Philosophy Blog – Page 11 – School of Philosophy

Course · Oct 25, 2019

Why Economics needs Justice

Conventional economics has come to regard itself as a positive science. It tells us that it does not deal in values so just aims just to describe how the economy is, rather than presenting a vision of how it should...

Course · Oct 11, 2019

Economics and the Possibility of Civilisation

Horizons Course – Saturday Mornings At a dinner given in his honour in 1947, the great economist John Maynard Keynes proposed the toast “To economics and economists, as trustees of the possibility of civilisation”. Now economics may not be the...

Sep 30, 2019

Reading and Understanding Plato

Once a week in SW London nine women meet to read Plato. None are academics or have a degree in ancient philosophy. Most of us met Plato for the first time when studying philosophy at the School of Economic Science....

Wisdom of Women · Sep 20, 2019

The Wisdom of Women

First in a series Having the privilege to study practical philosophy for just over 10 years now, has been a life-enhancing activity. It may sound clichéd but that does not mean it is not true! But. From the early years...

Aug 30, 2019

The Science of Meditation

Peter McLoughlin explains the latest scientific insights on Meditation. These studies are explained in a way that is accessible to all. The talk includes discussion of neurological insights, such as changes in the function, connectivity and structure of the brain,...