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The ‘Other’ Hay Festival
How The Light Gets In is the UK’s first philosophy and music festival in Hay on-Wye which runs over the same ten days, 22-31 May, as the Hay Literary Festival. For the first time ever in the UK, music and…
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Religion, Philosophy & Ethics
Welcome to the course blog for Religion, Philosophy & Ethics at University of Gloucestershire.
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Excellent Buddhist Podcast
Taken from : “Fredrick M. Smith from the University of Iowa presented his talk on “Indian Buddhist Sociolinguistics and Buddhist Notions of Possession: A Fragment from the Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa” on April 30, 2009 as part of the Columbia University Buddhist…
Baggini’s Philosophy Monthly
Julian Baggini, editor of The Philosopher’s Magazine and previous speaker at our University, has launched a new monthly podcast which is available on iTunes. Episode 1 featured a talk with the Chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks and Julian’s visit to the…
Buddhist Art
The Telegraph reviews a new Gallery at the Victoria and Albert museum, devoted to Buddhist art.The review [click HERE] raises some issues about detachment, and the nature of the images, and whether the gallery actively promotes Buddhist values – so…
Blogging Nietzsche
The Guardian online has an excellent site where various experts provide infomed comment on philosophy texts. Giles Fraser has written comments on Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals, Julian Baggini on Hume’s views on religion, and currently Mary Midgeley is commenting on…
Islam Conference next week – Shi’ism: Past and Present
Just a reminder about next week’s event – students (and others) are all welcome – but do register first – some details should be HERE, or contact Patricia Downes for details on attending. The programme for the day is: SHI’ISM,…
Ted Honderich to speak in Cheltenham on War and Terrorism
Gloucestershire Philosophical Society, Summer Term. Talk on Wednesday22nd. April, 2009, 7.30.p.m. FCH HC203 University of GloucestershireMap HERE. Professor Ted Honderich, UCL “Terrorisms, Terrorist Wars: A philosophical perspective.” Professor Honderich is an internationally renowned political philosopher; editor of the Oxford Companion…
Artificial Intelligence debate
Some details of an interesting local event: Café Scientifique Finale Tuesday 12th May: (Last Debate in the current Café Scientifique Series) On Artificial Intelligence Arrivals: from 7:15pm for 7.30pm kick off, finish around 9:30ish Location: The Pavillion (in the gardens…
Philosophy Society Update
We will not meet on the first Thursday of May, but will meet on the first Thursday of June, the 4th. Gallery Room. Park Campus. 7pm. We will be reading The Brothers Karamazov, a personal favourite. But not to fear,…