From anik.waldow at sydney.edu.au Mon Mar 6 09:38:30 2017 From: anik.waldow at sydney.edu.au (Anik Waldow) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 22:38:30 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Call for Papers: Deviant Thinking: Early Modern Philosophy and Enlightenment Message-ID: Call for Papers Australasian Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy University of Sydney, Australia 15-17 November, 2017 Organisers: Anik Waldow, Jacqueline Broad, Deborah Brown, Qu Hsueh The Australasian Seminar in Early Modern in Philosophy (ASEMP) is a new bi-annual conference with rotating locations at universities in the Australasian region. The aim of establishing this conference series is to offer high-quality discussions of research presentations in early modern philosophy, while encouraging closer collaboration and network opportunities between Asia-Pacific and Australian universities. Each conference will have a mentoring stream that teams up PhD students and early career researchers with senior scholars to prepare conference submissions for publication. Conference Theme 2017 Deviant Thinking: Early Modern Philosophy and the Enlightenment What the Enlightenment stands for has been subject to much discussion in recent years, and many valuable contributions have been made that help us to understand better the significance of this period. This conference takes this discussion further by connecting up the Enlightenment with the early modern period and the ?rebellious? ideas that were already formulated and passed around during this time. We seek papers that bring into focus the many challenges philosophers of the 17th and 18th century posed to established intellectual, political, religious and social norms. These challenges touch on a diverse range of topics, spanning from fundamental questions concerning the status of the human being in the natural world, and the prospect of gaining knowledge of that world, to the redefinition of sentiment and affect as defining features of the moral potential of humanity. Reflections on the foundations of the state, self-governance and the rights of individuals and groups often followed on from these questions and thereby led to a novel engagement with the conditions that structure and shape human life. We are interested in receiving abstract submissions on the following subjects: 1. Early modern and enlightenment ideas that in some important respects deviated from the norms established in 17th and 18th century thought. 2. Philosophical thought that questioned or challenged ideas that are today understood as central ideals of the Enlightenment. 3. Interpretations of early modern and enlightenment ideas/figures that deviate from standard interpretations of those ideas/figures. We also welcome submissions (for both papers and panels) on early modern topics that fall outside the main conference theme. The deadline for the submission of abstracts (max 800-1000 words) for conference papers (30 minutes presentation time) is 30 June, 2017. Please prepare your submission for anonymous review and add a separate cover sheet with your details. Confirmed Speakers: Moira Gatens (Sydney) Stephen Gaukroger (Sydney) Peter Anstey (Sydney) Cecilia Lim (Singapore) Peter Kail (Oxford) Theme Panel 1: ?Women, Revolution and Republicanism? (Organiser: Jacqueline Broad) Theme Panel 2: ?Deviant Religion? (Organiser: Qu Husueh) Theme Panel 3: ?Deviant Art? (Organiser: Jennifer Milam) Book Panel: Deborah Brown & Calvin Normore, ?Descartes Ontology of Everyday Life? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From h.ikaheimo at unsw.edu.au Mon Mar 6 15:38:41 2017 From: h.ikaheimo at unsw.edu.au (Heikki Ikaheimo) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 04:38:41 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Professor Remo Bodei's talk at UNSW Sydney (March 14, 12.30-2pm): 'Hegel on the Origin of Social Hierarchy' In-Reply-To: References: , <1D3D14B5-5F27-48DB-BCF6-E8C5CC3C390B@unsw.edu.au> , Message-ID: Philosophy Seminar [UNSW] Event Invitation [UNSW] Tuesday 14 March | 12:30- 2pm | Red Centre, room 4034, UNSW The School of Humanities and Languages invites all interested staff and students to this Philosophy seminar by Remo Bodei, from the University of Pisa. Hegel on the Origin of Social Hierarchy: Phenomenology of Spirit to Philosophy of Right Abstract: In the Berlin period Hegel considered the western world and philosophy destined to be entering a phase of decline. Some irreconcilable contradictions drive philosophy, the owl of Minerva that spreads its wings with the falling of dusk, to carefully watch and examine this difficult epoch, and to push the ?mole? of history to dig underground. The owl sees but does not; the mole does, but sees not. Whereas in the previous years he had believed that a new world was about to emerge, the Berlin Hegel felt himself placed in a time when the prospects for the future appeared dark, both for political and philosophical reasons. The role of philosophy now consisted of carefully watching the contradictions of reality ? which are mainly economic and political ? in order to accelerate the end of that world and culture fated to decline, leaving to the mole the task of creating a new world, interpreted by new philosophies, about which at the moment we cannot say anything. The