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Philosophy
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Jeffrey Riegel | Sydney | Nov. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 In his Key Thinkers (Sydney Ideas) lecture, Professor Jeffrey Riegel looks at the life, work and reputation of Confucius. Confucius (traditional dates 551-479 BCE) lived during the waning years of the Zhou dynasty. He was deeply troubled by the disorder of his age and took it upon hi... » play video
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John Frow | Melbourne | Oct. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 In this Key Thinkers lecture at the University of Melbourne, Professor of English John Frow introduces and discusses the ideas of Michel Foucault.Foucault - historian, philosopher, writer - was one of the definitive theorists of the twentieth century. He is perhaps best known for his... » play video
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Julian Savulescu | Sydney | Oct. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 In his talk at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, philosopher and bioethicist Julian Savulescu examines the nature of human beings as products of evolution, in particular their limited altruism, limited co-operative instincts and limited ability to take account of the future consequenc... » play video
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Peter Beilharz | Melbourne | Oct. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 The work of Zygmunt Bauman fits within the horizon of East European critical theory, or critical sociology. Its main interests are in culture and the critique of modernity. In this Key Thinkers lecture, Peter Beilharz examines Bauman’s life and work. Beilharz is Professor of Soci... » play video
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Barbara Bolt | Melbourne | Sep. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2Every enquiry made by Martin Heidegger, whether it be the analysis if everyday life, the representationalist nature of modern thinking or the investigation into a work of art, is underpinned by one central question: What is the meaning of being?Through a close examination of Heidegger... » play video
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Colin Allen | Adelaide | Aug. 2009
Philosopher Colin Allen speaks about the research he's been undertaking on morality in the field of robotics. The most contentious ethical issue of robot-making has always been and continues to be artificial intelligence, but as Allen explains, even machines without full autonomy or agency prese... » play video
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Graham Priest | Melbourne | Aug. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2In this Key Thinkers (University of Melbourne) lecture, Professor of Philosophy Graham Priest discusses the influence of Gottlob Frege. Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (1848 – 1925) was a German mathematician who became a logician and philosopher. He was one of the founders of modern... » play video
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Raimond Gaita | Adelaide | Aug. 2009
In this thoughtful contribution to the Adelaide Festival of Ideas session about the notion of shame in society, Raimond Gaita sketches the landmarks and landscape of morality's relation to shame. He comes to discuss the complex relationship between shame, responsibility and collective guilt rega... » play video
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Kate MacNeill | Melbourne | Jul. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2In her contribution to the Key Thinkers series at the University of Melbourne, Dr Kate MacNeill (Faculty of Arts) looks at the life and work of Judith Butler.Judith Butler (born 1956) is an American post-structuralist philosopher, who has contributed to the fields of feminism, queer t... » play video
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David Holm | Melbourne | Jun. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2In this Key Thinkers lecture from the University of Melbourne series, Professor David Holm (Professor of Chinese) addresses the life and work of Han-era Chinese philosopher Han Feizi. Along with Li Si, Han Feizi developed Xun Zi's mutualism into the doctrine known as Legalism.Melb... » play video
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