Philosopher’s Zone- NYTimes – The Stone
- Should I Give Up on White People?
- Should Chimpanzees Be Considered ‘Persons’?
- How to Serve a Deranged Tyrant, Stoically
- How Democracy Can Survive Big Data
- How to Talk About Abortion
- Bannon’s Deviant ‘Badge of Honor’
- You Can’t Put Frederick Douglass in Chains
- Why Are We Surprised When Buddhists Are Violent?
- James Bond Is a Wimp
- What We Owe to Others: Simone Weil’s Radical Reminder
- Philosophy Now
- RSA Animate
- The New Localism: Think Like a System, Act Like an Entrepreneur
- Blockchain platforms can enable good work
- Museum Conservation and 21st Century Education
- Anchors Aweigh: Universities and local industrial strategies
- The Non Sense of Work Life Balance
- The rights of people with a disability are being ignored – what can we do?
- Bringing classical music to a new audience
- The power of creative thinking
- Regulation of AI: Not if but when and how
- Norwich’s coffee house challenge
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- If Singing's Tough, Try Whistling
- How to Stop Abandoning Projects
- Some Mutations Tied to Autism May Be Passed Down from Fathers
- Miniature Human Brains Grow for Months When Implanted in Mice Skulls
- How to Reconcile with a Romantic Partner
- Forestalling a Fatal Decision
- Total Recall: The Latest Tools for Understanding How Memory Works
- Brain's "Brakes" Suppress Unwanted Thoughts
- Why Everyone Is Insecure (and Why That's Okay)
- A Command Center in the Mammalian Brain Orchestrates Parenting Behaviors
- TED talks
- A Parkland teacher's homework for us all | Diane Wolk-Rogers
- Why it's worth listening to people you disagree with | Zachary R. Wood
- The "dead zone" of the Gulf of Mexico | Nancy Rabalais
- The harm reduction model of drug addiction treatment | Mark Tyndall
- A printable, flexible, organic solar cell | Hannah Bürckstümmer
- What's missing in the global debate over refugees | Yasin Kakande
- What if we ended the injustice of bail? | Robin Steinberg
- How we need to remake the internet | Jaron Lanier
- How the arts help homeless youth heal and build | Malika Whitley
- How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky
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
