Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
(Live-Blogging the presentation at the FAPSA conference: ‘Democracy and Philosophy Education’ by Phillip Cam – this isn’t strictly live-blogging, since I did it using a Word document on the day and only now have had the chance to post it) An interview with Phillip Cam, an associate professor of history and philosophy at the University [...]
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This is just a quick plug for those who are in the area and are wondering about some of the activities going on that I help out with. The next Philosophy Cafe will be held on Tuesday, August 11th, from 7.30pm at the University of Notre Dame at the old Fremantle Hotel (now Fairweathers) in [...]
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Firstly — here’s two films that I made for the Skeptic Zone podcast and only recently got uploaded. They were first filmed for the TANK vodcast; now they are edited for easier viewing. Thanks to Richard Saunders for getting me more time to show them in full. Interview with Professor Jeff Malpas — Dr Jeff [...]
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I know that there’s perhaps a few people who aren’t aware of the work going on in Australia to encourage philosophy and critical thinking for the younger age groups. In fact, considering the work that’s going on with P4C in over sixty countries, it’s kind of funny how many people still ask about ‘what’s going [...]
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A special edition of the TANK Vodcast! This was something I had in mind for a while and even used in unedited format at a Level 1 training course earlier this year — now here it is for everyone who wants to show anyone (for example, other parents, teachers, school administrations or interested stakeholders) about [...]
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It’s going to be a busy few days this week – today we’re looking over the Philosothon footage! Then for the first time, I’m going to the Education Department, because for the past ten years I’ve been an Independent Schools teacher and never had a reason to visit what they call ‘Silver City’. That’ll be [...]
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Hello Ian, here’s what I promised to you at the WW meeting this past weekend! Pardon if I have a certain ‘skeptical’ attitude throughout – because I do know that having gone through lots and lots of professional development experiences, I’ve got a natural wariness about possibly supporting ‘snake oil in education’. Things I’ve put [...]
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I got a sneak preview of the next TANK Vodcast! And there are excellent interviews on it that you simply must see – one in particular had me shouting down the Skype line at Richard Saunders going ‘See? See? They get it! They know what they’re on about and what it should be like for [...]
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