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Where science meets art. The only necessary and sufficient book store in Melbourne.
Hope our friends enjoy the new look and feel – now optimised for mobile devices for access on the go.

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Coordinator: Peter Ellerton
Web guy: Jason Etheridge RESOURCE COLLECTIONS
THEMED RESOURCES
NEW RESOURCES
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- Science and Conspiracy
- The Limits of Imagination
- What use Philosophy?
- Truth Puzzles booklet
- Can We Choose To Believe Something?
- Honesty and Charity in Arguments
- A Useful Introduction to Critical Thinking Skills
- Analogy
- Whose brain is it? Consciousness, free will and the brain.
- The Tale of the Slave
- 10 Philosophical Principles
- The Fallacy of Deepest Offence
- Philosophy Graduate Abilities
- Fallacies Poster
- What Truth Doesn’t Mean
RANDOM POSTS
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- Obese Child Removed from Parent Care
- John Cleese on the good bits of philosophy
- Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804) - Critique of Practical Reason
- The Role of Men in the Modern World
- Neuroscience for kids
- Continental bid to remove veil in the face of Islamic extremism
- Should we seek a perfect world?
- Sweet & sour: Junior Master Chefs
- Where should paedophiles live
- Free Will and the Mob
USEFUL RSS FEEDS
Philosopher’s Zone
NYTimes – The Stone
Ethics Bites
Talking Philosophy
RSA Animate
Phonline
Scientific American – Mind and Brain- #SciAmBlogs Friday - Kirk vs. Spock, bridge failure, elephant seals, chemical intuition, predatory journals, sleep learning, and more.
- Anti-Psychiatry Prejudice? A response to Dr. Lieberman
- Recommended: High Price
- The Cognitive Science of Star Trek
- Girls Who Are Sexually Abused More Likely to Start Using Substances before Age 10
TED talks- TED: Ji-Hae Park: The violin, and my dark night of the soul - Ji-Hae Park (2013)
- TED: Alastair Parvin: Architecture for the people by the people - Alastair Parvin (2013)
- TED: Judy MacDonald Johnston: Prepare for a good end of life - Judy MacDonald Johnston (2013)
- TED: Phil Hansen: Embrace the shake - Phil Hansen (2013)
- TED: Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism - Peter Singer (2013)
Censorship cartoon I
Bill Leak’s (cartoonist with The Australian) take on PM Kevin Rudd’s reaction to Bill Henson’s photographs. This (and the following cartoon) were used as an ‘ice-breaker’ into the topic of freedom of expression (Social & Political Philosophy – John Stuart Mill).
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