? In what manner should religious traditions enter into a dialogue with each other and with the secular world, and, is there a place for (some forms of) fundamentalism in such a dialogue?
Sun 11th Jul: Paper/Open Forum – How Do We Find a Sense of Self Identity?
Sun 8th Aug: Paper/Open Forum – Break Up of Yugoslavia: More Reflections on the diverse nation state.
Sun 12th Sep: Lindsay Mell: Part III: Emotion and Awareness - Panel Dialogue
SOLAS 557 Crown St (upstairs) 4pm
Sun 10th Oct: Mini-Conference: Calling for papers. Starting at 4pm; Conference Dinner at 7pm
Sun 14th Nov: Paper/Open Forum – How Forward or Backward is the Current Political Climate?
Return to Cossies 638A Crown St (upstairs) 4pm
Sun 12th Dec: Xmas Party: Paper/Open Forum – Why do Philosophy in the 21st Century? What is Philosophy--Philosophy is??
2011 Quakers 119 Devonshire St, Surry Hills, Downstairs
Sun 9th Jan: Lindsay Mell: ‘Interpretation and Discernment – Experience and Process in the Life Journey Context’: Part I
Sun 13th Feb: Lindsay Mell: ‘Interpretation and Discernment – Experience and Process in the Life Journey Context’: Part II
Sun 13th Mar: Noël Tointon: Part I: Can there be (the ‘Discipline’ of) a (Post-)Postmodern Philosophy? After the Postmodernist ‘attack’ on disciplines like philosophy, history, theology, science, etc., can there be Contemporary return to such ‘disciplines’? A philosophical look at 'the history wars'.
Sun 10th Apr: Noël Tointon: Part II: Can there be (the ‘Discipline’ of) a (Post-)Postmodern Philosophy? ...A philosophical look at the ‘history wars’.
Sun 8th May: Mark Marusic : Language as social practice - analysing conversation to explore how language reflects and constructs identity (with emphasis on the ouvre of Roy 'Rampaging' Slaven and H.G. Nelson).
Sun 12th Jun: Lindsay Mell: Personality and Relationships
Sun10th Jul: Noël Tointon: Compacts versus Contracts? How Should Funding for Mental Health Be Spent? Investment in Social Augmentation – An Existential Approach to Social Interaction.
Sun 14th Aug: Mark Marusic: What are the implications for adult learners of their beliefs about knowledge and intelligence?
Sun 11th Sep: Noel Tointon: Privacy versus Transparency versus Freedoms (Rights and Associated Obligations)? How Should these Aspects be Negotiated?
Sun 9th Oct: Open Forum: Have We Seen the Future (for Australia?)? Current Innovations as Already Found Around the World?? What Predictions Could be Made?
TERU - 33 Glebe Pt Rd: Starting time now 2.30pm
Sun 13th Nov: Mini-Conference 2011: Note 2pm start!
Sun 11th Dec: Xmas Party: Open Forum - "The Bare and Bleached Bones of 'Global Warming' - The Phenomenon of Denial" - On the Contestation of a Major Discourse
Sun Jan 8th: Open Forum: The Problematic Nature of Problems
Sun 12th Feb: Lindsay Mel: Part I: Social Inclusion from a Communal Perspective - an Ontological Overview
Sun 11th Mar: Lindsay Mel: Part II: Social Inclusion from a Communal Perspective - an Ontological Overview
The Spanish Club, 88 Liverpool St, City
Sun 8th Apr: Open Forum: Do Current Political Parties Have Any Substantial Identity Beyond the Key Personalities that Lead Them?
Sun 13th May: Noel Tointon: Cultural Amnesia - A Phenomenological Examination
Sun 10th Jun: Open Forum: To What Extent Have Contemporary Forms of Work Become Virtual and/or Non-Productive and/or Convergent???
Sun 8th Jul: Lindsay Mell: The Perception of Consciousness - Experiential Awareness and Recognition
Sun 12th Aug: Presenter/Presentation to be announced
Sun 9th Sep: Presenter/Presentation to be announced
Sun 14th Oct: Noël Tointon: Can a Re-Localism Counter-Balance Globalism?
Sun 11th Nov: Mini-Conference 2012: Starting 2pm. Calling for papers/presentations
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Sun 9th Dec: Xmas Party;
