Philosopher’s Zone- Philosophy in a nutshell pt 4: Nietzsche and nihilism
- Philosophy in a nutshell pt 3: Derrida and the text
- Philosophy in a nutshell pt 2: Confucius, wealth and politics
- Philosophy in a nutshell pt 1: The aphorism
- Politics at the extremes
- PRESENTS — Ideas
- Progressive Islam
- The abominable heretic
- Shifting the frame on COVID-19
- NYTimes – The Stone
- How to Reopen the American Mind
- How Should an Atheist Think About Death?
- What Moral Philosophy Tells Us About Our Reactions to Trump’s Illness
- How to Die (Without Really Trying)
- Faces in a Nursing Home
- We Need a Monument to the Unknown America
- Don’t Fear Dying. Fear Violence.
- Should We Cancel Aristotle?
- Was This Ancient Taoist the First Philosopher of Disability?
- What if We Could Have Meat Without Murder?
- Philosophy Now
- RSA Animate
- The Green Corridors Initiative
- Governance governing government
- Why print money when we can print wealth?
- Building a resilient health and care system
- We'll always have Paris?
- Experimentation and equity in global cities
- Technology-enabled deliberative democracy
- Healthier placemaking
- Creating a sovereign wealth fund in Wolverhampton
- Economic recovery and climate action
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- Why Hatred and 'Othering' of Political Foes Has Spiked to Extreme Levels
- Governments Worldwide Consider Ditching Daylight Saving Time
- Media Multitasking Disrupts Memory, Even in Young Adults
- Conservative and Liberal Brains Might Have Some Real Differences
- The Science of Nerdiness
- The Psychology of Fact-Checking
- The Disturbing History of Research into Transgender Identity
- AI Assesses Alzheimer's Risk by Analyzing Word Usage
- What We Know So Far about How COVID Affects the Nervous System
- Hypnosis Experts Cast Doubt on Famous Psychological Experiments
- TED talks
- The power of venom -- and how it could one day save your life | Mandë Holford
- Our existential flight from death -- and wisdom on connecting to grief | Kevin Toolis
- Climate change is becoming a problem you can taste | Amanda Little
- What if a US presidential candidate refuses to concede after an election? | Van Jones
- Can we create vaccines that mutate and spread? | Leor Weinberger
- What it takes to create social change against all odds | Ralph Nader
- Sexual assault, shame and teaching kids to ask for help | Kristin Jones
- How to reduce the wealth gap between Black and white Americans | Kedra Newsom Reeves
- Could CBD help opioid users overcome addiction? | Yasmin Hurd
- How businesses can serve everyone, not just shareholders | Dame Vivian Hunt
Category Archives: PowerPoints, Video and other Media
The Limits of Imagination
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What use Philosophy?
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A Useful Introduction to Critical Thinking Skills
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Whose brain is it? Consciousness, free will and the brain.
If ‘I’ change ‘my’ mind? Then where do ‘I’ fit in?
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Can science answer questions about morality?
Sam Harris on TED
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What Democracy is not…
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Harvard Justice Series: The Moral Side of Murder
Part One:
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The Changing Climate of Skepticism
Via Embiggen Books In this excellent talk given by Peter Ellerton (winner of the 2008 Australian Skeptics prize for Critical Thinking) on the Climate Change debate, the viewer is encouraged to examine the way in which the debate is being … Continue reading
Imagining the Tenth Dimension
Excellent intellectual exercise
Atheism as a ‘Null Hypothesis’
An interesting take on the subject by QualiaSoup…
Language as a Window into Human Nature
Another excellent video from RSA Animate http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/
Humanist Society of Queensland presentation
HSQ HSQ presentation (pptx)
Decartes Evil Demon
Power point & questions for grade 10 students. Metaphysics, are you a brain in a vat? Overview of Descartes’ evil demon hypothesis (ppt) Comprehension and understanding questions (doc) Descartes and the Evil Demon answers (doc) (Uploaded by Diane Butler.)
The Tools of Critical Thinking
Ocham’s Razor episode with Peter Ellerton on Inductive and Deductive Reasoning and courses in schools. Critical thinking. Ockhams Razor – Ellerton (mp3)
STEM conference
Nature of Science – philosophy of science STEM conference – Nature of Science Presentation (pptx)
