PORT MACQUARIE PHILOSOPHY FORUM
PAST EVENTS

Thank you! to all the speakers who have supported the Forum
2020 events
November 2020 Dr Tony Swain, an independent scholar, spoke on "The Diverse World of Daoism"
October 2020 Dr Kerry Hinton, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne, spoke on "Mathematics and Our World"
March - Sept No talks due to COVID-19
February 2020 Professor Mark Colyvan from the University of Sydney spoke on "Crime, Punishment and Statistical Evidence"
January 2020 Dr Kerry Sanders from the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sydney spoke on "The Philosophy of Time"
2019 events
November 2019 Professor Bill Boyd from Southern Cross University spoke on "The Future of Education"
October 2019 Dr Stephanie Collins from the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne spoke on "Citizens' Responsibility for their States' Actions"
September 2019 Associate Professor Simon Lumsden from the University of New South Wales spoke on "Habit, Ecological Crisis and Social Change"
August 2019 Dr Tony Swain, an independent scholar, spoke on "The Revival of Confucianism in Contemporary China"
July 2019 Dr Kerry Hinton, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne, spoke on "Problems with Particles"
June 2019 Scientia Fellow and Associate Professor Jessica Whyte from the University of New South Wales spoke on "Killer robots, collateral damage and the philosophy of war"
May 2019 Dr Hannah Tierney from the University of Sydney, spole on "Free Will, Moral Responsibility and Guilt"
April 2019 Dr John Jorgensen, an independent scholar, spoke on "Fundamental Philosophical Aspects of Basic Buddhism"
March 2019 Scientia Professor Paul Patton from the University of New South Wales spoke on "Truth, Post-Truth and Politics"
February 2019 Gary Dowling, one of the Forum organisers, spoke on "Tolerance and its relationship to social development"
2018 events
November 2018 Professor Jeremy Moss, co-director of the Practical Justice Initiative at the University of New South Wales spoke on "Ethics, Exports and Climate Change"
October 2018 Professor Graham Oppy from Monash University spoke on "The Historical Rise of Atheism"
September 2018 Dr Teresa Bell, a local speaker, spoke on "The Ambiguity of Freedom: the Philosophical Choices of Simone Weil and Simone de Beauvoir"
August 2018 Scientia Professor Paul Patton from the University of New South Wales spoke on "Rights,Human Rights and Rights of Indigenous Peoples"
July 2018 Professor Mark Colyvan from the University of Sydney spoke on "A Parade of Philosophical Paradoxes"
June 2018 Carol Baker and Dave Smith, two of the Forum organisers, spoke on "Values and Ethics: Thinking About What Constitutes a Well-lived Life"
May 2018 Dr Lyn Carson from the newDemocracy Foundation spoke on "How to Strengthen our Weakened Democracies"
April 2018 Dr Brian Hedden from the University of Sydney spoke on "Personal Identity and Rationality"
March 2018 Emeritus Professor Terry Lovat from the University of Newcastle spoke on "Distinguishing Islam from Jihadism: an Imperative for Harmonious Understanding"
February 2108 Professor Mark Colyvan from the University of Sydney gave the inaugural talk on
"The Wisdom of Crowds and Mindless Mobs"