Experimental learning in real and virtual space
Phenomenon, if said in a gruff voice, several times sounds a little like the original muppet theme song.
If, however, you say phenomenology, most people draw a blank and begin to mumble. Listen to the recent radio 4 episode of In Our Time, though, and impress people:
If you are now reading this, it means you have clicked through from Blackoard. The idea of this page is to augment lectures and tutorials with follow up comments and ideas. Continue reading "READ THIS PHI 1010, 2003, 3001"
Books are really expensive and you might feel a little aggrieved when you’re asked only to concentrate on an extract, especially when you have bought it. Many of the historical texts are available online for free Continue reading "Free canonical texts"
A couple of pieces of information just so everybody is up to speed. Continue reading "Godforsaken wastelands, and information for all modules"
In both the stage 2 and stage 3 modules, there is a huge focus of the history of ideas as well as the problems of philosophy. Continue reading "PHI1010 and PHI2003 Secondary research"
As I mentioned last week, I am afraid there will be no lectures on Thursday or Friday as I am away at a conference on the subject of cosmopolitanism. Continue reading "Thursday and Friday"
Welcome to Philosophical Studies and the PHi1010 Module. The subject matter is knowing, reality and truth. Not too much to get through in 11 weeks, then.
Today was just an introduction to what philosophy is and how it is performed. If you take anything from the lecture, it is that if you hold a belief and want it to held by others, then you ought to have bloody good reason that are rational and coherent. We are now going to look at the Theaetetus and see whether Plato himself has good reasons for holding his general claim that empiricism is not a good theory of knowledge. Start reading the dialogue which you can download for free http://www.amazon.co.uk/Theaetetus-ebook/dp/B0082SSDHO/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=39QXP5XJJJY4W&coliid=I3SOGWJISUF4GA. The introduction is very good in this edition, but begin by reading the dialogue itself.
Next week, unfortunately, there will be no lecture as I am away at a conference. I may try to set up tutorials for next week — check your emails regularly. I shall timetable an extra lecture for the future.
This is a repetition of some information I have already posted but it is very useful and hence worthy of the repetition. Books are really expensive and you might feel a little aggrieved when you’re asked only to concentrate on an extract, especially when you have bought it. |However, many of the historical texts are available online for free in the form of etexts. One should, of course, be very careful about both accuracy and also copyright.
Some good places to begin your search are:
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/index.html
http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/
Or, just try typing ‘free etext’ plus title of the work and author into a search engine and see what happens. You may also want to try certain ebook suppliers who I do not want to advertise, companies that rhyme with Damazon and Poogle Play. They also offer free versions of books. I have also shared a wish list on Amazon of some of the texts available for free:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/39QXP5XJJJY4W
An interesting history of the development of Sarin and other chemical weapons in The Guardian yesterday which shows the relationships between technology, war and production quite starkly. You can read it here: http://gu.com/p/3tp3b/. It may be useful information for any of you thinking about doing projects in this area. Continue reading "Sarin, chemical weapons and utilitarianism"