#Apr2005
JSA #070

Mr. Terrific (Michael Holt / Terry Sloane)

Terrific Tales!

Art by Dave Gibbons

DC Comics (Apr2005)
July 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Tue 5 Apr 2005

What is death?

Is #death the ultimate disaster, to be avoided at all costs? Should we not fear being dead because we will not experience it? Is a constant awareness of death necessary?

- with #StanVanHooft ( #DeakinUniversity )

#Life #Death #Subjectivity
#Bioethics

#Apr2005
What is death? - ABC listen
Stan van Hooft, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Deakin University, devotes a chapter of his recent book on bioethics to the question of what death is. But why do we need to ask? Isn't it enough t...
www.abc.net.au
March 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Tue 26 Apr 2005

Relativism and Cardinal Ratzinger

This week, we examine the allure of #relativism and discuss how (or whether) it should be resisted.

- with #JamesFranklin, the University of New South Wales.

#Apr2005
Relativism and Cardinal Ratzinger - ABC listen
In the homily that he delivered at the mass held before the conclave that was to elect him Pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratizinger, inveighed against what he called relativism. "Today," he said, "having a cl...
www.abc.net.au
July 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Tue 12 Apr 2005

The Pope and Philosophy

#KarolWojtyla, the man who became #PopeJohnPaulII had a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Cracow. So how did #theology and philosophy operate together in his mind and what role did philosophy have in his #papacy?

- with Gerald Gleason

#Apr2005
The Pope and Philosophy - ABC listen
Karol Wojtyla, the man who became Pope John Paul II had a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Cracow and published a number of books on the subject. So how did theology and philosophy opera...
www.abc.net.au
April 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Tue 19 Apr 2005

What Are #Qualia?

Recently, many philosophers puzzled on what goes on in the head. A mental state will have certain properties that determine what it is like to be in that mental state. These properties are #qualia.
- with #GeraldGleeson, the Catholic Institute of Sydney
#Apr2005
What Are Qualia? - ABC listen
In the seventeenth century, the French philosopher, René Descartes started looking for a body of knowledge that was truly certain, and his way of looking was the way of doubt. If you doubted everythin...
www.abc.net.au
July 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM