Month: November 2008

Philosophy Society Update and Paradoxes

The next meeting will be 4th December, 7pm, in the Gallery Room above the SU Bar at Park Campus. Please come because the Poker Society covets our first Thursday of the month time slot for the Gallery Room….

Are we ‘demonising’ children?

We see the launch today a campaign by children’s charity Barnados. The BBC report is at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7732796.stm – and the full video at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7730219.stm – also see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7732203.stm for an analysis of the debate. Is it too easy…

29% of teachers say Intelligent Design should be taught in science lessons

As indicated by this article in the Guardian, this debate seems to have transversed the Atlantic and is gaining momentum in British society. Whether evolutionary theory is the only legitimate scientific explanation for the existence of life begs…