Wednesday 20 October 2010

I came across an interesting piece of news. The town of Malmesbury (the home of Thomas Hobbes) in Wiltshire is hoping to market itself as the first offical UK philosophy town!

Monday 18 October 2010

Reality and perception: optical illusions

Those of you interested in philosophy of mind and the reality/perception paradox might find this of interest:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11553099

Apparently some sceptics have measured the images to ensure that there isn't any digital manipulation going on here--and there isn't...

Ruth