system, the ?circle of circles? of the Berlin system, is, in fact, a continuous process of ?enrichment?, analogous ? according to Hegel ? to the ?circulating richness? in the economic field, which constantly increases its mass in proportion to its previous size, engulfing the concrete, through contradictions, and turning it into its ?abbreviation?: money. The world has again accelerated its unconscious movement, forcing philosophy to bring its ?enlightenment? in the twilight over which the ?hidden spirit, beating at the doors of the present? looms. The work of deciphering Wirklichkeit, the effectual reality, through thought cannot come to an end. Remo Bodei is professor emeritus at the University of Pisa, and has taught for many years at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, at the UCLA, and at several European Universities. He studied in Pisa, T?bingen, Freiburg, Heidelberg and Bochum, with teachers such as Ernst Bloch, Eugen Fink, Karl L?with and Dieter Henrich. His work has concentrated on classical German philosophy, political philosophy, and many other themes, and his numerous books have been translated into fifteen languages. Professor Bodei?s talk at UNSW Sydney is organized in cooperation with the Philosophy Research Initiative at Western Sydney University, and the Australian Hegel-Society. Please note also Professor Bodei?s talk at the State Library of NSW on March 15: http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/memory-vs-forgetting-conflicting-complicity [cid:image003.jpg at 01D2967E.19748CC0] Date: 14 March, 2017 Time: 12:00pm ? 2:30pm Location: Red Centre, room 4034, UNSW Kensington Campus map: view. Registration: Not Required Map reference: H13 Contact: Heikki Ikaheimo e: h.ikaheimo at unsw.edu.au t: (02) 9385 2373 [UNSW] UNSW Arts & Social Sciences UNSW Australia Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia www.arts.unsw.edu.au CRICOS Provider Code 00098G, ABN 57 195 873 179 [UNSW] [UNSW] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 11414 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 343 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 6392 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Here the advertisement with the correct time: Philosophy Seminar [UNSW] [UNSW] [UNSW] [UNSW] [UNSW] Tuesday 7 March | 12:30- 2:00pm | Morven Brown building room 310, UNSW The School of Humanities and Languages invites all interested staff and students to this seminar by Teppo Eskelinen, from the University of Jyv?skyl?. The global basic structure reconsidered Abstract: Since Rawls, political philosophers have been interested in defining what is called the ?basic structure? of society, comprising of basic institutions. Further, in response to global economic inequality, several philosophers have argued that the global society should be interpreted as also having an institutional ?basic structure?, which determines at least partially the social / economic fate of nations, calling for the assessment of such institutional order from the viewpoint of theory of justice. Sometimes, this theoretical standpoint has been used to argue that the rich harm the global poor. While there naturally have always been disputes regarding the ?scope? of such basic structure, recent developments in global poverty push difficult questions on the idea of a global basic structure. It seems that while the income gap between the rich and the poor is wider than ever, these inequalities are growing within countries rather than between countries. In my presentation, I will interrogate the theories of global justice from the basis of this observation and ask, how should the theory be modified and restated, including the idea of harm. About Teppo Eskelinen: Teppo Eskelinen (PhD University of Jyv?skyl? 2009) is a political philosopher and social scientist. He has published on global justice, development and political economy. In addition to his scientific activities, he is a long-term member of a committee evaluating Finnish development aid contributions. 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Philosophy Seminar [UNSW] Event Invitation [UNSW] Tuesday 14 March | 12:30- 2pm | Red Centre, room 4034, UNSW The School of Humanities and Languages invites all interested staff and students to this Philosophy seminar by Remo Bodei, from the University of Pisa. Hegel on the Origin of Social Hierarchy: Phenomenology of Spirit to Philosophy of Right Abstract: In the Berlin period Hegel considered the western world and philosophy destined to be entering a phase of decline. Some irreconcilable contradictions drive philosophy, the owl of Minerva that spreads its wings with the falling of dusk, to carefully watch and examine this difficult epoch, and to push the ?mole? of history to dig underground. The owl sees but does not; the mole does, but sees not. Whereas in the previous years he had believed that a new world was about to emerge, the Berlin Hegel felt himself placed in a time when the prospects for the future appeared dark, both for political and philosophical reasons. The role of philosophy now consisted of carefully watching the contradictions of reality ? which are mainly economic and political ? in order to accelerate the end of that world and culture fated to decline, leaving to the mole the task of creating a new world, interpreted