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- I’m for Affirmative Action. Can You Change My Mind?
- What Does It Mean to ‘Speak as a Woman’?
- Knowledge, Ignorance and Climate Change
- How Would You Draw History?
- #IAmSexist
- How to Fix Fake News
- What ‘Justice’ Really Means
- Trump’s New Taunt, Kavanaugh’s Defense and How Misogyny Rules
- Nietzsche Made Me Do It
- Wittgenstein’s Confession
- Philosophy Now
- The Ethics of Education in the Secular State
- Phil Witte’s Cartoon
- News: December 2018 / January 2019
- Brains, Minds, Selves
- The Light From Our Eyes
- Philosophy for the Young, Medieval Style
- I Am Not A Brain by Markus Gabriel
- Should We Pursue Happiness?
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894)
- The Case Against Conceptual Art
- RSA Animate
- Making deliberative democracy work
- Community café
- The progressive case against UBI
- #iPlay4Peace
- Waking up to gender inequality
- Walking the tightrope on the future of work
- Design Thinking for Writing
- Inclusivity comes from respect not indignity
- Adventure learning at Crystal Palace Park
- Work and the Transition Myth
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- Prehistoric Viruses and the Function of the Brain
- 3 Cheers for Metacognition
- Why Do People Mistake Narcissism for High Self-Esteem?
- Who's a Smart Dog?!
- A New Connection between the Gut and Brain
- How to Overcome Feelings of Shame
- The Hippies Were Right: It's All about Vibrations, Man!
- Kids Today Are Being Socialized to Think They're Fragile Snowflakes
- Bad First Impressions Are Not Set in Stone
- More Than a Third of Female Suicides Are Committed by Indian Women
- TED talks
- 3 kinds of bias that shape your worldview | J. Marshall Shepherd
- How storytelling helps parents in prison stay connected to their kids | Alan Crickmore
- The work that makes all other work possible | Ai-jen Poo
- A lesson on looking | Amy Herman
- How to motivate people to do good for others | Erez Yoeli
- 3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do | Stacey Abrams
- Confessions of a recovering micromanager | Chieh Huang
- Me Too is a movement, not a moment | Tarana Burke
- The story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero | Gabby Rivera
- 100 solutions to reverse global warming | Chad Frischmann
Category Archives: Philosophy of Religion
A Life of Meaning (Reason Not Required) – What is the nature of our relationship with reason?
If philosophy is to stay relevant, it must bridge the gap between feeling, thought and reason. Few would disagree with two age-old truisms: We should strive to shape our lives with reason, and a central prerequisite for the good life … Continue reading
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Do we live in a simulation?
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The Principle of Sufficient Reason
Form the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy “The Principle of Sufficient Reason is a powerful and controversial philosophical principle stipulating that everything must have a reason or cause. This simple demand for thoroughgoing intelligibility yields some of the boldest and most … Continue reading
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Hume’s criticism of the design argument
Hume-Dialogues – Jeff Speaks
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Atheism as a ‘Null Hypothesis’
An interesting take on the subject by QualiaSoup…
Philosophical Health Check
This is a fabulous online interactive to see how coherent your beliefs and values are as a whole (tpm online) Check your [philosophical]Tension Quotient! To take the philosophical health check (PHC), go through the statements below, selecting for each one … Continue reading
The Meaningfulness of Lives
By TODD MAY NYTimes ‘The Stone’ http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/the-meaningfulness-of-lives/ Who among us has not asked whether his or her life is a meaningful one? Who has not wondered — on a sleepless night, during a long stretch of dull or taxing work, or … Continue reading
Peace of Mind: Near-Death Experiences Now Found to Have Scientific Explanations
Seeing your life pass before you and the light at the end of the tunnel, can be explained by new research on abnormal functioning of dopamine and oxygen flow By Charles Q. Choi Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=peace-of-mind-near-death Near-death experiences are often thought of … Continue reading
Philosophy of Religion website
A wonderfully organised overview of the classic philosophy of religion issues, arguments and problems. http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/
Philosophy in Senior Schools
(From my appearance on ABC Radio National’s ‘Philosopher’s Zone) http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2007/1911312.htm Philosophy is about asking childlike questions – how do we know the world exists? How do we know it hasn’t just started existing? Why can’t we go back in time? … Continue reading
Religion is not a state obligation
Q: SHOULD the federal government be funding school chaplains in state schools? Ask the Philosopher Column by Tim Soutphommasane in The Australian August 20, 2011 religion-is-not-a-state-obligation (pdf) (Uploaded by Katherine Cheng.)
Indian High Court Rules Astrology is a Science
MUMBAI: Astrology has been debunked by most world scientists including India’s renowned physicist Prof. Yash Pal. However, it is “science” in India. Philosophy of religion, philosophy of science,TOK, appeal to tradition, logical fallacies, reasoning. Astrology is a science_ Bombay HC … Continue reading
Morality without Religion
Marc Hauser and Peter Singer. Empirical evidence of innate morality? Philosophy of mind. Moral philosophy. HauserSingerMoralRelig05
Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller
Wiley Miller’s cartoons often pose questions about life in general. He also has a number of cartoons which illustrate particular -isms that can be used in a philosophy classroom. Fundamentalism is one of his ‘pet’ subjects. One of my favourites … Continue reading
Hume, David – Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
A text file of the complete work. Save and open in Word or click on the link and search for particular passages in the page displayed. Hume – Natural-Religion
Theory of Knowledge Web Site
A great resources covering all the basics. See also philosophyofreligion.info and philosophyofmind.info. http://www.theoryofknowledge.info/
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Psychology and Psychics – Why some people think they are psychic.
Interesting article on why people may feel psychic from New Scientist. Philosophy of mind, human nature, psychics, psychology. New Scientist Belief Special 28 January 2006 Glad to be gullible Clare Wilson It is five minutes past midnight and I am alone … Continue reading
Why should I respect oppressive religions?
Religion and the ‘right’ to respect – comments on recent United Nations changes to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Ethics, religion, social and political philosophy. Johann Hari Posted from: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-why-should-i-respect-these-oppressive-religions-1517789.html Whenever a religious belief is criticised, its adherents say … Continue reading
Six ‘Uniquely Human’ Characteristics Now Found in Animals
New Scientist magazine review of six traits once thought unique to humans and now found in other animals. Philosophy of human nature, mind. 17:11 22 May 2008 NewScientist.com news service Kate Douglas To accompany the article So you think humans are … Continue reading
