Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Juuuuusssstttt… uploading podcast ep. Might take a little while! So, essentially, it’s been busy-busy around here and I’ve written a lengthy outline of some of the things that have been going on over at the Token Skeptic site – it’s a script of what I’ll say on the show and you can read it and [...]
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In Perth? Not doing TAMOz? Keen on Philosophy? Free Philosophy colloquium at Murdoch University – Brian Hill Lecture Theatre, 8.30-5.30pm, 30th November. Our goal is once again to provide a forum for the vital exchange of ideas in a supportive, collegial atmosphere, as well as to foster ties between philosophy departments, staff and students. It [...]
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Congratulations to all the participants this year at Philosothon! A great night of discussion and inquiry all round. … Each year the event has grown with currently 24 schools participating in the West Australian 2010 Philosothon. 18 schools will participate in the Queensland Ascham College Philsothon and 8 schools will participate in the first Melbourne [...]
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The following is fictional and bears no relation to actual events. But not the bits which have me *headdesking* in recollection. If there is any distinguishing factor that unites lower-school high-school Philosophy teachers, it is the Philosophical problem of The Human Centipede. A problem that we really could do quite well without. No, I am [...]
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Wahh, Philosophy Camp went well, with no bouncing Serval cats seen anywhere – although I have discovered that the best solution to staying awake in case of emergency is a sleeping bag. Especially when I rolled myself up in it and started to lose circulation. I did (thankfully!) remain very much awake for some excellent [...]
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Yes, it’s been an incredibly busy week and a half — hence mostly links rather than actual bloggy-blog posts. :/ This weekend? I’m off to a Philosophy Camp. About sixty or more students in total. It better not be as scary as this: Highly unlikely that I’ll be able to blog / tweet / email [...]
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(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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In other words, Philosophy for Children does not tell the child what to think: ultimately that is up to the child. What it does do is give children the intellectual, social and emotional tools that they need to think well, to think judiciously and reasonably and, by means of the classroom community of inquiry, fosters [...]
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