by new philosophies, about which at the moment we cannot say anything. The system, the ?circle of circles? of the Berlin system, is, in fact, a continuous process of ?enrichment?, analogous ? according to Hegel ? to the ?circulating richness? in the economic field, which constantly increases its mass in proportion to its previous size, engulfing the concrete, through contradictions, and turning it into its ?abbreviation?: money. The world has again accelerated its unconscious movement, forcing philosophy to bring its ?enlightenment? in the twilight over which the ?hidden spirit, beating at the doors of the present? looms. The work of deciphering Wirklichkeit, the effectual reality, through thought cannot come to an end. Remo Bodei is professor emeritus at the University of Pisa, and has taught for many years at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, at the UCLA, and at several European Universities. He studied in Pisa, T?bingen, Freiburg, Heidelberg and Bochum, with teachers such as Ernst Bloch, Eugen Fink, Karl L?with and Dieter Henrich. His work has concentrated on classical German philosophy, political philosophy, and many other themes, and his numerous books have been translated into fifteen languages. Professor Bodei?s talk at UNSW Sydney is organized in cooperation with the Philosophy Research Initiative at Western Sydney University, and the Australian Hegel-Society. 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PLEASE NOTE AMMENDED STARTING TIME FOR APRIL 13, 5 pm Suggested Discussion Topics Semester 1 2017: April 13, 5 pm (Hanslick, On the Beautiful in Music); May 11. 6 pm (Hegel, Aesthetics, Part 3, Chapter 2); June 15, 6pm  (Schuetz, Fragments on the Phenomenology of Music)   Share this event on Facebook and Twitter We hope you can make it!Cheers,A/ Prof. Goetz Richter, convenor ------------------------------ Event Summary: ------------------------------ Event: Philosophy of Music Study Group Date: Thursday, 28 July 2016 at 6:00 pm - Thursday, 15 June 2017 at 7:30 pm (AEST) Location: <b>Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney</b><br />1 Conservatorium Road<br />Sydney, NSW 2000<br />Australia<br /> ------------------------------ Event Details: ------------------------------ The Study Group meets in Seminar Room 2164 at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music to discuss seminal texts on the philosophy of music on every last Thursday of the month. Suggested Discussion Topics Semester 1 2017: April 13 (Hanslick, On the Beautiful in Music); May 11 (Hegel, Aesthetics, Part 3, Chapter 2); June 15 (Schuetz, Fragments on the Phenomenology of Music) ------------------------------ Hosted By: ------------------------------ A/ Prof. Goetz Richter, convenor ------------------------------ Register Online: ------------------------------ More information and online registration are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/philosophy-of-music-study-group-tickets-26030972339?ref=enivtefor001&invite=MTE2MTgwMDkvc3lkcGhpbEBhcnRzLnVzeWQuZWR1LmF1LzA%3D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Collect event fees online with Eventbrite http://www.eventbrite.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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When: Wed 8 Mar 2017 13:00 ? 14:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Calendar: Seminars Who: * Sam Shpall- creator Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=bWlmb2czcThnYzk0YzBjdHA4MGt0dHFnNHMgMm1lN2M3ZnIzb21wbDRyaHZrcG1sYTUzNjhAZw Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email at the account sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au because you are subscribed for notifications on calendar Seminars. To stop receiving these emails, please log in to https://www.google.com/calendar/ and change your notification settings for this calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to modify your RSVP response. Learn more at https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Also, the talk presents implications of these considerations for modeling ?dependence of observations? and ?independent replications? in different research contexts and scientific ecosystems. , by particularly focusing on issues of bias in medicine/pharmacology. Associate Professor Kristie Miller Senior ARC Research Fellow Joint Director, the Centre for Time School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and The Centre for Time The University of Sydney Sydney Australia Room S212, A 14 kmiller at usyd.edu.au kristie_miller at yahoo.com Ph: +612 9036 9663 http://www.kristiemiller.net/KristieMiller2/Home_Page.