Philosophy of History from Kant to Foucault [Fully Booked]
[course now fully-booked] Summer Term 2016, Tuesdays, 19:00 – 21:00, ten weeks starting 12th April Course Tutor: Meade McCloughan. How should we, as historical beings, understand ourselves and our place in history? Are we moving forward, and if so, how and to what? Or should we be looking back, to understand how we got to […]
Democracy
Summer Term 2016, Tuesdays, 15:00 – 17:00, ten weeks starting 12th April Course Tutor: Anja Steinbauer. Plato hated it, Bertrand Russell loved it, Jean-Jacques Rousseau thought it couldn’t be done: The greatest minds are divided when it comes to the value of democracy. This course focuses on the meaning, the contexts, the pitfalls and benefits, as […]
Ghosts in Philosophy and Literature
Summer Term 2016, Tuesdays, 11:00 – 13:00, ten weeks starting 12th April Course Tutor: Anja Steinbauer. Not only have ghosts haunted literature from Homer to Dante, from Shakespeare to Terry Pratchett, they also creep into philosophy in various forms, affecting philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, cultural criticism and philosophical anthropology. We will use both […]
Spinoza and Spinozism
Summer Term 2016, Mondays, 17:00 – 19:00, ten weeks starting 11th April Course Tutor: John Heyderman. Bertrand Russell called Spinoza “the noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers” while Albert Einstein professed a belief in ‘Spinoza’s God’. Yet in his lifetime, Spinoza was reviled as an atheist and after his death ‘Spinozism’ became a […]
Problems in Philosophy
Summer Term 2016, Mondays, 13:00 – 15:00, ten weeks starting 11th April Course Tutor: Jane O’Grady. In what circumstances would you save the lives of five people by letting one person die? How free are you? Are you the same person you were twenty years ago? In any case, who on earth are you? This […]
Philosophy of Biology
Summer Term 2016, Mondays, 11:00 – 13:00, ten weeks starting 11th April Course Tutor: Mark Fielding The impact of Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is having a profound impact on Philosophy as Philosophers come to grips with the new conceptual questions this theory poses. The course covers key areas of contemporary Philosophy of […]
John Dee’s Life With The Angels
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Understand and Embrace Difficult Emotions with Susan David
Every day we speak around 16,000 words – but the voice in our heads creates thousands more. Thoughts such as ‘I’m not spending enough time with my children’ or ‘I don’t have the confidence to do this presentation at work’ are taken as unshakable facts when, in reality, they are the judgmental opinions of our […]
Finding Your True Work with Sarah Rozenthuler
Sarah Rozenthuler, author of Life-Changing Conversations: 7 Strategies For Talking About What Matters Most will help us get clear about what the next step is for you in your life and career. During these times of disruptive change, many of us are questioning what life is all about. Even if we are fortunate enough to have “made […]