Recent Papers in Philosophy - Page 3
A Current Controversy: Is There a Contemporary Sea-Change?
Does the Last Wave of a Postmodernist Signal
Their Re-Arrival or a Final Departure?
(Paper read at Contimental Philosophy Group/August, 2004)
(24.7.04/8.8.04)
Are Cultural Myths Honest Representations of Current Social Practices..?
And Can We Be Aware of Contemporary Mythology...
Or Does it Remain a Cultural Blind Spot?
(Sept. 2004)
How Rational Are We?
A Phenomenological Examination of the Phenomenon of Collecting:
Are the Processes of Rationalization Exercised By Collectors Evidence
That We Are Not As Rational As We Think We Might Be?
Keynote Address: 2004 Conference of Continental Philosophy Group
24.9.04
In the Advent of the Contemporary Era
Will We Find Forms of Political Pluralism??
With the Deconstruction of the Left
Will there also be a Deconstruction of the Right?
Open Forum: If the Contemporary era is, theoretically, an era of pluralism(s) where is the (Australian) world of politics heading? Are we moving into an era of oppositions? Whence the hegemony of the Right? (21.1.05/12.2.05)
Who Owns the Truth?
( Sixty Verses, and, A Series of Comments )
(24.2.05/27.05)
A Phenomenological Examination of the Nature of Satire
As Found in The Master and Margarita
By Mikhail Bulgakov
(20.3.05)
OPEN FORUM: Who Now Owns the Truth? A Brief Introduction
(10.4.05)
OPEN FORUM: Who Now Owns the Truth? A Brief Introduction
(10.4.05)
Going Home... Going Home... - ...but Where? ...and When?!
A short essay dealing with the question of where, and when, our psychic sense of 'home' is as reflected in re-iterated mythical, metaphorical and allegorical utterances...? (6.7.05)
(Paper read at the Continental Philosophy Group 10.7.05)
GLOBALIZATION: Working paper for an Open Forum:
Big Business Versus Politics - How are Changes in Business Changing the Nature of the Political Process... in Australia... and Elsewhere? And How Should the Political Process Respond to Such Challenges? (30.7.05)
(Paper read at the Continental Philosophy Group 14.8.05)
A Comprehensive Phenomenological Overview of the Phenomenon of Status
(10.9.05)
A Relatively Systematic Approach to the Phenomenon of Status
(A less technical version/vision of the previous paper; paper read at the Continental Philosophy Group's Mini-Conference, November 2005) (24.9.05)
Open Forum: Employment and Identity:
What is the Real Nature of Work..? And Should We Go Fast..? Or Should We Go Slow...?
Some Miscellaneous Notes and Observations
(Workshopped at Continental Philosophy Group 9.10.05) (6.10.05)
Is the Meaning of Life 42? If Not What is it? (6.12.05)
(Paper read as a working paper for an open forum on this topic at the Continental Philosophy Group, 11.12.05).
Where Does the World of Democracy Stand
With Respect to Political Pressure from the Conservative Right?
A Working Paper (24.12.05),
Some Notes in the Form of a Summary
On the Relationship between Democracy and the Conservative Right (3.1.06)
Some Reflections on the Re-Normalization of the Democratic Process (12.1.06)
Skepticism and the Transcendental Attitude: Part I:
A Critique of Husserl's Critique of Descartes....
('Read' at The Continental Philosophy Group,12.3.06)
Skepticism and the Transcendental Attitude: Part II:
The Overall Transcendental Suspension
And its Philosophical Ramifications
(24.3.06)
Skepticism and the Transcendental Attitude: Part III:
The Performance of the Overall Transcendental Suspension
And the Nature of its Philosophical Consequences
' Entry' into the Transcendental Dimension: Part I:
The Recognition and Exercise of the Overall Transcendental Suspension
And the Overlooking of this Dimension in the (Mis)Interpretation
Of Vasubandhu's Vimsatika
'Entry' into the Transcendental Dimension: Part II:
"Like a Dream" - Vasubandhu Answers his Realist Critics
And is an Idealistic Interpretation of His Vimsatika Appropriate?