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From philosophy at westernsydney.edu.au Wed Mar 8 09:27:13 2017 From: philosophy at westernsydney.edu.au (PhilosophyatWesternSydney) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 22:27:13 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Remo Bodei, "Memory vs Forgetting" - reminder (March 15, State Library of NSW) Message-ID: A reminder that Remo Bodei?s talk ?Memory vs Forgetting? at the State Library of NSW is next Wednesday, March 15. The details of the event and information for booking are included below. The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney, in collaboration with the Philosophy Research Initiative at Western Sydney University, presents Memory vs Forgetting: A conflicting complicity? A public lecture by Italian philosopher Remo Bodei. Memory and forgetting define the field in which a collective identity is created and legitimized. That field - the struggle of what is to be remembered, what forgotten - is sometimes fought on the battlefields of wars when we see that victors in history impose a forgetting of old beliefs. However, the defense of memory also has an ethical dimension, that is, the preserving of a more conscious - and therefore, more free - identity. Yet, despite their conflict, forgetting is just as indispensable to memory as memory is to forgetting. How can we chart their complicated relationship? Remo Bodei is professor of history of philosophy at the UCLA, and also teaches at the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. He is the author of numerous books, such as The Logics of Delusion and The Life of Things, the Love of Things. The respondent will be Douglas Moggach, professor of political science and philosophy at the University of Ottawa and the author of The Philosophy and Politics of Bruno Bauer. Wednesday 15th March, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Metcalfe Auditorium, Macquarie Building, State Library of New South Wales Adults $20, Friends and Concessions $15. *Booking essential: http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/whats-on [cid:C48DC371-87FA-40E2-965E-3945FE228335] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: CARTOLINA BODEI_Page_1[11].png Type: image/png Size: 134895 bytes Desc: CARTOLINA BODEI_Page_1[11].png URL: From s.lumsden at unsw.edu.au Wed Mar 8 10:08:10 2017 From: s.lumsden at unsw.edu.au (Simon Lumsden) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 23:08:10 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Inner West Council Philosophy Talks: Karyn Lai Chinese Philosophy March 16, Leichhardt Library Message-ID: <7E909E83-5E07-4C32-A941-5699DEE1E023@unsw.edu.au> The Inner West Council recently initiated a series of philosophy talks that will be given by local and visiting philosophers. This is a series of public talks that are open to a wide audience. The aim of the series is to introduce interested members of the public to a figure, problem or area of philosophy. There will be 5-6 talks in 2017. The first talk is by Assoc. Prof Karyn Lai (UNSW) Event Details: Associate Professor Karyn Lai (UNSW), will be discussing the key insights of Chinese philosophy and will examine how it is reflected in Chinese culture, including martial arts, art and calligraphy, and its views on health and food. Thursday 16 March 2017 6:30pm - 8pm Leichhardt Library (Piazza Level - Italian Forum, 23 Norton St, Leichhardt) Free event - All welcome - Light refreshments provided Bookings online or call 9367 9266 Full details as well as registration for the event are available from this link: http://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/EventViewTrainingDetails.aspx?Bck=Y&EventID=60769&DisplayType=C&m Simon Lumsden Simon Lumsden | Philosophy Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of New South Wales | Sydney | NSW 2052 | Australia work + 61 2 9385 2369 s.lumsden at unsw.edu.au https://hal.arts.unsw.edu.au/about-us/people/simon-lumsden/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From calendar-notification at google.com Wed Mar 8 14:59:50 2017 From: calendar-notification at google.com (Google Calendar) Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 03:59:50 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Notification: Barbara Osimani @ Thu 9 Mar 2017 15:00 - 16:30 (Current Projects) Message-ID: <94eb2c1937e002a57d054a302948@google.com> This is a notification for: Title: Barbara Osimani Reliability and replication: Statistics meets Formal Epistemology The talk investigates the notion of reliability as a central dimension of evidence in classical statistics and compares this to the analysis provided in the formal epistemology framework (especially Bayesian epistemology); in particular two notions of reliability are identified and their distinctive roles in interaction with consistency of replications is investigated in the two settings. Also, the talk presents implications of these considerations for modeling ?dependence of observations? and ?independent replications? in different research contexts and scientific ecosystems. , by particularly focusing on issues of bias in medicine/pharmacology. When: Thu 9 Mar 2017 15:00 ? 16:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Where: 0420220805. Calendar: Current Projects Who: * Kristie Miller- creator Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=XzhjcWo0Y2k2NjBxazRiOWk2a3A0Y2I5azg4cjQ0YjlvNjkxajJiYTY4NHM0MmM5bzZzcjQ4ZTloOG8gZmV2MWxkcjRsa2h2MDM2b2U0aW4yanR0ZGdAZw Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email at the account sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au because you are subscribed for notifications on calendar Current Projects. To stop receiving these emails, please log in to https://www.google.com/calendar/ and change your notification settings for this calendar. 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The goal of the paper is to explore the prospects for interactive theorem proving in substantive philosophical applications, rather than to say anything new about the ontological argument. I will argue those prospects are very good. When: Wed 15 Mar 2017 13:00 ? 14:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Calendar: Seminars Who: * Sam Shpall- creator Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=aDU4a3ZtY2I4YzVvaWZocmtpbWVha3NwbjQgMm1lN2M3ZnIzb21wbDRyaHZrcG1sYTUzNjhAZw Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email at the account sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au because you are subscribed for notifications on calendar Seminars. To stop receiving these emails, please log in to https://www.google.com/calendar/ and change your notification settings for this calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to modify your RSVP response. 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I also confront some classic worries about rationalistic views: for example, whether they require "trading up" to new loves, cloning old ones, or taking pills to make you happier with the ones you have. When: Thu 16 Mar 2017 15:00 ? 16:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Calendar: Current Projects Who: * Kristie Miller- creator Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=XzY0cGthZ2E1NjhwNGFiOWs4OTEzZWI5azY4czRjYmEyNmdxajRiOW44NHIzaWRpNDcwcjNlYzlnOGsgZmV2MWxkcjRsa2h2MDM2b2U0aW4yanR0ZGdAZw Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email at the account sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au because you are subscribed for notifications on calendar Current Projects. To stop receiving these emails, please log in to https://www.google.com/calendar/ and change your notification settings for this calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to modify your RSVP response. Learn more at https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adam.hochman at mq.edu.au Fri Mar 10 17:02:39 2017 From: adam.hochman at mq.edu.au (Adam Hochman) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 06:02:39 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] MQ Philosophy Seminar on Tuesday the 14th of March: Clare Monagle (MQ) Message-ID: The History of the Person: Scholastic Theology and Human Rights Clare Monagle (MQ) Date: Tuesday, 14th of March Time: 13:00 - 14:00 Venue: W6A 708, Macquarie University ABSTRACT: Human rights history has taken a surprisingly scholastic turn in recent years. The new human rights history, as exemplified by the work of Samuel Moyn, has begun to take heed of the highly influential role played by neo-Thomist thinkers, such as Jacques Maritain, in the making of the Declaration of 1948. Human rights history had been understood, too often, as a story of liberalism?s inexorable rise. The new human rights historians, however, have performed contextualising histories of the post-war period to argue that the events of 1948 signalled, instead, a victory of the theology of personalism. Personalism was a third-way theology designed to broker the abyss between liberal capitalism and communism, and was constructed via Thomistic theology by a number of leading Catholic intellectuals. Intellectual histories of modernity have not tended to the theological, paying much closer attention to explicitly secular genealogies within western thought. Normative accounts of the history of ideas privilege the early modern as the place of origin. The incorporation of scholastic theology into the history of human rights troubles this account, and destabilises the medieval/modern divide. Medievalists will not be surprised by the role of neo-Thomism in modern thought. Historians of medieval political theory, most notably Cary Nederman, have tracked the long tail of scholastic ideas in western thought. And in terms of modernity?s self-construction, scholars such as Carolyn Dinshaw, Kathleen Biddick and Kathleen Davis have taught us to pay attention to the way discourses of modernity repeatedly produce the ?medieval? in order to disavow it. In my paper, I will do two things. Firstly, I will read Maritain?s medievalism, making sense of his intellectual and spiritual commitment to Aquinas, and mapping that onto his advocacy of human rights. Secondly, I will read how the field of human rights history deals with this incursion of the theological. In so doing, I will advocate for a theologically inflected intellectual history of modernity. My case study, that of Maritain?s medievalism, reveals the necessity of tracking the uses of the Middle Ages in the making of our political modern, as well as offering the opportunity to unpack the ideas that all too often go unspoken. To put it another way, following Cary Nederman, ?the foreigness of the medieval world may have salutary decentering effects upon our complaisant contemporary assumptions about political life and its relation to a whole host of other philosophical questions.? 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Everyone is welcome, so I hope to see you all there. Associate Professor Kristie Miller Senior ARC Research Fellow Joint Director, the Centre for Time School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and The Centre for Time The University of Sydney Sydney Australia Room S212, A 14 kmiller at usyd.edu.au kristie_miller at yahoo.com Ph: +612 9036 9663 http://www.kristiemiller.net/KristieMiller2/Home_Page.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: