Philosophy and Everyday (Urban) LIfe

Hot off the presses, well a couple of days back actually, but it's certainly a philosophy in the news day.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/oct/08/philosophy-city-liverpool-urban-pursuit

More Philosophy in the Telegraph

Looks like the Telegraph is starting to 'wise up'! Here is another piece from Today's telegraph on the philosophical implications of the cognitive neurosciences:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/8058541/Neuroscience-free-will-and-determinism-Im-just-a-machine.html

Cheers

Neil

Desperately Seeking Socrates

There is an interesting article in today's Telegraph on archaeological research into life in 5th century Athens - the Athens of Socrates, Plato etc.

You can see this at:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/8056764/Desperately-seeking-wise-old-Socrates.html

Cheers

Neil

Pocket Pantheon

Anyone interested in the work of Badiou and/or key philosophers of the C20th might want to take a look at my Culture Machine book review of one of Badiou's recent works, Pocket Pantheon (2009) available at:

http://www.culturemachine.net/index.php/cm/article/view/412/424

Badiou's Pantheon is a small, informative yet provocative volume, well worth a look...

Cheers
Ruth