Thursday, 23 June 2011
New podcast series
I've replaced my Philosophy Monthly with a new, more frequent, less regular series of shorter interviews, discussion, talks and features called microphilosophy. The first two episodes are already out. The first is an interview with the philosopher and theologian Richard Swinburne on souls; the second an interview with the writer and poet Brian Christian about his book on what artificial intelligence tells us about being human. The iTunes feed is here.
Festival of Education - 25/26 June
I'm taking part in three events at The Sunday Times Festival of Education this weekend at Wellington College, Berkshire.
On Saturday at noon I'm on a Wired Magazine panel, chaired by David Rowan, on How New Technology Has Changed Us All with Paul Morley and Will Dutton.
On Sunday at 2 I'm a participating chair of a discussion of Philosophers on Philosophy in Schools with A.C. Grayling, Angie Hobbs, Emma Williams and Peter Worley.
Then at 3 I'm taking part in the debate "A Secular Society Should not Tolerate Faith Schools" with Archbishop George Stack, Bishop John Pritchard, A.C. Grayling, Evan Harris, Dominic Lawson and Iqbal Sacranie.
Full details are here.
On Saturday at noon I'm on a Wired Magazine panel, chaired by David Rowan, on How New Technology Has Changed Us All with Paul Morley and Will Dutton.
On Sunday at 2 I'm a participating chair of a discussion of Philosophers on Philosophy in Schools with A.C. Grayling, Angie Hobbs, Emma Williams and Peter Worley.
Then at 3 I'm taking part in the debate "A Secular Society Should not Tolerate Faith Schools" with Archbishop George Stack, Bishop John Pritchard, A.C. Grayling, Evan Harris, Dominic Lawson and Iqbal Sacranie.
Full details are here.
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
The Shrink & The Sage: Weakness of will
The weak-willed are usually portrayed as irrational creatures who allow their hot desires to overrule what cooler reason tells them is in their best interests. This is somewhat unfair because, as the philosopher Stephen P. Schwartz has argued, there are many times when it is strength of will, not weakness, which looks rationally puzzling...Latest FT Weekend magazine Column (Published 18/19 June)
Sunday, 12 June 2011
The Shrink & The Sage: Appearance
There is a tendency for the educated to overstate the triviality of surfaces. A disdain for appearances is often taken as a mark of intellectual superiority, an ability to see further and deeper than the shallow hoi polloi...Latest column in the FT Weekend Magazine (11/12 June)
Friday, 3 June 2011
The Shrink & The Sage: When to quit?
Too much determination is when our resolution remains the same but the facts, or our knowledge of them, have changed.Latest Shrink & Sage column in last weekend's FT Magazine (28/29 May)
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