By Beth Matthews
Food for Thought, lets get radical for philosophy!
Part 2 Women's Land Australia - Chris Sitka discusses the controversy about domestic animals and also interactions with the local community.
Women's Land Australia - Chris Sitka describes the political conception, daily life and historical legacy of a women only communal land established 50 years ago during the heydays of the Women's Liberation Movement.
Wonderfeel - Kathryn Williams discusses Wonderfeel, founded by Peter Siahna Wadham, including the differences in welcoming our full range of feeling and the deep richness this choice generally brings to our lives.
Brainwashing - Dr Alexandra Stein discusses if there are warning signs when someone is being brainwashed and if brainwashing just affects a certain personality type.
Artificial Intelligence - Dr Paula Boddington discusses if there are cases where the code of ethics can make things worse and what the future holds for artificial intelligence and humans.
Artificial intelligence - Dr Paula Boddington discusses some of the ethical questions connected with artificial intelligence and how we gain moral knowledge.
Sappho - Professor Diane Rayor discusses Sappho's poetic output, who her poetry was written for and Sappho's philosophy on life.
Prof. Kate Rigby discusses Dr Val Plumwood, an Australian philosopher and ecofeminist known for her work on anthropocentrism, her life and how she survived an attack by a saltwater crocodile.
Jeannine Deckers, The Singing Nun - D.A. Chadwick discusses her book, The Singing Nun Story: The Life and Death of Soeur Sourire, and her important legacy.
Cognition - Dr Inês Hipólito discusses how cognitive development affects learning, why it is important to study cognition and the connection between memory and cognition.
Influential feminist activists from Japan’s contemporary feminist movement - Dr Caroline Norma discusses Japan’s contemporary feminist movement and the issues it faces, including, primarily, sexual violence and harassment of women and girls.
Shame - Madeleine Shield discusses if there is a connection between shame and self-respect, whether it is possible to force someone to feel shame and if it's possible to overcome the emotion of Shame.
Vulnerability - Professor Marina McCoy discusses why it important to accept our vulnerability and what is the best way to respond to vulnerability also how vulnerability is central to the human experience.
Knowledge and Belief - Prof. Maria Rosa Antognazza discusses whether most people's belief system is based on knowledge and how knowledge and belief assist people in their everyday life.
Art - Dr Vanessa Brassey discusses the connection between philosophy and art, also why the philosophical prospective of art is important and if art could be a form of philosophy.
Animals in Research - Dr Jane Johnson discusses if there are grounds for extending human research principles to animals, also respect for persons (autonomy) and informed consent.
Hélène Metzger - Prof Cristina Chimisso discusses Hélène Metzger's early life, her thesis on the emergence of the science of crystals and why she is not as well-known as she should be.
Judgment - Dr Giulia Felappi discusses her paper on “On the Nature of Judgment” and if there are reasons to take the multiple relation theory as doomed.
Animal Welfare / Rights - Dr Elisa Galgut discusses some of the cultural practices that harm animals, the difference between racism and speciesism and how cannibalism is connected with eating animals.
Constructing Death as a Form of Failure - Prof Beverley Clack discusses how neoliberal success is defined, what is it that makes it difficult to know quite what to do with death and death and loss.
Sound and Climate - Kyla Brettle discusses the difference between personal and collective climate action and why listening to nature has such a caring effect on people.
Grief - Dr Becky Millar discusses how horror films are especially suited to portray and communicate the phenomenology of grief, the nature and role of grief and if grief is just a necessary evil in life.
Matriarchy - Jenny Cameron discusses what initially got her interested in matrifocal communities and if it possible for our society to make the necessary shifts to adopt these lessons and ensure we survive the challenges being presented to us in...
The Experience of Illness Part 2 - Professor Havi Carel discusses the aim of the Phenomenology of Illness, if illness is being-towards-death and if there epistemic injustice in healthcare.
The Experience of Illness - Professor Havi Carel discusses how a person changes when they become ill, if there is well being within illness and if people seem to be less accepting if an illness is not visible.
