Dear Students of Philosophical Studies,
Welcome back to lectures! I hope everyone had an enjoyable summer and have returned to University excited to continue their studies. My name is Tom Stables, and I am the chair of the Staff-Student Committee for Philosophical Studies.
The SSC serves an important purpose in promoting Continue reading Apply to be a representative on the staff-student committee
The principal texts for this year’s course are: Continue reading PHI1010 European Philosophical Traditions 1
Just a quick reminder that since many of our texts are historical, Continue reading Free books
Dear all,
Tuesday’s lecture was a brief analysis of the concept of power, in which we Continue reading PHi3001 Reason and Legitimacy
And also another chance to get involved with Philosophy nationally: Continue reading British Undergraduate Philosophy Society
Dear all,
The following may be of interest to some of you, especially those wishing to pursue further studies in Philosophy. Continue reading Open Minds XI – Call For Abstracts
Welcome or welcome back, as the case may be, to the Philosophy degree for 2015-2016. There have been a Continue reading A new year.
We have now moved to the Bedson Building, second floor, so if you are Continue reading Welcome back and we’re not there anymore, we’re here
If you are worried about how the concepts and discourse of philosophy have been stolen by advertising, technology and politics, resulting in a Baudrillardian murder of the real, then read this rather funny parody of Google (and other big tech giants!) which made me laugh.
First and most importantly, congratulations to all our stage 3 students who will be graduating in July. Enjoy the summer, unless you are immediately starting work…. But enjoy that as well.
Second, congratulations to stages 1 and 2 for some good work and take a rest before we start in earnest in Autumn. Remember that we shall be in a new building (Bedson) with bright, shiny, new furniture.
Have a nice summer.