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Our next book is Dostoevsky’s ‘The Double’. A short description can be found on the wordpress site: readingphilosophyOur next meeting will be Tuesday 5th February. Time and place to be confirmed.

Philosopher Julian Baggini is currently writing a book on Complaint and asking as many people as possible to contribute by completing a short online survey. After taking the survey you may also want to read his piece for Comment is…

Following a couple of hours dissecting Sartre’s Nausea last night and discussing the implications of accepting the Existentialist position, we have agreed our next book (actually, it’s a play) to be Arcadia by Tom Stoppard. More information can be found…

I am pleased to announce our preliminary meeting will be next Tuesday (2nd October – Week 2) at 6pm in FCH bar.It will be an opportunity to meet each other, collate some ideas for our reading material, and to discuss…

University of KentuckyFifth Annual Prize Essay Competition inEuropean Philosophy from Kant to the Present TOPIC: The Implications of Bio-Medical Technology forHuman Nature This topic may be addressed historically, systematically, or through any combination of these two approaches. The winning essay…

As some of you may have heard, as a result of flooding there is no running water in our taps here in Cheltenham… As a result, the University is closed until Friday 3rd August – so if you have any…

The new Departmental course brochure (for Humanities at the University of Gloucestershire – that is English Language; English Literature; Creative Writing; History and Religion, Philosophy & Ethics (RPE)) can now be downloaded at:

I recently had an e-mail from our friends at the University of North Florida‘s Philosophy department (Hi Rico) – to let us know that their philosophy blog is now back and up and running at full speed- and I must…

As the dust settles after exams, your minds may be turning to the RPE modules of Semester Two. For those on the Buddhism module – you will shortly receive links to some introductory podcasts for this course. Till then –…