The Russellian Society

Links

If you would like to have your philosophy page listed here, please contact the website guy.

Student exchange

http://www.utas.edu.au/philosophy/academicex/ -- website set up by University of Tasmania -- well worth a look

http://www.usyd.edu.au/fstudent/exchange/index.shtml -- Sydney University student exchange

Useful

Send an empty e-mail to [email protected] to subscribe to the Russoc mailing list (e-mail notification of Russoc events, and other philosophy events; anyone, including non-members, is welcome to join).

Russoc's Yahoo! group

Wikipedia entry on Russoc

SydPhil -- a mailing list for philosophy-related events in the Sydney area

Usyd Happenings -- a mailing list for Usyd-related events

Ask a philosopher -- launched in 1999, hosted on the Sheffield university web server -- ask a philosopher a question

AskPhilosophers -- a similar website; receive responses to questions from over thirty professional philosophers

Guidebook for publishing philosophy -- reviews of philosophy journals and advice on publishing

Philosophy News Service -- "a set of free services designed to help keep philosophers current on the latest news, events, books, jobs, and resources"; includes daily news, chat forums, and mailing list

http://www.philosophy.unimelb.edu.au/events/ -- information (at the bottom of the page) about how to subscribe to the mailing list for Melbourne philosophy

For events in the ACT, see http://philrsss.anu.edu.au/papers.php3 and http://philrsss.anu.edu.au/events.php3

Australian PhiloCafe Network -- "philosophy cafe" events (open discussion groups) throughout Australia

Sydney Talks -- free listing of interesting talks around Sydney (not just philosophy); website includes a useful search engine

Sydney wikia -- a user-edit events website for philosophy in Sydney

Victorian Association for Philosophy in Schools -- has links to Melbourne philosophy organisations and news about upcoming events.

Council of the Australasian Association of Philosophy -- includes information about upcoming conferences and workshops, list of job advertisements, list of visiting philosophers

AAP mailing list -- mailing list for philosophy for the Australasian area

Sydney University Department of Philosophy

Socratic Society -- the philosophy society of the University of New South Wales

Platonic society -- the philosophy society of Macquarie University

British undergraduate philosophy society -- the aims of the society include: "to get students discussing philosophy, visiting conferences and socialising with members of other universities"

For upcoming conferences and calls for papers, subscribe to the PHILOS-L mailing list, and keep an eye on http://www.erraticimpact.com/cfp.htm and http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/opportunities/conferences/.

Episteme -- announcements of interest to those working in social epistemology and related areas

Philosophy Now -- has a list of philosophy events around Sydney, but also around Australia and New Zealand

Brad Weslake's page of useful philosophy resources, including links to journal notification lists and philosophy discussion lists

Philosophy around the web -- links to all sorts of philosophy resources, including journals, institutions, individual philosophers

Newsgroups, etc

Check out Yahoo! groups or MSN groups or Google groups. Of these, MSN seems to have the most active general discussion groups, but there are good specialist discussion groups at the other sites.

Philosophy Now discussion board.

See the list of philosophy discussion places at DMOZ.

Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy Political Forum -- the forum consists of short posts which seek to address events of political significance in Australian and international life from a philosophical perspective. It aims to provide a space for philosophical contributions to political debate generally absent from Australian media and culture.

CHIMP -- a research group, based at Sydney University, that connects people with interests in the conceptual, philosophical and historical foundations of modern physic; mailing list discussion and face-to-face meetings

Symposium on Gender, Race and Philosophy -- These web symposia provide opportunities for philosophers and other scholars to discuss current work on race and gender. The aim is to make feminist philosophy and philosophy of race more visible to academic philosophers and others; to provide a forum for feminists and race theorists to respond rapidly to recent philosophical contributions to their fields; and to provide a forum for sustained and productive conversations between philosophers, feminists and race theorists.

British Undergraduate Philosophy Society: "Provocations Online" -- Two new topics are offered each month for open debate via e-mail. All undergraduate level philosophers are invited to participate.