(22.6.06) (Read at the Continental Philosophy Group - 10.9.06)
The Mere-Unreality of the Realist's Vision of the 'Real' (26.5.06)
Entry' into the Transcendental Dimension: Part IV: As Argued (and Qualified) by Vasubandhu in His Vimsatika (3.2.07)
'Entry' into the Transcendental Dimension: Part V:
Vimsatika , etc. (28.4.07)
Semiotic Proliferation in the Textualization of the World:
What's Happening to the World as it Sinks in a Flood of Signs, Regulations, Laws, Forms, Questionnaires, Roads, Concrete Constructions, Weapons, etc?
(12.5.06) (Read at the Continental Philosophy Group 11.6.06)
In Non-Commercial Australian Television (With Special Reference to SBS)
Some Additional Comments on the Nature and Rectification
Of the Phenomenon of Proliferation
(12.6.06)
Open Forum - Should University be Free?
To Joke Or Not To Joke: That is the Question of this Paper and Open Forum
29.11.06 (Read at the Continental Philosophy Group, Dec. 2006)
A Rebours : A Decadent Manifesto or the Inevitable Unraveling of the Same?
The Phenomenon of Convergence and its Ramifications?
An Introduction to an Open Forum (18.2.07)
Iraq: To Leave Or Not To Leave - That is the Question?
The Viability of Speculative History?
(Open Forum Working Paper) (3.5.07)
Virtual Worlds - A Philosophical Exploration of Cyber-Space
(Through their Meta-World/Real-World Appreciation)
(Open Forum Working Paper) (6.5.07)
Philosophy of History (History of Philosophy)
Part I - A Set of Reflections (18.5.07)
Part II - A Set of Explorations of this Topic ( 12.6.07)
Part III - A Set of Insights into the Nature of Truth Determination (14.6.07)
Part IV - A Set of Comments on the Need to Navigate Between the Extremes (15.6.07)
Part V - The Nature of Historical Research and Research in General (4.7.07)
Part VI - A Brief Overview of How this Topic Has Been Approached (5.7.07)
Part VII - Meta-Historical Transformations (3.8.07)
Part VIII - The Rectification of Historical Error (3.8.07)
Part IX - Doing History Through the Rectification of Error (Conference Paper 07, Part X - The Sequential Rectification Involved in the Modification of Factual Assessment (15.8.07)
Part XI - The Presentation/Re-Presentation and Representation of Evidence (16.8.07)
Part XII - Doing History Through the Attempted Re-Modification of Received Facts (16.8.07)
Open Forum: What are the Necessary Preconditions Are such Factors Being Cultivated or Disestablished
In Contemporary Australia...? (16.6.07)
(Workshopped at the Continental Philosophy Group 9.9.07)
A Phenomenological Re-Definition of Freedom, etc.,
Its Application to the Spheres of the Political, etc.
Freedom in the World of the Political (etc.) (15.9.07)
(Short outline for workshopping previous paper)
Short Address: Mini-Philosophical Conference 2007
Ideology in the Australian Political Emvironment: Open Forum (Nov.2007)
A Transcendental Philosophy of History: (14.11.07)
An Integrated Understanding of the Phenomenon of Ecological Value (21.12.07)
{As a template for understanding complex value}
Looking at the Nature of Complex Value: An Integrated Understanding of the Nature of Ecological Value (3.6.08)
(Read at the Continental Philosophy Group, July 2008)
Various Philosophical Tools and Techniques
For the Critical Philosopher (18.1.08)
Looking at the Nature of Complex Value:
The Practical Treatment of the Phenomenon of Ecological Value:
Part I: From a Theoretical Perspective (24.7.08)
Part II: From a Practical Perspective (26.7.08)
Part III: From a Critical Perspective (3.8.08)
Part IV: From an Integrated Perspective (9.8.08)
(Part IV Read at the Continental Philosophy Group, August 2008)
Global Warming??
Overlooking the Complexity of this Controversial Phenomenon
A Non-Heated Discussion on Global Warming
(Read at the Continental Philosophy Group 14.9.08)
(15.8.08)
Continental Philosophy Group, Conference Paper, November 2008
On the Possibility or Impossibility of Divine Communication
(20.9.06)
It’s the 'Stupid' Economy (Stupid): Part I, II, III & IV
(Four working papers, fourth for presentation and read at the
Continental Philosophy Group, Nov. 08)
After the successful Post-Modern critique of grand narratives
how do we negotiate a complexity of narratives without succumbing to group-think, misunderstanding, confusion or relativism, etc?
