The English Dream
The rise of both Bournemouth and its football club club reflects the values and aspirations of a nation. You could call it the English Dream.
ReadAuthor: Julian Baggini
Philosophy: Understanding big ideas
BACK TO SCHOOL – LONDON, 14 SEPTEMBER. “Come back to philosophy class for the evening with the teacher you wish[…]
ReadEdinburgh International Book Festival
THE FREEDOM TO DECIDE – EDINBURGH, 16 AUGUST. My Edinburgh International Book Festival has already sold out. Info on returns here.
ReadA crash course in philosophy that kids will get first
I’ve written a PhD thesis on the self and later a book, and whenever I talk about it I go on about how the most credible and widely accepted theory (among philosophers, at least) is counter-intuitive and hard to grasp. Then some cartoon comes along which makes the key points intelligible to children. Inside Out has turned my world upside down.
ReadDoes philosophy have a problem with women?
Philosophers have tended to have an inflated sense of their ability to “follow the argument wherever it leads”, as Plato’s old saw has it. What matters is the argument, not the arguer, which means there is no need even to think about gender or ethnicity. Philosophers have thus felt immune to the distorting effects of gender bias. Logic is gender-neutral, philosophy is logical, ergo philosophy is gender-neutral. I suspect this has led to complacency, a blindness towards all the ways in which, in fact, gender bias does creep in.
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