28 June 2008
Following previous discussions on the blog about the nature of sport, I came across a past episode of Philosophy Talk. You can listen to this online at http://www.philosophytalk.org/pastShows/EthicsinSport.htm and the same page has a range of links useful…
24 June 2008
The Radio 4 programme Start the Week had a philosophical representaiton in its 9th June edition with Simon Critchely talking about his new book which is a catalogue of the weird and wonderful ends that philosophers have met…
23 June 2008
Canon Andrew White, Vicar of Baghdad, will be coming to Stroud on July 13th. http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/12-15pm-Vicar-Baghdad-visit-county/article-191109-detail/article.html While conflict in the Middle East has a religious undercurrent, Andrew White, uses religion for diplomacy and aid, as a link not a…
19 June 2008
Is this the only place philosophers can get airtime in the USA? Peter Singer talks about animals, food and the usual – but on the Comedy Central show ‘The Colbert Report’: http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml
18 June 2008
Over at the blog of our friends at the Florida Student Philosophy Blog, someone raised an interesting point on the interpretation of a line in Nietzsche’s Thus spoke Zarathustra: I reproduce the post below – feel free to…
15 June 2008
Recently Jeannie Caton, one of our 2nd years (about to enter the third year) went to see the Dalai Lama speak, here in the UK. Very kindly, she has written a short report which I here pass on…..