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Publications
The Russellian Society produces two publications: Cogito and the Proceedings of the Russellian Society.
Cogito is the journal of the society, published up to twice a year in conjunction with the Socratic Society of the University of New South Wales and the Platonic Society of Macquarie University. It was first published in 1966 and contains essays and articles by students and academics.
Proceedings of the Russellian Society is the collection of talks delivered to the society in a given year, and such collections have been published since the founding of the society in 1975. We are currently awaiting confirmation of funding from the University of Sydney Union before we print last year's Proceedings.
Both Cogito and the Proceedings are available from the Co-op Bookshop at the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales Bookstore, Gleebooks, and from the society directly at our meetings.
All previous issues of the Proceedings are available from the University of Sydney Library (Fisher), the State Library of New South Wales, and the National Library of Australia.
For more information on these publications, including information on back issues, please contact Michael Slezak at michael [dot] slezak [at] gmail [dot] com.
Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
COGITO 2007(1) Written submissions due 31 July 2007. The USYD Russellian Society, the UNSW Socratic Society and the Macquarie University Platonic Society will be producing the 2007 edition of COGITO. The editors are now calling for submissions for COGITO and will accept articles written by students of all levels of university study on any philosophical topic. Submissions to the Journal should meet these basic conditions:
The editors will also reply to a suggested topic or a summary of an article not yet written. Any Sydney University students interested in submitting their paper or making any enquiries, please contact Russoc's president, Mike Slezak, michael [dot] slezak [at] gmail [dot] com. (2) Cover art submissions wanted. Submissions should:
Please send your enquiries to Mike at michael [dot] slezak [at] gmail [dot] com. (3) COGITO 2006. Electronic: The complete copy of the 2006 edition can be downloaded for free from http://au.geocities.com/platonicsociety/cogito.htm. Print: A quality, soft cover, printed version is from the Platonic Society for just $12 or $9 for student Platonic Society members. Contact the Platonic Society for further details. Mail orders can be arranged for an additional $2.50 to cover postage in Australia. Payment can be made by direct deposit or cheque. |
Volume IV (New Series), Number 1
It is freely available electronically from http://au.geocities.com/platonicsociety/. A quality, soft cover, print version is available from the societies.
Contents
- Brad Weslake
How Not to Derive Ethical Egoism - Skye Nettleton
Loving Existentially: Liaisons Dangereuses and Romantic Love Philosophies of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre - Govind Persad
Against Normative Imperialism: Expanding on Dupre - Paolo Bolanos
Hegel and the Pathologies of Freedom - Cressida Gaukroger
Where Mary went wrong - Stephen Bond
Frege and Wittgenstein on Realism - Neralie Wise
Is Evolution Progressive? Different Views from two Palaeontologists
Cover artwork: "Le Bibliophile" by Felix Vallotton.
This edition of Cogito was edited by Cressida Gaukroger (Usyd), Benjamin Schulz (UNSW), Mary Walker (Macquarie).
Volume III (New Series), Number 2
It is freely available electronically from http://au.geocities.com/platonicsociety/. A quality, soft cover, print version is available shortly from the societies.
Contents
- Andrew Bishop (Macquarie Uni)
John the salesman can't sell neckties with a Neuroscience spiel: The Prospects of Replacement of Folk Psychology in Mediating Social Practice - Ruth Cox (Macquarie Uni)
The Interaction of Extended Minds - Greg Henderson (Macquarie Uni)
The Meaning of the Other in Emmanuel Levinas's Totality and Infinity - Gerry Nolan (NSW Uni)
Just a moment! - Emma Simone (Macquarie Uni)
Deconstruction and the Politics of Kantian Aestheticism - Des Wagner (Macquarie Uni)
The Fine Line Between Art and Advertising: With reference to the work of Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin
Cover artwork by Anson Fehross (Macquarie Uni).
This edition of Cogito was edited by Oliver Granger (Macquarie Uni), Gerry Nolan (NSW Uni), and Guida Nolasco (Sydney Uni).
Volume III (New Series), Number 1
Contents:
- Matthew Sharpe
"Believe My Words, Not Your Eyes" -- The Other as Ground of Zizek's Philosophical Intervention - Sarah Tilsley
Epiphenomenalism vs Physicalism: An Account of the Knowledge Argument - Tudor Protopopescu
Wittgenstein on Rules' Not Determining their own Application and the Implications for Our Understanding of Human Behaviour - Paul Fearne
Foucault and the Misuse of Language - William Martin
Berkeley's Distance from God's Vision: The Translation of Touch - Philip Quadrio
Hegel Contra Kant: The Development of the Hegelian Critique of Kant's Practical Philosophy - Shaun Chau
Being and Not-Being in the Sophist
This edition of Cogito was edited by Matthew Boss, Andrew Montin and Tudor Protopopescu.