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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Graham Oppy; N. N. Trakakis; Lynda Burns; Steven Gardner and Fiona Leigh - Contributions by John Bigelow; Raymond D. Bradley; Andrew Brennan; Tony Coady; Peter Forrest; James Franklin; Karen Green; Russell Grigg; Matthew Sharpe; Jeanette Kennett 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 PrefaceChapter 1. Metaphysics in AustralasiaChapter 2. Science, Morality, and the Death of GodChapter 3. Philistines, Barbarians and the Death of IntellectChapter 4. Philosophy in MelbourneChapter 5. Missing the Point Many Times Over? Australian Philosophical AtheismChapter 6. Philosophy in SydneyChapter 7. Australian Women PhilosophersChapter 8. In the Name of the Father: Understanding Monotheism and FundamentalismChapter 9. The Nature of LoveChapter 10. Free Will and the Sciences of the MindChapter 11. Feminist Philosophy in AustralasiaChapter 12. Philosophy and Its Masters: The Transformations of Philosophy in QueenslandChapter 13. Philosophy in South AustraliaChapter 14. Is Religion to be Respected or Only Tolerated?Chapter 15. Continental Philosophy in AustraliaChapter 16. Getting the Wrong Anderson? A Short and Opinionated History of New Zealand PhilosophyChapter 17. Nature in the Active VoiceChapter 18. Why Asian Philosophy?Chapter 19. Logic in AustralasiaChapter 20. The Analytic/Continental Divide: A Contretemps?Chapter 21. Philosopher Deans and Philosopher Kings: The Contribution of Philosophers to Senior Management in Australian UniversitiesChapter 22. Becoming Slow: Philosophy, Reading and the Essay...
