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The last (?) lockdown Philosophy Café

Philosophy Café | 10.30 am | Sunday 24 Oct | online via zoom link Melbourne might be finally easing out of lock-down, but still larger gatherings of philosophers are discouraged. Our online Philosophy Café is an opportunity for broader discussion than what tends to unfold in class. Current and past Read more…

By Bernie Lewin, 4 years19 October 2021 ago
Evening class

Philosophy before Plato

“The soul possesses a logos which grows itself.” So wrote Heraclitus of Ephesus, whose sayings are all the more enigmatic because they survive only in fragments. Philosophy emerged in the 6th century and was flourishing across Greece and its colonies at the end of the 5th century BC when Plato Read more…

By Bernie Lewin, 4 years8 October 2021 ago
Lecture

Lullabies for the dying

Open lecture | Existentialist Society (Melb) | 2-4pm, Sat, 2 Oct | zoom UPDATED: recording here For Plato, scientific discourse (logos) is all about making arguments that can be found to be true or false either by reference to experience (empirical science) or otherwise by reference to the formal nature Read more…

By Bernie Lewin, 4 years20 September 2021 ago

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