Radical Philosophy

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 our modern day.