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Animals, Human Beings and Other Persons – Professor Christine Korsgaard
I was privileged this week to go to a series of lectures by the renowned Kantian philosopher, Christine Korsgaard. This was hosted brilliantly by the Oxford Martin School. Professor Korsgaard gave three lectures. Today I will give a synopsis of … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, argument, ethics, Kant, Korsgaard, philosophy
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Possible Worlds Theory
We all think there are ways things might have been. I might now be sunning myself on a beach in Italy instead of slaving over a hot laptop. Or I might now be asleep in bed. In fact there are … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Monthly Conundrums
Tagged Alexius Meinong, argument, Counterfactuals, David Lewis, logic, Modality, Necessity, philosophy, Possibility, Possible worlds
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History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
This month’s featured website is Professor Peter Adamson’s ‘History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps’ website. http://historyofphilosophy.net Peter Adamson is Professor of Philosophy at King’s College London (and at the LMU in Munich). His podcasts, all about 20 minutes in length … Continue reading
The OUDCE Philosophical Society Members’ Weekend
In 2002 it seemed to me that it was such a shame that we have so many intelligent, interesting members of the OUDCE Philosophical Society, but that they never got a formal opportunity to make their views public. So I … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections, Uncategorized
Tagged AI, argument, discussion, philosophy, thinking, Thought
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The Mind-Body Problem
This problem would be better named ‘the mind-brain problem’. It is the problem of whether the mind IS the brain, or to be more precise, the problem of whether mental states ARE neural states. The average modern person holds a … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Conundrums
Tagged argument, brain, Leibniz' law, mind-body problem, philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
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Philosophy For All (PFA)
This month’s featured website is Philosophy for All. The name says it all. Their interest is getting everyone interested in philosophy (an aim I share!). They do not care how old you are, what your background is or whether you’ve … Continue reading
The Meaning of ‘Red’ (and Wittgenstein’s Private Language Argument)
I recently posted a question on my Facebook page (Marianne Talbot Philosophy – come and join us!) which triggered a lot of discussion. This was the question: Pillar boxes in the UK are red. So are strawberries and tomatoes. We … Continue reading
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Tagged argument, Meaning of 'red', philosophy, Private Language, Wittgenstein
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Philosophy Now
This month’s website is the website for Philosophy Now Magazine. Not everything on it is free, but there is enough free content to qualify it for my website of the month. Philosophy Now is a bi-monthly magazine, edited by Rick … Continue reading
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Tagged philosophy, Philosophy magazine, Wittgenstein
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Excerpt from my new book: Critical Reasoning: A Romp Through the Foothills of Logic
Truth and Falsehood Arguments are not true or false. Arguments are only good or bad. So the sentences that constitute an argument – the sentence that is asserted, and those sentences on the basis of which the first is asserted … Continue reading
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Tagged argument, bivalence, classical logic, critical reasoning, falsehood, philosophy, truth
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Utilitarianism – the Final Word on Morality?
Consequentialism of some kind, usually Utilitarianism, is the ‘kneejerk’ moral theory of our time. It seems obvious to many people that the right – the moral – thing to do is whatever will produce the greatest happiness of the greatest … Continue reading
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