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HSI Philosophy Seminar Series: Freya Mathews, August 25th 2023

Please join us at UOW’s HSI Philosophy Seminar Series to listen to Freya Mathews talk about her groundbreaking new book ‘The Dao of Civilization. A Letter to China‘.
Friday, August 25th, 3:30pm-4:30pm.
This is a hybrid event, held in-person on UOW’s main campus in building 21.G08 and online via zoom. Please register here to receive the zoom link.
‘For many of us working in the field of regenerative practice, Freya Mathews is the most important environmental philosopher writing today. In this book she sets out profound insights that challenge existing praxis as well as describing the new ways of thinking that will be necessary to shape an ecological civilization. It is hard to conceive of a more urgent task for humanity, and this book is sure to be one of the most illuminating for those that want to lead on that journey’ – Michael Pawlyn, co-author of Flourish: Design Paradigms for our Planetary Emergency and author of Biomimicry in Architecture.
Freya Mathews is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Philosophy at Latrobe University. Her books include The Ecological Self (1991), Ecology and Democracy (editor) (1996), For Love of Matter: A contemporary panpsychism (2003), Journey to the Source of the Merri (2003), Reinhabiting Reality: Towards a recovery of culture (2005), Ardea: A philosophical novella (2015), Without Animals Life is not Worth Living (2015), and a forthcoming book The Dao of Civilization: A letter to China (2022). She is the author of over one hundred articles in the area of ecological philosophy. Her current special interests are in ecological civilization; Indigenous (Australian and Chinese) perspectives on ‘sustainability’ and how these perspectives may be adapted to the context of contemporary global society; panpsychism and the critique of the metaphysics of modernity; and wildlife ethics in the context of the Anthropocene. In addition to her research activities she manages a private biodiversity reserve in northern Victoria. She is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

Upcoming Conference: Re-thinking Diagnosis 2022

HSI Philosophy is hosting a one-day conference on philosophical issues concerning the concept of diagnosis in medicine, September 15th 2022, 9:00am-7:30pm AEST.

This will be a hybrid event with a combination of in-person and online presentations. Talks will be held in room 2072B, building 19, University of Wollongong main campus.

Outside of medicine, it is often assumed that the concept of medical diagnosis is unproblematic and well-understood. However, if we look at the idea of diagnosis more carefully, we see that it is both much less clear and more problematic than first assumed. The aim of this conference is to explore philosophical questions at the intersection of practical and conceptual issues of diagnosis.

Speakers: Ashley Graham Kennedy, Annemarie Jutel, Danielle O’Neill, Havi Carel, Patrick McGivern, Stacy Carter, Stephen Rosenman, Yves Saint James Aquino

Registration is free and all are welcome. Please by register by completing this form:

https://forms.gle/eoAKiniufB7K4v2fN9

The conference is organised by Danielle O’Neill and Patrick McGivern. If you have any questions please contact Danielle.