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What other significance can our existence have than to be ourselves fully and completely? John Macmurray

News, Announcements, Conferences, Workshops

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British Personalist Forum Zoom Meeting

We are pleased to announce our first zoom meeting which will be on Saturday December 5th between 11 am and 1 pm followed by a further afternoon session between 2 pm and 4 pm with the presentation of several papers on Personalist topics and also some time for discussion. A full program will be posted shortly. Anyone interested in registering should email contact.britishpersonalist@gmail.com

John Macmurray Fellowship Annual webinar 2020

Our subject this year is "Friendship In The Age of Social Media - Can Macmurray Show Us the Way?" - I hope that you agree that this is an appropriate topic for our fist webinar, and also very pertinent to our current times, locked down due to the pandemic and more reliant than ever on social media, and more aware than ever of the destructive forces unleashed by social media.

Details may be found at:
http://johnmacmurray.org/uncategorized/seminar-2020 including a link to Eventbrite to register,
or contact Gordon Ferguson, chairperson of the John Macmurray Fellowship http://johnmacmurray.org
Webinar to be conducted with Zoom, on Saturday 24th October, 10am-4pm BST (UTC+1).

New book with a chapter by Giorgio Baruchello: 'Big Data and Professionals: What We Can Learn from Michael Polanyi'.

Big Data Promise, Application and Pitfalls
Edited by John Storm Pedersen, Professor, Department of Sociology, Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern Denmark and Adrian Wilkinson, Professor and Director, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University, Australia and Visiting Professor, University of Sheffield, UK
Publication Date: 2019 ISBN: 978 1 78811 234 5 Extent: 416 pp
Big data and 'the package' of the digital society is de-mystified in this important book. A group of international experts frame the debates around big data and analyse its impact in different sectors in practice. They also examine whether big data and the digital society can deliver on its promises.
https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/big-data-9781788112345.html

Zoom discussion of the five Duke Lectures by the Polanyi Society from August 29th 2020

The Polanyi Society is sponsoring a Zoom discussion of the five Duke Lectures on consecutive Saturdays beginning August 29, 2020. Anyone interested can participate. The Duke Lectures are online and can be downloaded and printed if you wish. For details, please go to polanyisociety.org and hit the link for Zoom Meeting/Discussions of Polanyi’s 1964 Duke Lectures.

Please register early if you wish to have a link sent to you for a particular session or sessions. Since some details are still being worked out, any new information will be sent to you via e-mail and posted under the link for Zoom Meeting/Discussions of Polanyi’s 1964 Duke Lectures. Questions can be sent to Phil Mullins at mullins@missouriwestern.edu

New addition of Appraisal is now published

The latest edition of Appraisal, the first of Volume 12, is now available to view and download on the website. It's a special issue devoted to reviews of the excellent book, The Common Good: An Introduction to Personalism by Jonas Norgaard Mortensen. The reviews aside, there are some really thought provoking discussions about Personalism, which are good reads, even without knowing anything about the book. There is now a 'Comments' section at the end of each article and supporters are encouraged to add their own thoughts on ideas discussed in the articles. There should be some good and lively further discussion!

Letters to the Editor - new feature!

Supporters are now able to send letters to the Editor, a selection of which will be added to our new 'Letters to the Editor' page which is accessed through the Appraisal section of the website. These will then be appended to the next issue of Appraisal.

Our new website is launched

This is the new, updated version of our website, first launched on 2nd March 2020. With a completely new look and designed specifically for the online publication of our journal Appraisal, we hope you enjoy the improvements. We would appreciate any feedback or suggestions you might have. Please email webmaster.britishpersonalist@gmail.com with these or any other comments.

Appraisal is now open access

All pages, on the British Personalist Forum website, including all new issues of Appraisal, can now be accessed by everyone free of charge. To become a supporter is also now free with supporters being able post comments on articles in Appraisal and to add to our blog. There will also be no charges for publishing papers. We will maintain the same high academic standards for papers. The website and the forum will be funded purely by voluntary donations which can be given when joining as a supporter, publishing a paper or through our donations page. We will continue to be a forum for personalist views and academic contributions both for the UK and the international community.

Previous members who have already paid for volume 12 of Appraisal, and not already been refunded, can apply to the treasurer by email for a refund at: treasure. britishpersonalist@gmail.com or by post to 95 Castledine Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK, LE11 2DX.

What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness by Robert Waldinger

This TED talk on happiness from 2015 was recently sent to the Editor during the Corona virus lock-down and seems particularly pertinent for Personalists: www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness