Month: November 2006 - Page 2

Visit to the Hindu Temple

On Thursday, the RPE102 class went to the Cheltenham Hindu Temple… If any of those who went want to write a short summary for the blog – it would be nice to have your impressions here – either…

Draw Your Soul?

http://www.drawyoursoul.org/ is a website (in conjunction with the Reg Vardy Gallery in Sunderland – where they also have a rather cool flip-book festival) which asks you to ‘draw a picture of your soul’… This picture is by Espen…

Question Time

Hi. As some of you will know – a small number of RPE students have got their grubbly hands on tickets to attend the BBC Question Time programme being recorded in Cheltenham this thursday (tonight) – broadcast at…

Avatars of Lord Vishnu

For a full list of the Avatars of Vishnu, see http://members.tripod.com/~srinivasp/mythology/avatars.html which gives a certain amount of detail re each one – and pictures… D. (picture below is of the Avatars of Visnu)

Philosophy of Science Video-POdcasts

San Jose State University has a whole series of lectures on Kuhn and the philosophy of science at http://www.sjsu.edu/atn/delivery/webcasting/archives/phil/ – worth a look… D.

Philosophy Moviehttp://youtube.com/v/vdDPrmOHFPoTwo American students made this video to explain how Berkeley uses Locke’s ideas to get rid of the material world… Reminded me of Beavis and Butthead – but less stupid… Enjoy – Dave

Vivekananda_Part1.avi

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=1113647524656440202&hl=en-GB Religion of VEDAs – Paper On Hinduism (Part I)Desc : In this piece of speech on “Paper on Hinduism”, Swami Vivekananda gives a brief introduction on Hinduism This is from the 1893 Parliament of Religons – hope…

Children’s Literature and the Fantastic Imagination

For any Religion, Philosophy & Ethics (RPE) students looking for an interesting Semester Two (level 2) module, Dr Debby Thacker will be running a new course – EX250 – Children’s Literature and the Fantastic Imagination – which you…

Gloucestershire Philosophical Society

Just to remind you that Gloucestershire Philosophical Society has regular meetings on campus – the next on the 15th of November – see their website – or contact Harry Cowen for details…

Graduation…

If you were wondering where all the staff were last Friday – we were up at Cheltenham racecourse for the Graduation ceremony… If you work really hard, maybe one day you too can get to wear a silly…