26 September 2009
The October meeting for the Philosophy Society will be held on the 8th, at 7pm in The Gallery Room above the SU Bar at Park Campus. All following meetings will fall on the first Thursday of the month….
23 September 2009
Christian refuses to remove crucifix (at work): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8265321.stm Jedi refuses to remove hood (in Tesco): http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/18/jedi-religion-tesco-hood-jones Are the issues the same?
22 September 2009
I read this in the Guardian the other day. Though, as students in RPE 201 know (Philosophy, Science and Belief), I am not an ardent fan of his, I do believe he’s absolute right about this, when he…
21 September 2009
Interesting – but is it that persuasive? http://video.google.co.uk/googleplayer.swf?docid=8358646220672429933&hl=en&fs=true OR… [dailymotion id=x4j2u7]
18 September 2009
The Philosophy Society has ended its first year with the promise of a successful second year now dawning. We have a new wave of fervour from a long list of Freshers to add to our small, but dedicated,…
18 September 2009
Some pictures here of today’s induction-week presentations on Crimes and Misdemeanors – but for those still keen to think aobut this movies – there is some useful discussion at the Philosophical Films website, the C&M page is at…
16 September 2009
If you’re keen to get going this term – you could head to the Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy and get the podcast of an intriguing talk: Owen Flanagan (Duke University). The lecture was entitled “Buddhist Ethics and…
11 September 2009
I always knew this was the case, of course. A new comicbook (or graphic novel) called ‘Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth’ has just been published by Bloomsbury. Described as: ‘it’s the story of the quest for the…
11 September 2009
It’s the start of a new academic year and, hopefully, lots of interesting comments and debates on the RPE blog. Do make your voice heard and I hope you visit this site frequently as it is not only…