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Peter Singer on Comedy Show?
Is this the only place philosophers can get airtime in the USA? Peter Singer talks about animals, food and the usual – but on the Comedy Central show ‘The Colbert Report’:
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Religion, Philosophy & Ethics
Welcome to the course blog for Religion, Philosophy & Ethics at University of Gloucestershire.
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A Dancing God?
Over at the blog of our friends at the Florida Student Philosophy Blog, someone raised an interesting point on the interpretation of a line in Nietzsche’s Thus spoke Zarathustra: I reproduce the post below – feel free to follow up…
Dalai Lama Visit Report
Recently Jeannie Caton, one of our 2nd years (about to enter the third year) went to see the Dalai Lama speak, here in the UK. Very kindly, she has written a short report which I here pass on.. Cheers, Dave:…
Fantastic Philosophy Resources at MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made huge amounts of their ‘courseware’ available, free, online. This includes a lot of philosophy materials. For example, see HERE for lectures notes on a range of topics including the Problem of Evil, the Ontological…
PhD Opportunity Available
The faculty of Sport, Exercise and Social Care are advertising a three year fully funded PhD (£12,000 plus fees) in the Philosophy of Sport and Technology. The studentship is available to research the following questions: To what extent can a…
Philosophy & Ethics Reading Group
Just a reminder that our next (and last) meeting for this year is Tuesday 6th May at 6pm in Bar Ha! Ha!, Montpelier. We will be discussing Anna Karenina but please still come even if you haven’t managed to read…
Islam and the Veil conference
See for details of this week’s event at the University.Details: Islam and the Veil 14th April 2008: Tiered Lecture Theatre, Francis Close Hall. Tuesday April 29, 10.30am. Tackling the issue of Islam and the Veil, the annual conference on…
MA: The Child: Literature, Language and History
Hi.As one academic year begins to move towards its conclusion, many of you may be considering future study… In addition to the research options we offer (from Masters to Doctorate), and the many of our current Final Year students who…
Prince Henry’s High School – Evesham – Death and beyond…
Yesterday saw another school visit, to talk to the A Level students in Evesham at Prince Henry’s High School – Where the friendly, cofffee-providing staff helped us through a 2 hour session – on life-after-death (though we decided this was…