Introduction to Descartes
March 31, 2017Short video introducing one of the main rationalist thinkers...
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University students demand philosophers be taken off the syllabus
March 16, 2017They are said to be the founding fathers of Western philosophy, whose ideas underpin civilised society. But students at a prestigious London university are demanding that figures such as Plato, Descartes and Immanuel Kant should be largely dropped from the curriculum because they are white. The student union at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) insists that when studying philosophy “the majority of philosophers on our courses” should be from Africa and Asia.The union said it is part...
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‘Philosophy needs to be given its proper place at the heart of UK education’
March 13, 2017One 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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Bertrand Russell: the everyday value of philosophy
March 10, 2017Many 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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Anthony Quiton on Wittgenstein
April 15, 2016Some interesting ideas for religious language....
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20 Celebrities who studied Philosophy or Religious Studies
December 17, 2015Win 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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