Thursday, 3 November 2011

Philosophy @ UWS presents: Encountering the Author- Genevieve Lloyd



"The series “Encountering the Author” organized by “Philosophy@UWS” involves papers on a recently published book on philosophy. The author is invited to be present in order to respond. The series aims to draw attention to high quality scholarship and to provoke discussions and the exchange of ideas. Our next event will be on Genevieve Lloyd’s Providence Lost, scheduled for December 7. Put this day in your diary! (More details below).

Genevieve Lloyd, Providence Lost (Harvard University Press, 2009).

Participants: Amy Allen (Darmouth College), Chris Fleming (UWS), Norma Lam-Saw (UWS) , Nick Malpas (University of Sydney), Dimitris Vardoulakis (UWS), Allison Weir (UWS)

Respondent Genevieve Lloyd

Wednesday, December 7
Time and Place: TBC

In this provocative book, leading Australian philosopher Genevieve Lloyd proposes an alternative history of freedom. Lloyd traces how the usual distinction between necessity and freedom of the will that governs the discourse on freedom is in fact intermixed with the discourse on providence. Providence thus becomes the cipher of many of our preconceived ideas of what it means to be free.

You can hear Prof Lloyd talking about her book here:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2009/2499836.htm"

Philosophers Zone 28 February 2009 - Providence lost?
www.abc.net.au
‎'Providence' is not a word of which we make much use these days. For us, it tends to be a synonym for good fortune or perhaps a sense that somebody is watching over us. But what is providence if it isn't whatever deliveries you a prize in the lottery? To the ancient Greeks, providence was the inhe...
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  1. Yogendra Rawat16 December 2011 at 21:35

    Providence is a momentary feeling of being blessed by some supernatural being with something we consider precious and valuable. But we humans do not think of what we have, or how we got it, but ruminate over what we do not have and why we did not get it. We remember the events that look like rubbing salt on our wounds by that someone watching us over us and forget his little precious gifts which are unique to us and how much favor the supernatural being has done to us. We can understand providence by counting the little precious things we have and appreciating their real value.

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