From administrativeofficer at aap.org.au Tue Dec 12 14:15:22 2017 From: administrativeofficer at aap.org.au (Chris Lawless) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:45:22 +1030 Subject: [SydPhil] =?utf-8?q?AAP_Media_Prize_=E2=80=93_Call_for_Entries?= Message-ID: *AAP Media Prize ? Call for Entries* The Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) offers an annual prize of $500 for the best philosophical piece(s) published by a professional philosopher in the popular media in Australasia during the previous calendar year. First awarded in 1999, the main criterion for the award of the prize is the ability of the piece(s) to engage the interest of the general public in philosophy or some philosophical issue. Consideration is also given to the quality of the philosophical discussion and to the size of the audience reached. Previous winners of the AAP Media Prize include Russell Blackford (2017), Matthew Beard (2016), Henry Martyn Lloyd (2015), Patrick Stokes (2014), Damon Young (2013), Paul Biegler (2012), Peter Slezak (2011), Caroline West (2010) and John Armstrong (2009). The prize will be awarded at the annual Alan Saunders Lecture which takes place as part of the annual AAP conference in July. This Prize is sponsored by Taylor and Francis, publisher of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy and the Australasian Philosophical Review. *Applications* The AAP invites entries/nominations for media work from *professional philosophers* in Australasia (including postgraduates and also retired academic philosophers) published in *2017*. Entries/nominations may come from the author or from others. The closing date for entries is *28th February 2018 at midnight AEDT*. Please note: late entries will not be accepted. Entries should be *submitted online* through the following form available here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/drxzBeugllMmi8?domain=aap.org.au Further information about the AAP Media Prize, including conditions of entry, can be found on the same page. The AAP reserves the right not to award the prize in any given year if a suitable candidate is not nominated. For general enquiries relating to the AAP Media Prize, please contact Chris Lawless: ao at aap.org.au Kind regards, Chris Lawless Administrative Officer Australasian Association of Philosophy www.aap.org.au ABN 29 152 892 272 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From administrativeofficer at aap.org.au Tue Dec 12 14:28:51 2017 From: administrativeofficer at aap.org.au (Chris Lawless) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:58:51 +1030 Subject: [SydPhil] =?utf-8?q?AAP_Media_Professionals=27_Award_=E2=80=93_C?= =?utf-8?q?all_for_Entries?= Message-ID: *AAP Media Professionals' Award ? Call for Entries* The Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) offers an occasional award of $500 to journalists and other media professionals for excellence in the presentation of philosophy or philosophical issues in the media in the previous calendar year. The main criterion for the award of the prize is the ability of the piece to engage the interest of the general public in philosophy or some philosophical issue. Consideration is also given to the quality of the philosophical discussion and to the size of the audience reached. Previous winners of the AAP Media Professionals' Award are Zan Boag (New Philosopher Magazine), Kyla Slaven (Short and Curly radio show), Scott Stephens and Waleed Aly (The Minefield), Tim Dean (The Conversation), Antonia Case (New Philosopher), Natasha Mitchell (All in the Mind) and Alan Saunders (Philosopher's Zone). The prize will be awarded at the annual Alan Saunders Lecture which takes place as part of the annual AAP conference in July. This Prize is sponsored by Taylor and Francis, publisher of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy and the Australasian Philosophical Review. *Applications* The AAP invites entries/nominations for media work from *journalists and other media professionals* based in Australasia published in *2017*. Entries/nominations may come from the author or from others. The AAP Media Professionals' Award is offered no more than once each year, and may not be made every year. The closing date for entries is *28th February 2018 at midnight AEDT*. Please note: late entries will not be accepted. Entries should be *submitted online* through the form available here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/V81oBdUa9qnnsv?domain=aap.org.au Further information about the AAP Media Professionals' Award, including conditions of entry, can be found on the same page. The AAP reserves the right not to award the prize in any given year if a suitable candidate is not nominated. For general enquiries relating to the AAP Media Professionals' Award, please contact Chris Lawless: ao at aap.org.au Kind regards, Chris Lawless Administrative Officer Australasian Association of Philosophy www.aap.org.au ABN 29 152 892 272 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.moss at unsw.edu.au Tue Dec 12 15:28:26 2017 From: j.moss at unsw.edu.au (Jeremy Moss) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 04:28:26 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Postdoc Moral and Political Phil UNSW Message-ID: <9987523B-3CF5-4EFF-91CD-FFCD524711EC@unsw.edu.au> Apologies for cross posting Postdoctoral Position in Moral and Political Philosophy is available at the Practical Justice Initiative, University of New South Wales. A one year postdoctoral position in climate justice is available as part of the research program of the Practical Justice Initiative (PJI). The aim of the position will be to contribute to research as part of PJI?s climate justice research program. Some of the research being undertaken includes: Providing a framework to fairly determine Australia?s ?carbon budget?; understanding the moral obligations of fossil fuel exporting nations; examining the justice related issues associated with climate transitions; intergenerational climate justice and historical responsibility for emissions. The position includes scope to develop further topics. The position would suit a candidate within the broad area of moral and political philosophy but candidates from cognate disciplines and with a background in climate justice are also encouraged to apply. The role also includes an opportunity to develop high impact outputs related to the research area. There is potential to extend the position. There is also potential to offer a fractional position. https://applicant.cghrm.unsw.edu.au/psp/hrm/NS_CAREERS/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?FOCUS=Applicant&FolderPath=PORTAL_ROOT_OBJECT.HC_HRS_CE_GBL2&IsFolder=false&IgnoreParamTempl=FolderPath%252cIsFolder Contact: Professor Jeremy Moss, Co-Director Practical Justice Initiative E: j.moss at unsw.edu.au T: (61 2) 9385 2357 https://pji.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/climate-justice Applications close: 18th January 2018 Jeremy Moss Professor of Political Philosophy Co Director, Practical Justice Initiative UNSW Sydney 61 2 9385 2357 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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First, overwhelming majority of people (including most physicists) tend to implicitly accept ?the natural flow of time? based on common intuition as a working model. Second, accepting one hypothesis or the other does not seem to have any practical implications --- nether of the assumptions is seen to produce a testable physical theory capable of discriminating these assumptions. So far, consistent investigation of the nature of time has been largely confined to the domain of philosophy, where numerous attempts to build a logical scheme around our intuitive perception of time have faced mounting difficulties. It appears, however, that Boltzmann?s time hypothesis does have physical implications and does raise important questions. If this hypothesis is accepted, thermodynamics can have two possible versions with respect to matter/antimatter duality --- symmetric (CP-invariant) and antisymmetric (CPT-invariant). These versions are mutually incompatible and only one of them can be real. The choice between these versions can be tested experimentally, although this is not a simple matter, even at the present level of technology. In this presentation we will discuss the direction of time and explore implications of these versions of thermodynamics. When: Thu 14 Dec 2017 15:00 ? 16:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Calendar: Current Projects Who: * Kristie Miller- creator Event details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/87W8BlUGEowkUV?domain=google.com Invitation from Google Calendar: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Qv1bBRfWKNXnsY?domain=google.com 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://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Qv1bBRfWKNXnsY?domain=google.com and change your notification settings for this calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to modify your RSVP response. 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