8vo. pp x, 314. Original publisher's colour illustrated paper covered boards. Includes 22 chapters covering a series of public talks given by Australian philosophers between 2006 and 2009. Associate editors, Lynda Burns, Steve Gardner and Fiona Leigh. ISBN: 9780739127339 About fine.

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Title: THE ANTIPODEAN PHILOSOPHER: PUBLIC LECTURES ON PHILOSOPHY IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, VOLUME 1.
Publisher: Lexington Books, Plymouth
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0739127330
ISBN 13: 9780739127339
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition

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Philosophy in both Australia and New Zealand has been has been experiencing, for some time now, something of a 'golden age', exercising an influence in the global arena that is disproportionate to the population of the two countries. To capture the distinctive and internationally recognised contributions Australasian philosophers have made to their discipline, a series of public talks by leading Australasian philosophers was convened at various literary events and festivals across Australia and New Zealand from 2006 to 2009. These engaging and often entertaining talks attracted large audiences, and covered diverse themes ranging from local histories of philosophy (in particular, the fortunes of philosophy in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and New Zealand); to discussions of specific topics (including love, free will, religion, ecology, feminism, and civilisation), especially as these have featured in the Australasian philosophy; and to examinations of the intellectual state of universities in Australasia at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

These talks are now collected here for the first time, to provide not only students and scholars, but also the wider community with a deeper appreciation of the philosophical heritage of Australia and New Zealand.

About the Author

Graham Oppy is professor of philosophy at Monash University. He is author of Ontological Arguments and Belief in God, Philosophical Perspectives on Infinity, and Arguing about Gods, co-author of Reading Philosophy of Religion, and co-editor of History of Western Philosophy of Religion and Companion to Australian Philosophy.

N. N. Trakakis is lecturer and research fellow in the Department of Philosophy at Monash University and at Deakin University. He is author of The God Beyond Belief and The End of Philosophy of Religion, editor of William L. Rowe on Philosophy of Religion, and co-editor of Essays on Free Will and Moral Responsibility, volumes 1 through 5 of History of Western Philosophy of Religion, and A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand.

Associate Editors: Lynda Burns, Steven Gardner, and Fiona Leigh.

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