Philosophy is currently undergoing a crisis of confidence. This has led some
philosophers to claim that their work cannot be sharply distinguished from
science (and thus deserves the same respect as scientific work), while
others have sought to maintain that philosophy is a specially different
realm of enquiry which uncovers truths that are above scientific
investigation. In this talk shall present a (very brief and partial)
historical outline of various conceptions of philosophy and necessity since
the ancient Greeks and the reasons why each overthrew its predecessor. In
the end I hope to show why the analytic philosophers conception of
philosophy was found wanting and to explain and defend a new and perfectly
naturalistic account of the distinction between science and philosophy which
does not require the existence of any special non-scientific realm of
enquiry.
Time and Place for Philorum Group @ Central
1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month.
18:15 for a 18:30 Start. Finish 21:30
(Feel free to come and go at any point during the night.)
The Members Bar, Floor 1
(Keep winding up to the top of the stairs.)
The Gaelic Club
64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills
Sydney, Australia
(100 metres from a Central railway station exit.)
http://www.philorum.org/centralFutureCalendar.html
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