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Jan 1, 2018

Day 365 — End Of The 365 Days Of Philosophy

This is it! End of the series. For the Patreon subscribers, there’s an index to the main posts of the podcast and I’ll be sending out a pdf version in March. It’s been a busy year, busier that I intended. I started a PhD, I lost a much loved pet…

Philosophy

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Philosophy

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Dec 31, 2017

Day 364 — Extended Answers Revision IV

Here’s a mixture of extended answer or essay questions dealing with topics covered this year: There’s no such thing as true altruism. Discuss. Equality of the classes is unachievable until there’s equality of the sexes. Discuss. Must utility ‘be grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being’? What are the properties of God? Could we be living in a simulation created by an advanced civilization? See video for an example.

Philosophy

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Philosophy

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Dec 30, 2017

Day 363 — Extended Answers Revision III

Here’s a mixture of extended answer or essay questions dealing with topics covered this year: The criteria for art is consensus. Discuss. What are the limits of faith? Discuss Can you ever be ethically obliged to do the wrong thing? Discuss There is no right solution to the trolley car problem. Discuss. Is this cartoon a fair depiction of “what is good counsel”? Discuss.

Philosophy

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Philosophy

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Dec 29, 2017

Day 362 — Film Resource The Birth Of Modern Philosophy

Here’s a series that has appeared online and can be followed along as a very useful tutorial session — it’s a series of lectures delivered by Peter Millican to first-year philosophy students at the University of Oxford. The lectures comprise the 8-week General Philosophy course and were delivered in late 2009. Here’s further resources including the pdfs of the slides used.

Education

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Education

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Dec 28, 2017

Day 361 — Extended Answers Revision II

Here’s a mixture of extended answer or essay questions dealing with topics covered this year: There is no true unified conception of god, therefore we should dismiss religion. Discuss. What are the limits of skepticism? Why do we care about the opinions of others when we have different identities, an ever-developing personality and different stages of life? Advertising is to science as charcoal-rubbing is to art. Discuss.

Essay Questions

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Essay Questions

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Dec 27, 2017

Day 360 — Extended Answers Revision

Here’s a mixture of extended answer or essay questions dealing with topics covered this year: Freedom of speech is in opposition to freedom of religion — discuss. There is no such thing as a moral centre when it comes to making ethical judgements — discuss. Is there such a thing as a truly free choice? Conventions will always trump contracts. Discuss. Is this cartoon a fair depiction of the sciences?

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Day 360 — Extended Answers Revision
Day 360 — Extended Answers Revision
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Dec 26, 2017

Day 359 — Doctor Who and Humanism

It being Boxing Day, one of the traditions of the season is the Doctor Who broadcast, and this year there was a strong allusion to the philosophy of Bertrand Russell. It’s nothing particularly new; John Leeson was the actor who provided the voice for both the Nucleus and K-9. Leeson based K-9’s voice on that of philosopher, mathematician and historian, Bertrand Russell. To recognise the very humanistic contributions of the series, here’s a documentary on “50 Years of Humanism” in Doctor Who, and a recent article reviewing (spoiler alert!) on the new Doctor.

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Philosophy

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Dec 25, 2017

Day 358 — Resource Revision

Merry merry returns of the season! Today’s episode is the revision of content from the past week — you can support the 365DaysOfPhilosophy podcast by visiting www.patreon.com/kyliesturgess and review previous episodes at www.365daysofphilosophy.com. If you can help the show continue, head to: https://www.patreon.com/kyliesturgess Music from Jukedeck — create your own at http://jukedeck.com.

Philosophy

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Philosophy

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Dec 24, 2017

Day 357 — Book Resource The Atheist’s Guide To Christmas

The Atheist’s Guide to Christmas, edited by Ariane Sherine, is not a recent collection, such as a fairly dated but amusing essay on James Randi as a Santa Claus figure, but it’s still got some valuable contributions on the topic of celebrating the season from non-faith perspectives. …

Christmas

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Christmas

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Dec 23, 2017

Day 356 — Book Resource Christmas Philosophy For Everyone

To give this book its full title, Christmas — Philosophy for Everyone: Better than a Lump of Coal investigates the history of philosophy while delving into the different approaches to the festive season, such as the perspectives of Aristotle, Hume, Kant and Nietzsche. …

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Christmas

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