A discussion and education group in philosophy for the Gold Coast community This organisation runs education courses and discussion groups in philosophy.
All groups are run by Dr. Mark Weblin. Dr. Weblin is a qualified philosopher and counsellor. He has a Diploma of Social Science, a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. in philosophy (University of New England). He was employed at the University of Sydney as the John Anderson Senior Research Fellow for several years. He recently completed a Diploma in Professional Counselling (AIPC). He was also studied the origin and meaning of the Tarot cards for over thirty years.
01/10/2020
How universities are crushing academics Exhibiting a dogmatic faith in metrics, higher education executives are being guided less by rational considerations about educational values and more by the “snake oils” of efficiency, profitability, and accountability. But these dark arts exact a price. Due to increasing competition for funds ...
06/09/2020
N**i hippies: when the New Age and Far-Right overlap We shouldn’t be surprised by the present overlap between the New Age and far-right conspiracy thinking. It happened before, in 1930s…
Does the universe really exist??? Zoom meeting Tuesday 25/8 7-8.30 pm. Message me for details.
04/04/2020
Empathy in times of crisis
Zoom event: Tuesday 7th April 7-8.30pm
13/02/2020
Philosophers should talk more about climate change. Yes, philosophers. Science News, Physics, Science, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
31/08/2019
Theodor W. Adorno: Exposing capitalism’s blind domination Footnotes to Plato is a TLS Online series appraising the works and legacies of the great thinkers and philosophers Minima Moralia (1951), Theodor W. Adorno’s book of aphorisms, bears the telling subtitle Reflections from damaged life. And yet Adorno grew up in comfort and privilege. He was born on...
01/08/2019
http://www.markweblin.com.au/sartre-and-de-beauvoir-on-essence-existence-and-becoming-woman/
Sartre and de Beauvoir: on essence, existence, and becoming woman Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre were the two leading lights of French existentialism during the middle decades of the 20thcentury. Sartre’s theory of existentialism is known as phenomenological ontology, which is one of the most difficult topics in twentieth century continental philosophy....
29/07/2019
Intelligent robots are coming, whether we have the policies to deal with them or not: report Artificial intelligence technology is poised to disrupt almost every aspect of Australian society, chief scientist Dr Alan Finkel warns.
28/07/2019
Being and drunkenness: how to party like an existentialist – Skye C Cleary | Aeon Ideas Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre defied the gloomy existentialist stereotype. They enjoyed having a good time
28/07/2019
An argument for philosophy If we teach religion in schools ahead of philosophy we give a false importance to ideas that are more like romantic novels than serious examinations of our existence. Thats the view of AC Anthony Grayling, one of Britains best-known academic philosophers and atheists.
25/07/2019
What is Cyborg Anthropology? The topic of an upcoming talk.
http://www.markweblin.com.au/this-digital-life/