March 13, 2017
One director of learning calls for the subject to have a GCSE all of its own Why do we go to school? This isn’t just a question that children (or teachers) are prone to ask on a cold winter morning. It’s a philosophical question – a question about the point of education. Why do we do it? Much educational thinking is based on the assumption that the answer is an economic one: learning is a preparation for working life. Education...
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March 10, 2017
Many teachers and students of philosophy today feel that the subject is under threat – not only from funding cuts, but from a more pervasive and less quantifiable cultural shift towards measuring value only in instrumental and monetary terms. But when we philosophers try to defend our discipline, the question of why philosophy is important sometimes gets entangled with our own self-importance. More to the point, perhaps, when we seek to protect philosophy we are also protecting our livelihood. There...
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April 15, 2016
Some interesting ideas for religious language....
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December 17, 2015
Win Butler – Musician (Arcade Fire). Studied Religious Studies at McGill University. Bill Clinton – Former US President. Politics, Philosophy and Economics, University of Oxford. Iris Murdoch – Author. Philosophy, University of Oxford. Katy Brand – Writer, comedian. Theology, University of Oxford . Ricky Gervais – Comedian. Philosophy, University College London. Christy Turlington – Model and businesswoman. Comparative Religion and Eastern Philosophy, New York University. Aung San Suu Kyi – Burmese politician and Nobel Laureate. Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford. Yvette Cooper – Shadow Home Secretary. Philosophy, Politics and Economics,...
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July 4, 2014
5. Descartes The so-called ‘Father of Modern Philosophy’, this 17th century Frenchman not only pioneered analytical geometry, but also famously said ‘I think therefore I am’, a profound statement whose core principle sparked more modern movements such as Existentialism and Post-modernism in acknowledging that reality, first and foremost, sits within the individual and is formulated through the lens of an individual’s experience. 4. Confucius The most important philosopher in Eastern thought, without a doubt. A rough contemporary of Ancient Greek...
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January 5, 2014
What do Colin Ward, the late education officer for the Town and Country Planning Association, and a squatter in London have in common? The answer: they’re both anarchists. Or rather, the squatters have been dubbed anarchists by the media; Ward was an anarchist of his own volition. It’s strange to think that a well-respected public figure such as Ward could be openly allied to anarchism, a tradition currently associated withruining the royal wedding or vandalising shops on Oxford Street. But the truth is,...
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