6 November 2007
We will be meeting this evening (Tuesday 6th November) at 6pm in Bar Ha Ha in Montpellier to discuss Sartre’s Nausea. Even if you haven’t finished the book yet (or even started to read it!) you would still…
2 November 2007
I don’t want to sound too much like an advert for In Our Time, but the latest programme – which can be dowloaded – is particularly relevent considering the recent lively discussion on guilt. Do you think Melvyn…
1 October 2007
Are atheists the unsung heroes of the modern age? You may have read in the papers that ‘Darwin’s rottweiler’ Richard Dawkins is spearheading a campaign in America to trumpet the voice of the nation’s atheists who are seemingly…
27 September 2007
The excellent BBC Radio 4 series In Our Time has returned after a summer break with a discussion on Socrates. You can listen to this at any time on the net and, for one week only, you can…
26 September 2007
Hi – below is the programe for the GPS. I would encourage all RPE students (and others) to attend these – you will be made very welcome… [the guilt debate still continues at http://r-p-e.blogspot.com/2007/09/guilt.html ] Dave Gloucestershire Philosophical…
21 September 2007
http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/misc/johnlocke/index.shtml for an archive of the Locke lectures – very interesting listening..Dave
14 September 2007
Check out the Nietzsche Circle. Their ‘vision statement’ is: ‘To create an intellectual and artistic community whereby individuals of similar spirit and vision may come together and explore Nietzsche’s philosophy, developing ways in which it can be transfigured.’…
11 August 2007
We were very pleased with the success of our call for accounts of how people started out as philosphers – how they ended up in this profession / calling / vocation/ etc – see http://r-p-e.blogspot.com/2007/05/starting-out-as-philosopher-and-levels.html – for people’s…
9 August 2007
As A-level results loom, some of us are preparing for clearing – the annual round of last-minute scrambling for places… [mind you – we do at least now have potable running water back] Here at the University of…