WIS Philosophy

What motivates belief?

2009-11-23T12:28:00.002+08:00

YEAR 13 - please save your own to your laptop in Philosophy of Religion file.

Sandhi Thom lyrics

2009-09-12T14:28:00.001+08:00

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Does she have a point? What could be questioned? How could it be answered? Which bits of her lyrics provoke thought for you?

What is a human being - Sandhi Thom

2009-09-12T14:27:00.001+08:00

Read the lyrics first before you comment.

the Matrix and Philosophy

2009-09-04T08:53:00.002+08:00

Watch the above?

What questions does the film raise? what answers are suggested by the film according to this clip, or according to your interpretation?

What answers do you have? Do you agree with the ideas of the cave?

Ethics - your views based on absolute/ relative ideas

2009-06-04T12:07:00.001+08:00

What are the issues in this situation? Identify them and then discuss them as if you were an absolutist or relativist....

Pigs offer new stem cell source
Pigs
Pig organs are similar to their human equivalents

Chinese scientists have given cells from adult pigs the ability to turn into any tissue in the body, just like embryonic stem cells.

They hope the breakthrough could aid research into human disease, and the breeding of animals for organ transplants for humans.

It may also enable the development of pigs that are resistant to diseases such as swine flu.

Read the rest here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8078996.stm

Meaning of Life

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Meaning of Life

2009-06-04T11:47:00.000+08:00

Meaning of Life

2009-06-04T11:46:00.001+08:00

What is the meaning of life?

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an interesting read: World Philosophy Day

2009-05-07T15:59:00.000+08:00

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7739493.stm

How can we explain human nature?

2009-05-07T14:28:00.002+08:00

Human nature is one of those things that everybody talks about but no one can define precisely. Every time we fall in love, fight with our spouse, get upset about the influx of immigrants into our country, or go to church, we are, in part, behaving as a human animal with our own unique evolved nature—human nature

Source: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20070622-000002.xml

BUT ... can we universally explain it? Do any of the theories we;ve looked at help us? Why ? Why not?
What do you think the explanation is?

What do we really know?

2009-03-26T13:15:00.000+08:00

What questions does ithis ask? Does it provide any answers? What do you think?

Machines and Human Beings

2009-03-26T13:10:00.000+08:00

1) Can a machine be classified as a human being
2) Can a human being be classified as a machine?

Is this human?

2009-03-26T12:27:00.000+08:00

Stem Cells and Cloning

2008-11-27T15:27:00.000+08:00

Any comments??

Biomedical Ethics

2008-11-26T14:19:00.002+08:00

Consider the case of Zain Hashmi - he needs a baby brother or sister to save his life. In creating this new child many embryos will be destroyed. The new child may feel like it was created for 'spare parts'

1) what ethical issues do you see arising from this situation?
2) What do you think - should the Hashmi's have been allowed to create this new life using genetic screening?

Start and continue a debate!!

Do all humans have morals ? What makes us human?

2008-10-16T18:29:00.001+08:00

READ
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/07/17/ftdog17.xml&page=1

WATCH
http://6.cn/watch/457602.html

What are the key philosophical themes? What questions does this raise? What is your opinion?

Language Games - Meta Ethics

2008-09-19T14:25:00.001+08:00

wittgensteinbeetle_bendupre - Upload a Document to Scribd

How is this relevant? What questions does it raise in relation to ethics? What answers do you have?

What is God - Higher. Lorenzo Albacete

2008-09-18T12:43:00.000+08:00

What are the main points, note these on paper. Here discuss any further questions that arise, or any points you feel help us to answer the question "What is God?"

EXTENSION
http://meaningoflife.tv/video.php?speaker=safi&topic=whatsgod

Go to this link. Listen to at least 2 more people. For all clips, on paper make notes on their views, and list questions you might want to further ask or discuss. Add them to your thoughts, where relevant, on the blog.

Dark Knight of The Soul

2008-09-05T15:36:00.001+08:00

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The Author saw the Philosophy in this, that I hope you saw. Imagine this was coursework - would it be any good? What can you take from it?

email subscriptions

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Shirley Hughes on being a philosopher

2008-09-04T18:42:00.001+08:00

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for now just READ
add any comments, questions you like

Doing Philosophy (Higher)

2008-08-27T15:45:00.003+08:00

The value of philosophy is, in fact, to be sought largely in its very uncertainty. The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the co-operation or consent of his deliberate reason. To such a man the world tends to become definite, finite, obvious; common objects rouse no questions, and unfamiliar possibilities are contemptuously rejected. As soon as we begin to philosophize, on the contrary, we find, as we saw in our opening chapters, that even the most everyday things lead to problems to which only very incomplete answers can be given. Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many possibilities which enlarge our thoughts and free them from the tyranny of custom. Thus, while diminishing our feeling of certainty as to what things are, it greatly increases our knowledge as to what they may be; it removes the somewhat arrogant dogmatism of those who have never travelled into the region of liberating doubt, and it keeps alive our sense of wonder by showing familiar things in an unfamiliar aspect.

Betrand Russell - The Problems of Philosophy - OUP 1969

What questions does this pose and how can you provide an answer? If this was your stimulus how would you create an essay - choose an aspect - about doing philosophy and start a discussion!

Have you woken up?

2008-08-24T14:21:00.004+08:00

Is this philosophy? What questions does it ask? Does it provide any answers?

Plato's cave in a cartoon

2008-08-24T14:19:00.001+08:00

An easy version - what do you think of the last statement?