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The Feminist Philosophers

An academic reading group meeting once a month on a day and time to be determined by mutual agreement, over drinks and snacks with the option of a meal afterwards, to understand and evaluate the leading Feminist philosophers. Planned schedule for 2023 will be announced shortly.

Meeting: Day and Time to be decided, provisionally at The Landing, 1 Honeysuckle Dr, Newcastle

Contact: For further details about this group, or to join, please contact Nicole with your email address and a message that includes your name . . .
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The Nature and Existence of God

An informal discussion group nominally meeting for a couple of hours twice a month, focused on questions about the nature and existence of the God of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Discussions are reason-based with no special status accorded to religious texts, or other forms of possible divine revelation.

Meeting: 7.00pm on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month, at Medowie, though meeting may be cancelled if there will be a shortage of attendees.

Contact: For further details on dates and location, or to join, please contact Brian with your email address and a message . . .

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Previous Groups

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The Continental Philosophers

An academic reading group meeting in the second Thursday of the month, over drinks and snacks with the option of dinner afterwards, to understand and evaluate leading philosophers in the Continental tradition. Planned schedule for 2022:

10 Mar – Kant, What is Enlightenment?
12 May – Marx, 'Alienated Labor', from Economic and Political Manuscripts
9 Jun – Husserl, Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology, Book 1, Part 2, Chaps 1-2
14 Jul – Camus, excerpts from The Outsider, and 'An Absurd Reasoning', from The Myth of Sisyphus
11 Aug – Sartre, Existentialism is a Humanism
8 Sep – Horkheimer, 'Means and Ends', from The Eclipse of Reason
13 Oct – Habermas, 'Technology and Science as Ideology', from The Analysis and Critique of Modern Society
10 Nov – Foucault, 'We Other Victorians', and excerpts from The History of Sexuality, vol. 1
8 Dec – Foucault, What is Enlightenment?

Meeting: 5.00-6.30pm, 2nd Thursday of the month, at The Landing, 1 Honeysuckle Dr, Newcastle
Contact: Joe, via Email or Contact Page
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David Hodgson on Free Will

An informal reading group on David Hodgson's 2011 book Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will, which provides an extensive argument for the existence of free-will, as well as broaching issues such as morality, retributive and restorative justice, and many others. Hodgson was an Australian appeals court judge who also published in philosophy, and the aim of the discussion is to help participants crystalize their personal beliefs on these topics through free-flowing debate.

Meeting: 7.00pm on the last Monday of each month, at Medowie, to discuss one chapter.

Contact: For further details, or to join and specific location, please contact Brian with your email address and a message . . .
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Sandel on The Tyranny of Merit

An academic reading group on Michael Sandel's 2020 book The Tyranny of Merit, which examines the philosophical legitimacy of meritocracy, and the political effects of this ideology. It will proceed two chapters per session through the book, with the option for additional sessions to follow up issues of particular interest to participants. The Planned Schedule is:

30 Sep – The Moral History of Merit, ch.s 1 & 2
28 Oct – The Rhetoric of Rising and the Ethics of Success, chs 3 & 5
25 Nov – The Credentialist Sorting Machine, chs 4 & 6
14 Dec– What is to be Done? Recognizing Work and the Common Good, ch. 7 & Conclusion

Meeting: 7.30-9.00pm, Generally on Last Thursday of the month, over Zoom
Contact: Joe, via Email or Contact Page, for details and/or Zoom Invitation
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Nietzsche's Revaluation

An academic reading group meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, over drinks and snacks with the option of dinner, to understand and evaluate the works and ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche, as selected by members. Planned schedule for 2021:

10 Feb – Nietzsche's Apology : Ecce Homo
10 Mar – Art in Life : The Birth of Tragedy
14 Apr – Truth and Metaphysics : "On Truth and Lies in a Non-Moral Sense", and Human, All Too Human, chapter 1 ("Of First and Last Things")
12 May – The Free Spirit, and the State : Human, All Too Human, selections from chapters 5, 8 and 9.
9 Jun – Yes to Life after the Death of God : The Gay Science, selections from books 3 and 4
14 Jul – Good News from the Mountain : Thus Spoke Zarathustra, selections from books 1 to 3
11 Aug – Will to Power and the New Philosophers : Beyond Good and Evil, books 1 and 2, and selections from books 6 and 7
8 Sep – Revaluing Good and Evil : On the Genealogy of Morals, selections from books 1 and 2
13 Oct – Revaluing Religions : The Antichrist, selected passages
10 Nov – The Idols of Reason : Twilight of the Idols, selected sections

Meeting: 5.00-7.00pm, 2nd Wednesday of the month, at The Landing, 1 Honeysuckle Dr, Newcastle
Contact: Joe, via Email or Contact Page
Nietzsche – Outline by Topic – 11/10/21
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Themes from Aristotle

An academic reading group meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, over drinks and snacks, with the aim of understanding and evaluating a broad range of Aristotle's works, as selected by members. Planned schedule for 2020:

12 Feb - The Categories
11 Mar - Politics, I [the Household]
8 Apr - Physics, I-III.3, VII.1-2 [Cause and Change]
13 May - Physics, VIII.3-10 [The Unmoved Mover]
10 Jun - On Generation and Corruption, I.9-II.1-11 [Alteration and Persistence]
8 Jul - On the Soul [De Anima], II.1-6, III.1-6, and maybe III.7-9 [Psychology]
12 Aug - Nicomachean Ethics, I-II, III.1-5 [Moral Virtue]
9 Sep - Nicomachean Ethics, VIII-IX [Friendship]
14 Oct - Politics, I.1-2, III.6-13, IV.8-12 [Constitutions]
11 Nov - Rhetoric, I.1-7, I.10-13, II.1-7, and maybe II.8-17 [Modes of Persuasion]
9 Dec - Metaphysics, VII-IX [Substance]

Meeting: 4.30-6.30pm, 2nd Wednesday of the month, at The Landing, 1 Honeysuckle Dr, Newcastle
Contact: Joe, via Email or Contact Page
Aristotle - Outline by Work - 24/8/21
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Aristotle - Outline by Topic - 23/8/21
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Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

A reading group meeting mid-monthly, over coffee for a couple of hours on a Thursday, with the aim of understanding and evaluating the early sections of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Planned schedule for 2019:

16 May - Preface; Introduction (to A16/B30)
13 June - Transcendental Aesthetic (to B73); Transcendental Logic (to A64/B88)
18 July - Transcendental Analytic: Book I, Analytic of Concepts (to A131/B170)
15 Aug - Analytic of Principles, to the Analogies of Experience in general (to B224)
19 Sept - The three Analogies of Experience, and Postulates of Empirical Thought (to B294)


Meeting: 10.00am @ Jack's Hideout, Shop 5, 103 Tudor St, Hamilton
Contact:  Joe, via Email or Contact Page

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