Diametros: An Online Journal of Philosophy -- at our discussion forum, three-day-long debates (Internet symposia) are conducted among previously invited guests approximately twice every quarter.

Journals

A listing of some journals searching for undergrad work can be found here.

Regular events

Quite regular

Russoc discussion group

Platonic Society -- casual philosophy meeting every Wednesday during semester -- 4pm-5pm at the SAM Bar, Macquarie University.

Philosophy radio program -- philosophical debate and excursion, hosted by postgraduates of the La Trobe University Philosophy Program. On air every Friday, from 2pm-4pm, on Sub FM. Streamed online at the Sub FM website.

Guerrilla Radio Show -- webcasts every Wednesday at 1am GMT: http://www.kcsb.org.

Philosophy Talk -- radio program; one hour weekly broadcasts on philosophy; archives of past shows available from website

Ghost in the machine -- 5.30pm-6pm weekly on Thursdays; witchcraft to robotics, smells to delusions, music perception to near-death experience -- everything to do with mind, machines and memory; 89.7FM in Sydney

The Philosopher's Zone -- weekly philosophy show with Alan Saunders on ABC Radio National, Saturdays at 1.30pm, repeated on Wednesdays at 9.35pm; 576AM in Sydney

Humanist Society -- non-profit organisation that encourages a rational approach to human problems; has open forums every Wednesday in Chippendale, and an additional discussion the second Sunday of every month

Philosophy cafe -- a philosophy forum meeting fortnightly on Tuesdays on Norton Street in Leichhardt (currently on hold for an indefinite period)

Philorum -- a philosophy forum that meets in the Gaelic Club in Surry Hills on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month

Philo Agora -- meets every second Tuesday in Glebe; someone will present a paper, then a microphone gets passed around the room for people to respond

Socrates cafe -- meets twice a month in Berkelouw Books on Norton Street to talk philosophy; contact [email protected] for more details

Blackheath Philosophy Forum -- meets every second Saturday in the upper Blue Mountains; conducts fora series on particular subjects

St James Ethics Centre -- organisation providing a forum for the promotion and exploration of ethics and ethical decision-making; "ethical circle" events are organised about once or twice a month on Tuesdays in Inner Sydney; workshops, training, counselling are frequently organised; there's a large number of things to read and do at the website

Politics in the pub -- meets weekly at The Gaelic Club in Surry Hills

CHIMP -- Conceptual and Historical Issues in Modern Physics, at Sydney University

active.org.au -- social change events

Monthly or more

Sydney Bioethics Seminar Series -- run across the year, often in association with the Unit for the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney

2nd Tuesday Philosophy Forum -- meets second Tuesday of every month in the Crowns Nest Centre in Crows Nest; format sometimes includes debates and workshops (currently on hold for an indefinite period)

Steki Taverna -- happens about once a month in Newtown, usually on Thursdays; Greek banquet combined with performance, philosophy talk and discussion; organized by Dr Edward Spence

Continental Philosophy Group -- not just about Continental philosophy; meets second Sunday of the month (at 3pm) in Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre on the corner of Collins and Norton Streets; format involves a paper and discussion

Cafe Scientific -- an expert panel discussion, addressing scientific and science-and-philosophy issues, fielding questions from the audience, that takes place about six times a year in various venues throughout Sydney

Parramatta philosophy group -- meets on the last Wednesday of every month. For more information, please contact Adrian Emilsen at [email protected].

Sydney Seminar for the Arts and Philosophy -- "an attempt to create a space in which academics, artists, journalists, arts advocates and the public can exchange ideas about what art is and what it can do". Panel discussions held a few times a year.

Sydney Shove -- politically-oriented discussion group, meeting monthly or more

Other resources

Stanford encyclopaedia of philosophy

Internet encyclopaedia of philosophy

Dictionary of philosophy of mind

A philosophy shop! -- calendars, beer steins, sweatshirts, tote bags -- with philosophical images and quotes

Fun

Duck rabbits and more

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