2025 planned discussion topics
Planned topics below are subject to change.
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| Class | Dates | Discussion Topics |
| 1 | 23/7/2025 | Confucianism - the great learning |
| 2 | 30/7/2025 | Confucianism - the great learning |
| 3 | 6/8/2025 | Confucianism - the great learning |
| 4 | 13/8/2025 | Confucianism / Monty Hall paradox & other puzzles |
| 5 | 20/8/2025 | Monty Hall paradox & other puzzles |
| 6 | 27/8/2025 | Monty Hall paradox & other puzzles / Philosophy of politics and power |
| 7 | 3/9/2025 | Philosophy of politics and power |
| 8 | 10/9/2025 | Philosophy of politics and power |
| 9 | 17/9/2025 | Philosophy of politics and power |
U3A Nunawading Term Dates 2025
| Term | Start | End | |
| Term 2, 2025 (10 weeks) | 22 Apr 2025 | 27 Jun 2025 | |
| Term 3, 2025 (9 weeks) | 21 Jul 2025 | 19 Sep 2025 | |
| Term 4, 2025 (7 weeks) | 06 Oct 2025 | 21 Nov 2025 |
Public Holidays for 2025
| Holiday | Date in 2025 |
| ANZAC Day1 | Friday 25 April |
| King's Birthday | Monday 9 June |
| Friday before the AFL Grand Final | Subject to AFL schedule3 |
| Melbourne Cup | Thursday 4 November2004 |
| Christmas Day1 | Thursday 25 December |
| Boxing Day | Friday 26 December |
Public holiday dates are based on the following website information on 23/10/24.
1 ANZAC Day, Good Friday and Christmas Day are restricted trading days.
2 As Australia Day falls on a Sunday, the public holiday is on the following Monday.
3 Friday before AFL Grand Final typically falls on the last Friday in September. This website will be updated with the exact date upon release of the 2025 AFL schedule.
4 Melbourne Cup Day is a public holiday across all of Victoria unless alternate local holiday has been arranged by a non-metro council.
- Ethics
- Normative Ethics - Deontology
- Normative Ethics - Virtue Ethics
- Daodejing
- Chan/Zen Buddhism
- Is beauty good?
- Shame (suggested by John)
- AI
- Mencius (Mengzi) Virtue theory (includes a discussion on Shame)
- Meta - ethics
- Punishment (see Wifi Philosophy on Youtube)
- Happiness (see Wifi Philosophy on Youtube)
- History of philosophy (see PPPD blog)
- Conspiracy theories, anti-Semitism and fun (refer to ABC Philosophers' Zone)
- Articles or podcasts from ABC Philosophers' Zone
- Introduction to Ethics - (see Wifi Philosophy)
- Moral Education in Confucianism (see Philosophy Now magazine)
- Other articles from Philosophy Now magazine
Past topics
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| Class | Dates | Discussion Topics |
| 1 | 5/2/2025 | Introduction, Etiquete, political vs philosophical discussion |
| 2 | 12/2/2025 | Political discussion and philosophical discussion, Penrose's three worlds |
| 3 | 19/2/2025 | Introduction to philosophy - PPPD blog post |
| 4 | 26/2/2025 | Logical reasoning - arguments |
| 5 | 5/3/2025 | Logical reasoning - arguments |
| 6 | 12/3/2025 | Logical reasoning - hidden assumptions, analogical arguments, components for strong arguments |
| 7 | 19/3/2025 | Critical thinking - valid patterns, fallacies |
| 8 | 26/3/2025 | Philosophy of friendship - Plato's Lysis |
| 9 | 2/4/2025 | Philosophy of friendship - Plato's Lysis |
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| Class | Dates | Discussion Topics |
| 1 | 23/4/2025 | Philosophy of friendship - Plato's Lysis |
| 2 | 30/4/2025 | Philosophy of friendship - Plato's Lysis |
| 3 | 7/5/2025 | Philosophy of friendship - Plato's Lysis |
| 4 | 14/5/2025 | Meaning of life |
| 5 | 21/5/2025 | Meaning of life |
| 6 | 28/5/2025 | Meaning of life |
| 7 | 4/6/2025 | Meaning of life - Explore possible answers |
| 8 | 11/6/2025 | Meaning of life - Explore possible answers |
| 9 | 18/6/2025 | Confucianism - the great learning |
| 10 | 25/6/2025 | Lunch at Blackburn Hotel |
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