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Informationen zum Autor Matthew Sharpe is associate professor of philosophy at Deakin University. He is the coauthor of Philosophy as a Way of Life: History, Dimensions, Directions (with M. Ure) and author of Camus, Philosophe: To Return to Our Beginnings as well as articles on the history of philosophy, and political, critical and psychoanalytic theory. Paul Thom is a philosopher-musician and adjunct professor in the School of Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Sydney and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Klappentext Philosophy in both Australia and New Zealand has been has been experiencing, for some time now, something of a 'golden age', exercising an influence in the global arena that is disproportionate to the population of the two countries. To capture the distinctive and internationally recognised contributions Australasian philosophers have made to their discipline, a series of public talks by leading Australasian philosophers was convened at various literary events and festivals across Australia and New Zealand from 2006 to 2009. These engaging and often entertaining talks attracted large audiences, and covered diverse themes ranging from local histories of philosophy (in particular, the fortunes of philosophy in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and New Zealand); to discussions of specific topics (including love, free will, religion, ecology, feminism, and civilisation), especially as these have featured in the Australasian philosophy; and to examinations of the intellectual state of universities in Australasia at the beginning of the twenty-first century.These talks are now collected here for the first time, to provide not only students and scholars, but also the wider community with a deeper appreciation of the philosophical heritage of Australia and New Zealand. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1. Metaphysics in Australasia Chapter 2. Science, Morality, and the Death of God Chapter 3. Philistines, Barbarians and the Death of Intellect Chapter 4. Philosophy in Melbourne Chapter 5. Missing the Point Many Times Over? Australian Philosophical Atheism Chapter 6. Philosophy in Sydney Chapter 7. Australian Women Philosophers Chapter 8. In the Name of the Father: Understanding Monotheism and Fundamentalism Chapter 9. The Nature of Love Chapter 10. Free Will and the Sciences of the Mind Chapter 11. Feminist Philosophy in Australasia Chapter 12. Philosophy and Its Masters: The Transformations of Philosophy in Queensland Chapter 13. Philosophy in South Australia Chapter 14. Is Religion to be Respected or Only Tolerated? Chapter 15. Continental Philosophy in Australia Chapter 16. Getting the Wrong Anderson? A Short and Opinionated History of New Zealand Philosophy Chapter 17. Nature in the Active Voice Chapter 18. Why Asian Philosophy? Chapter 19. Logic in Australasia Chapter 20. The Analytic/Continental Divide: A Contretemps? Chapter 21. Philosopher Deans and Philosopher Kings: The Contribution of Philosophers to Senior Management in Australian Universities Chapter 22. Becoming Slow: Philosophy, Reading and the Essay ...
