Radical Philosophy

Prof Nancy Segal discusses the power of nature and nurture, ethical issues behind the separation of twins and what twins tell us about human behaviour.

Dr Wendy Suiter describes her music and discusses how Fuzzy Logic is based on the principle of subjectivity.

Fuzzy Logic - Dr Wendy Suiter discusses fuzzy logic principals in relation to music composition, music analysis and music scores.

Woretemoeteryenner and Dolly Dalrymple - Professor Maggie Walter discusses the extraordinary lives of Woretemoeteryenner and Dolly Dalrymple who were Aboriginal warriors in the history wars of Tasmania.

Women of Eureka - Dr Dorothy Wickham discusses how these women are important because there is the emergence of a strand of feminist conciousness at this point in Australia long before elsewhere.

Iris Marion Young - Prof Désirée Lim discusses Young 's essay house and home ; feminist variations on a theme and describes Young's five faces of oppression.

Diotima - Dr. Zoi Aliozi discusses Diotima’s connection to Plato, the ladder of love and what Diotima said about beauty.

Mary Midgley - Dr Ellie Robson discusses Midgley's thoughts on moral isolationism and Midgley's last book 'What is Philosophy for?'

Mary Midgley - Dr Ellie Robson discusses why Mary Midgley said philosophy is like plumbing and Midgley's views on evil.

Philosophy of Horror - Dr Catherine Lester discusses the intersections between children’s culture and the horror genre, if there are benefits to children watching horror films and how horror films evolved to cater for children.