(Read at the Continental Philosophy Group, February 2009) (26.12.08)
The Existential Facilitation of the Re-Negotiation of Complex Narratives:
After the successful critique of both absolutist narratives
and a relativist attitude to narratives
how do we positively and practically re-negotiate
the complexity of those narratives
that appear to constitute our collective vision/s of the Life-World?
(12.2.09)
0. Introduction and Index: Value-and-Circulation
I. Absolutist versus Relativist versus Phenomenalist Arguments re Truth:
An Outline of the Overall Argument On the Circulation of Value (11.1.09)
II. On the Circulation of Value: An Exploration through Examining a Set of Arguments on the Nature of Value (30.1.09)
III. Squaring the Circle: On a Circulation or the Non-Circulation of Value? (3.4.09)
IV. A Dialectical Reading of Value: Harmonizing Phenomenal Circulation with Transcendental Non-Circulation (12.4.09)
V. Determination of Value through the Deposition of an Existential Excess (25.4.09)
VI. Some Thoughts on The Problematic Nature and Circulation of Value
(Read at The Continental Philosophy Group) (24.4.09)
VII. A Series of Monographs on the Nature-and-Circulation of Value (24.5.09)
VIII. Overview: Value-in-Circulation? (29.5.09)
IX. The Transcendental Dimension of Value-in-Circulation? (30.5.09)
X. Value-in-Circulation: The Experiential Dimension of Otherness:
What is the Other, and, How is the Other Engaged? (12.6.09))
XI. Value-in-Circulation: A Summary Set of Propositions (18.6.09)
XII. The Possible Theological and Non-Theological Implications of
Value-in-Circulation? (19.6.09)
XIII. Value-in-Circulation: Through Overview and Oversight? (25.6.09)
XIV. Value-in-Circulation: Our Passage through an Inescapable Otherness (4.7.09)
XV. Can We Make a Difference? - How Do We Make a Difference? (7.7.09)
XVI. Re-Discovering the Other without Alienation or Oppression (16.7.09)
XVII. Value-in Circulation: Re-Negotiating Existentially with the Other: Part I (23.7.09)
XVIII. Value-in-Circulation: Re-Negotiating Existentially with the Other: Part II (25.7.09)
(Read at The Continental Philosophy Group, August)
XIX. Value-in-Circulation: Living through Our Embodiment with the Other : Part I (8.8.09)
XX. Living through Our Embodiment with the Other: Part II, and, Re-Negotiating (21.8.09) XXI. A 'Concrete' Overview: Living: Part III, and, Re-Negotiating: Part IV (12.9.09)
XXII. A 'Practical' Overview: Living: Part IV, and, Re-Negotiating: Part V (25.9.09)
XXIV. Critical-Appreciation: The Formation of an Integrated Theory of Truth:
Living: Part VI, and, Re-Negotiating: Part VII (24.10.09)
(First Section: Conference Paper for Mini-Continental Philosophy Group Conference, Nov. 09)
xxv. Value-in-Circulation: Postlude: Squaring the Circle, or,
A Series of Papers on the Apparent Circulation of Value
Our Simple Actions in a Complex World
Are Undermined through Unintended Consequences!
Exploring Ideas Discussed By Edward Tenner in his Book:
Why Things Bite Back: Predicting the Problems of Progress
(Workshopped at Continental Philosophy Group, March 09) (26.1.09)
A Breath of Fresh Air or Disastrous Reaper of the Whirlwind?
Obama's First 100 Days in Office (9.5.09)
(Read at The Continental Philosophy Group, May 2009)
Do We Want a Designer Future, and, Do We Want a Designed Future?
Preamble or Postlude to an Open Forum (7.8.09)
Whose Story is Being Told?
Witi Ihimaera: The Uncle's Story (18.10.09)
A Set of Proposals for the Augmentation of Australian Democracy
(12.11.09)
Open Forum: Spectrum or Dimensions?
Is there a Political Spectrum between 'Left' and 'Right' in Contemporary Politics?
Or, How do We Best Describe Current Political Phenomena? (24.4.10)
The Possibility of Dialogue both Extra-Faith and Inter-Faith (14.5.10)
