Reasoning enables us to acquire knowledge, to persuade others and to evaluate their arguments. But only if we reason well. We shall be learning how to recognise, evaluate, construct and analyse arguments, and how to recognise common fallacies.
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How can we begin to understand the spiritual lives of prehistoric people? When do religious ideologies first appear on the human evolutionary timescale? Using both anthropology and archaeological evidence these and many other questions are examined.
This event examines core ethical challenges in mental health theory and practice through an intersectional lens, exploring how gender, race, class, and sexuality shape experiences of mental distress, access to care, and mental health systems.
This module will introduce basic questions and concepts in artificial intelligence ethics (i.e. AI Ethics), as well as more general philosophical questions about the ethical issues raised by the adoption of AI in our everyday life.
This course considers the range of ethical issues associated with the conduct of research on humans and animals, and empirical methods in ethics.
Explore the second half of Exodus, the Israelites journey through the Wilderness to Sinai, where Moses receives the Law. Examine its narratives, law codes and instructions for worship, considering each chapter’s content, meaning and application.
Epicurus's philosophy is famous and notorious for its hedonism: pleasure is the highest good and essential to well-being, freedom, and tranquillity. But it’s only one aspect of Epicureanism, which includes views about nature, knowledge, and society too.
Why do champions choke and fans weep? Explore anxiety, freedom, loneliness, guilt, care, time and meaning through great moments in sport, with psychology, psychotherapy and existential philosophy.
Buddhist Mind Science provides insights into the process of dying, helping us prepare for it and support others. Additionally, it offers tools to enhance emotional intelligence, deepen meditation practices, and discover greater purpose in our daily lives.
An introduction to key issues in the Philosophy of Religion, with a focus on God, evil, and religious experience. The supposed clash between science and religion and Wittgensteinian defences of religious belief will be examined.
Examine the role that the art of persuasion has played in classical and contemporary politics and how philosophy has participated in both challenging and supporting it.
Explore the origins of Christian mystical theology, examining how it developed from twin roots in Jewish apocalypticism and Platonic philosophy.
