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Impenitent wrote:Looking at philosophy - Donald Palmer

good cover of the subject with a comedic edge

highly recommended

-Imp

Another very interesting looking book, thanks!

Sophies world. Ah! A nice one. I read most of that book about twenty years ago and I should get myself a copy. https://www.teachphilosophy101.org/ Google. That looks excellent. Thanks. I will have a look through the various pages. How long is the course? It is only 8 weeks. 1.5 hour lecture/classes...

Intro-level survey text... Stickney, J. (ed.) Philosophy: Thinkers, Theories and Questions. (Whitby: McGraw Hill, 2011). It'll be understandable at the level you need. Ask, if you want more. But that'll let you scaffold a course such as you describe. Thanks. That looks interesting. I don't suppose ...

Hello everyone! I made a terrible mistake recently when I agreed or rather offered to teach a class of very simple philosophy to some non-native students of English. However, having confidently stated that I would give some classes on a) the history of Western philosophy, b) logical fallacies and cr...

Arising_uk wrote:Welcome angrynoodle,

Dont worry about Bill he just dislikes anyone who has read philosophy.

Thanks. And don't worry, I have a pretty thick skin.

Hi everyone again. Oh...so it's all about me...me...me...me Well, of course it is. I am a solipsist, you see, so it really is all about me...me...me! Are you not a solipsist too? In your case it's not, Greetings to everyone!, it's Patting myself on the back! The two are not mutually exclusive, are t...

Greetings to everyone! I once earned myself a BA in philosophy and was particularly interested in epistemology. Hume and Berkeley were my favourites back in those days. These days I am mostly interested in linguistics and I'm studying an MA in a related field, so my main philosophical interests are ...