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- A nice Philosophy of Mind summary
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- A Life of Meaning (Reason Not Required) – What is the nature of our relationship with reason?
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- Teaching philosophy improves standardised scores
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- Free will is not as free as we think – and that’s ok.
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- Plato and Aristotle from 'The School of Athens'
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- Ockham's Razor
- Hooked on Horoscopes (pdf)
- The Tools of Critical Thinking
- Philosophy of Religion - Richard Dawkins' rejection of the argument from design
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Category Archives: Web links
Australasian Association of Philosophy
AAP is the professional organization for academic philosphers in Australia, NZ and Singapore. The site contains information on up-coming philosophy related events, links to philosophy departments in Australasian universities, and through the ‘resources’ link, contains among other items a terrific … Continue reading
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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Socratic questioning
Good site for covering the basics (and more) of Socratic technique. http://changingminds.org/techniques/questioning/socratic_questions.htm
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Squashed Philosophers
The books which defined the way The West thinks now…In their own words, but condensed and abridged into something like readable. A nice way to review their philosophies. http://www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed/
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Australian Skeptics
Website of the Australian Skeptics. http://www.skeptics.com.au/
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FAPSA – Federation of Australian Philosophy in Schools Associations
Just what it says. Good source for contacts through the states. http://fapsa.org.au/
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Philosophy Games
The Philosophers’ magazine online – an excellent series of games on philosophy, critical thinking and deductive logic. Includes Battlefield God and moral philosophy games. http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/
Philosophy of Religion
An excellent site for Philosophy of Religion – Source of booklet. Thanks, Tim. http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/
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Stanford Encylcopedia of Philosophy
The famous one – all you ever wanted to know about the philosophers. http://plato.stanford.edu/
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Internet Encylopedia of Philosophy
Great collection of information on philosophers and their philosophies. http://www.iep.utm.edu/
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Philosophy of Mind website
Outstanding introduction to Philosophy of Mind. See also http://www.philosophyofreligion.info. http://www.philosophyofmind.info/
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New Scientist website
About the best access to general science and topical issues relating to science you can get. http://www.newscientist.com/
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Critical Thinking on the Web
A directory of online resources. http://austhink.com/critical/
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