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"Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, law, justice, validity, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions (such as mysticism or mythology) by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned argument. The word is of Greek origin: φιλοσοφία, philosophía, "love of wisdom"." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy
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Quote from: The production of the world-image throught the centre of consciousness - Dr. J. J. van der Leeuw, The Conquest of Illusion (1928)“When I take up a book and drop it on the ground only one event takes place and that is the event as it is in the world of the Real. There is nothing unreal about that event; it is entirely, wholly and thoroughly real. But my awareness of the event, the way in which it presents itself in my ...
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Teaching Thinking – the Practice of Philosophy with ChildrenOne important goal of education is helping young people to develop their ability to think for themselves in responsible way. That means to learn how to think more reflectively and therefore to acquaint children with the tools that are required to think well. Philosophy provides children with ...
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You are not a self! Bodies, brains and the nature of consciousness by prof Thomas Metzinger | All In The Mind - ABC RadioGerman philosopher of mind Thomas Metzinger is one of the world’s top researchers on consciousness, instrumental in its renaissance as a respectable problem for scientific enquiry. (...) Q: Natasha Mitchell You make the provocative argument that there is no such thing as a self, that there ...
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TSN: Jonathan HaidtJonathan Haidt is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. He studies the emotional and intuitive foundations of morality. His current work is based on the idea that morality is a team sport and that political liberals don't understand the game the other side is ...
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The biology of identity. How knowing about our DNA changes our sense of who we are by Steve Sturdy | The Philosophers’ Magazine Dec 2009"(...) personal identity involves more than just a sense of individual uniqueness. It is also heavily bound up with our shared membership of different social groups: nationality, ethnicity, kinship, class, occupation, political affiliation, star sign and many other social categories may all loom ...
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