27 September 2013
I have recently been asked by some of our new student intake which books I would recommend for someone coming to philosophy for the first time, and it is also a question that often crops up at Open…
22 May 2013
In which I argue that attempts to prove God exists (or that He doesn’t) are a meaningless account of faith and Religion: to engage in them is to misunderstand the very nature of what religion is… I have written…
30 April 2013
What should you do? Kill one to save 9 – or let all ten die? And why it might not even be that good a dilemma after all… Staff from the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course at University of Gloucestershire…
15 November 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6d5drvFMVs A group of our new first-year students were asked to give a presentation on one philosopher talking in the film The Examined Life. This group chose Peter Singer, and produced a film of their own!
6 November 2012
Dr William Large answers a (stupid) question from me: Why bother studying Plato’s Forms?
6 November 2012
Dr William Large on the ideas of appearance and reality in Plato. He discusses the metaphor of the cave in Plato, and what it means…
6 November 2012
Dr William Large on the tri-partite person, and the equivalent in the State – as in Plato’s Republic
6 November 2012
Dr William Large on the connection between virtue and knowledge in Plato
30 October 2012
Dr David Webster answers a question sent in via Twitter: If determinism is accepted as truth, and free will an illusion, is it right to morally judge actions?
17 October 2012
Ok, they’re not videos – but our colleague Dr William Large makes a number of his lectures public: these can be found at http://drwilliamlarge.wordpress.com/ – and should be of interest to anyone studying philosophy.. We hope to post some videos…