Lesbian Separatism Part 2 - Amber-Lia Van Aurich discusses the limitations, ethics and theoretical framework as well as the research design used for her study, and also the positives of lesbian separatism.
Lesbian Separatism - Amber-Lia Van Aurich discusses lesbian identiy, how separation began and some examples of lesbian separatism during the late twentieth century.
Women's Writing During Lockdown - Prof Sarah Pedersen discusses the AHRC project investigating women's writing during lockdown, what Mumsnet is and the benefits from documenting occurrences during lockdown.
The Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies -Dr. Julia Hermann discusses the ethical issues of how an artificial womb could be used in the future, If an artificial womb would change the concept of personhood and how it would effect the...
Human Extinction - Asst. Prof. Elizabeth Finneron-Burns discusses methods of population control, if these methods can be morally justified and reasons why we might consider human extinction to be wrong.
Sex and Suffering - Prof Janet McCalman provides a absorbing social history of women's health at The Royal Women's Hospital Melbourne, what the nurse patient relationship was like and if things have changed
Sex and Suffering - Prof Janet McCalman provides a absorbing social history of women's health at The Royal Women's Hospital Melbourne from 1856-1996.
Respect - Dr Kristi Giselsson discusses the current questioning of the concept of universalism, marginalisation and oppression and the argument for the inclusion of non-human animals.
Women's Food Matters - Dr Vicki A Swinbank discusses the significance of the book title, why there was a need for this book and how feminists have often seen the kitchen as a site of women’s oppression.
Anne Lister & Ann Walker - Lynn Pharaoh discusses Anne Lister's lesbian relationship with Ann Walker, the many obstacles they had to overcome and their legacy for lesbians globally.
Part 2 Empathy - Meline Papazian discusses the connection between empathy and morality, moral judgements and the value of empathy.
Empathy - Meline Papazian discusses the essential features of empathy, the history of the word empathy and emotional sharing..
Philosophy for Children - Dr Laura D’Olimpio discusses what parents can do to introduce their children to philosophy at an early age, the benefits of asking children philosophical questions and if philosophy prepares children for life.
Mental Capacity - A/Prof Imogen Goold & Dr Cressida Auckland discuss the indicators of a lack of mental capacity, the law's cliff-edge approach to mental capacity and the mental capacity Bill and human rights.
Alice Anderson - Loretta Smith describes Alice Anderson's personality and some incredible achievement's in her life.
Alice Anderson - Loretta Smith discusses her book, A Spanner in the Works, Extraordinary story of Alice Anderson, who owned the first female-run garage in Australia.
The Privatized State - Associate Professor Chiara Cordelli discusses the problem with authorisation, representative agency and what duties philanthropists have.
Social Rights and Freedoms - Professor Kimberley Brownlee discusses social deprivation, what it means to belong and moral messiness.
Professor Elaine Stratford - discusses how Francis Levy educated people about the treatment of animals, the bands of mercy and the girls Friendly Society.
Ecological Thinking - Professor Lorraine Code discusses the wisdom of ecological thinking, the dangers of autonomy and Rachel Carson's scientific practice.
Clinical Research involving pregnant women - Associate Professor Angela Ballantyne discusses the benefits of including pregnant women in clinical research, pregnant women in covid vaccine research and their risks of exploitation in clinical research.
Menstrual Taboos - Dr Mariana Lopez discusses the social and environmental impacts of menstrual waste, the prevailing taboos around menstruation and organisations that are making a difference in womans lives.
Alt-Right, Misogyny, and Feminism - Dr. Tracy Llanera discusses how the alt-right is different from other racist groups, what is meant by the term “White Power Barbie” and the exit cases of women from other extremist groups.
Is it Immoral to be Immortal? Dr Francesca Minerva discusses whether cryonics is raising the dead, what ethical concerns there would be with a head transplant and the cost involved.
Shaping Children’s Brains - Assoc. Prof. Sarah Whittle & Divyangana Rakesh discuss what neighbourhood disadvantage is, what effect stress can have on the brain and how teachers play a role in promoting healthy brain development.
