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While there are many excellent schools, there are also serious problems plaguing American and other education systems. [...]
Source: Talking Philosophy || Date : 25 January 2012 | 10:12 pm

Disclosure. Deception. Duplicity. Defamation.

Here in Australia there is an interesting debate going on around the views of Melinda Tankard Reist (“MTR”), [...]
Source: Talking Philosophy || Date : 25 January 2012 | 6:07 am

Religion for Atheists: An Interview With Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton, co-founder of London’s School of Life and author of The Consolations of Philosophy, has been kind [...]
Source: Talking Philosophy || Date : 24 January 2012 | 6:29 pm

Warbots

The United States and many other nations currently operate military remote operated vehicles (ROVs) that are more [...]
Source: Talking Philosophy || Date : 20 January 2012 | 5:05 pm

Freedom of Religion and the Secular State now published

If we use Amazon’s date for it, at least the date that is there this morning, today is the publication date for [...]
Source: Talking Philosophy || Date : 17 January 2012 | 12:04 am

Today's Article From The Philosophers' Magazine

A Darwinian Approach to Moral Philosophy

By TPM

Professor Michael Ruse has written an article for TPM’s Talking Philosophy web site that is well-worth checking out. It makes the case for a: Darwinian Approach to Moral Philosophy

Announcements

In the latest microphilosophy podcast, tpm’s editor-in-chief Julian Baggini talks to John Gray about some of the ideas that emerge from his latest book, The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Quest to Cheat Death. Download from this link or iTunes. The podcast was recorded at the Bristol Festival of Ideas in May, at the Arnolfini.
Can artificial intelligence teach us about what it means to be human? That is the fascinating question behind Brian Christian’s recent book, The Most Human Human. In his latest microphilosophy podcast, Julian Baggini is in conversation with Christian. More information here or download from iTunes.
tpm’s editor-in-chief Julian Baggini has started a new podcast series, microphilosophy, which replaces his popular Philosophy Monthly. Each edition will be an interview, talk, discussion or feature, no longer than half an hour but usually much shorter. This first is an interview with the philosopher and theologian Richard Swinburne, conducted for Julian’s new book, The Ego Trick. More podcasts relating to the book will follow over coming weeks. You can download or listen to the podcast here and at iTunes.
Professor Peter Adamson of Kings College London has started a new series of podcasts covering the history of philosophy. There’s full information here and it’s also available through iTunes.

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