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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is Matthew Hammerton, (Singapore Management University)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The title of the talk is "Work, Leisure, and the Sources of Meaning in Life". Here is an abstract for the talk:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">I begin with the question ‘what is work?’ Many argue that ‘work’ is a hopelessly indeterminate term that cannot be adequately defined. Against this view, I develop and defend an account of what work is. Building
on this, I then develop accounts of three other types of human activity that can be contrasted with work: leisure, self-development, and engaging in a relationship. With four main types of human activity defined, I then give an account of how each activity
can be a source of meaning in life and fit this into a more general view about the sources of meaning in life. Finally, I connect this discussion to debates about the role that work should play in human lives.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The seminar will take place at 3:30pm on Wednesday May 7 in <b>
Carslaw Lecture Theatre 273</b> (<a href="https://venueweb.sydney.edu.au/F07.02.273">https://venueweb.sydney.edu.au/F07.02.273</a>)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Enquiries about the seminar series can be directed to ryan.cox@sydney.edu.au</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ryan Cox</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Lecturer in Philosophy</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Discipline of Philosophy</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">School of Humanities</p>
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