19 January 2009
Hi,We will be looking at the film The Seventh Seal in class today.Look at http://course1.winona.edu/pjohnson/h140/seal.htm for some ideas (see list of questions near base of the page) – and make comment via this blog post. Other ideas are…
20 May 2008
Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made huge amounts of their ‘courseware’ available, free, online. This includes a lot of philosophy materials. For example, see HERE for lectures notes on a range of topics including the Problem of Evil,…
1 April 2008
This Monday, I headed south to Somervale school, in scenic Midsomer Norton. I talked (a lot!) about Religious Experience, Life after Death and a little about Design and Evil. The groups had, overall, lots to say – and…
20 March 2008
Wednesday saw me off to visit South Bromsgrove High School Technology and Language College – to talk about Buddhist ideas of Life after Death – and the Problem of Evil.It was a memorable trip.. I was almost late…
26 February 2008
Well – we did it: we watched The Seventh Seal in RPE301 (Love, Sex and Death) this Monday. This post is to allow RPE301 students to post their comments – but others are welcome to join in to….
28 January 2008
Over at http://unfspb.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/a-good-death/#more-336 there is an interesting discussion that arises out of the death of the actor Heath Ledger. His death is often described in media reports as a ‘tragedy’ – but how do we balance the value…
7 July 2007
Those of you preparing for your third year of Religion, Philosophy & Ethics (rather than just relaxing all summer), will have noted the module Love, Sex and Death. I just came across a really intriguing podcast at:http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/podcasts/2007/02/science_weekly_for_february_12.htmlwhich I…