This was preceded by the Australasian Association of Logic and Women in Philosophy conferences. The AAP conference was overlapped by the Australasian Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy and Australasian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics conferences. Philosophers from all over Australasia and the world attended these, one of the largest annual philosophy gatherings of their kind. The Philosopher journal is on sale in Sydney and Melbourne bookshops. Recently acquired are La Trobe University bookshop, Sainsbury s Books and Carlton second hand bookshop.
Future issues look hopeful for aussie authorship.
Philosophy Now has also been recently launched throughout Australian newsagents. Watch this space for more details. The Philosophy Plays mix drama, philosophy and Greek cuisine in the fashion of Plato s symposium. Recent talks given have included, Justice and equality in a free market society . The Melbourne Group of The Philosophical Society of England, in July, began its first discussion meeting at the Jam Factory, South Yarra, in Melbourne.