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Philosophy: Metaphysics

Philosophy studies at Lowther Hall

Suggested Metaphysics Reading: New Philosopher Magazine

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 11: Technology.

 

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  • Unplugged for 24 hours (p.18)
  • Inventing our own demise (p.15)
  • A frictionless existence, Oliver Burkeman (pp.21-22)
  • Tune in tomorrow, Antonia Case (pp.27-28)
  • Have we forgotten how to forget?, Patrick Stokes (pp.41-43)
  • Caught in the net, Jessa Gamble (pp.64-65)
  • Here Comes the Real Digital Revolution, Robert W. McChesney (pp.85-88)
  • Would you live in a simulation?, Russell Blackford (pp.99-100)
  • Wittgenstein’s Jet, David Edmonds (pp.105-106)
  • The Thought Police, Andre Dao (p. 129)

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 18: Stuff.

 

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  • Enslaving things, Oliver Burkeman (pp.61-62)

 

  • What your stuff says about you, Samuel Gosling & Zan Boag (pp.82-85)

 

  • Fleshy stuff, Marina Benjamin (p.126)

 

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 26: Change.

 

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  • The stranger up ahead, Patrick Stokes (pp.21-22)

 

  • Can you change who you are? Marina Benjamin (pp.26-28)

 

  • Fifty to know the fate, Gao Rongguo & Zan Boag (pp.56-67)

 

  • Unexpected change, Nigel Warburton (pp.94-96)

 

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 24: Balance.

 

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  • Your shadow self, Oliver Burkeman (pp.27-28)

 

  • Opposites are complementary, Tim Dean (pp.48-51)

 

  • Walking the path, Michael Puett & Nigel Warburton (pp.90-95)

 

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 10: Fame.

 

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  • Forced into fandom, Antonia Case (pp.25-26)

 

  • Famous for $15, Jack Self (pp.53-55)

 

  • Appearances can be deceiving, Tom Chatfield (pp.57-58)

 

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 19: Life.

 

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  • Killer robots, Andre Dao (pp.79-80)

 

  • Thug life, Damon Young (pp.94-97)

 

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 27: Family Matters.

 

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  • Living with robots, Maggie Jackson (pp.63-65)

 

Unit 1: On Free Will & Determinism

Video selection: Unit 1: On Materialism & Idealism

Video selection: Unit 3: Minds & Bodies

Video selection: Unit 3: Personal Identity

Video selection: Unit 1: On the Material Mind and Unit 3: Minds & Bodies

Video selection: Unit 1: On Free Will & Determinism and Unit 3: Minds & Bodies

Unit 1: On Materialism & Idealism, Unit 1: On the Material Mind and Unit 3: Minds & Bodies

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Unit 1: On the Material Mind, Unit 3: Minds & Bodies and Unit 3: Personal Identity

Unit 1: On the Material Mind, Unit 1: On Materialism and Idealism and Unit 3: Personal Identity