Record of 2024 Discussion Topics

Year 2024

Term 1 started on Wednesday 7th February 12:30 - 1:30 PM in Meeting Room 5 at the Hub.

Term 1 discussion topics

Class	Dates	Discussion Topics
1	7/2/2024	What is Philosophy?
2	14/2/2024	What is Philosophy? Prof. Kaplan
3	21/2/2024	What is Philosophy?  Karl Jaspers
4	28/2/2024	What is Philosophy?  Karl Jaspers
5	6/3/2024	Sources Philosophy, K Jaspers
6	13/3/2024	The Comprehensive, K Jaspers
7	20/3/2024	Aristotle's Ethics (Helen to take class)
8	27/3/2024	Peter Singer (Helen to take class)

Term 2 discussion topics

Class	Dates	Discussion Topics
1	17/4/24	Critical Thinking
2	24/4/24	Predicament of Existence
3	1/5/24	Myth we need to survive - Yuval Noah Harari
4	8/5/24	Myth we need to survive - Yuval Noah Harari (cont.)
5	15/5/24	Critical Thinking (cont.)
6	22/5/24	Critical Thinking and Schrödinger's Cat
7	29/5/24	Schrödinger's Cat and Double Slit Experiment
8	5/6/24	Schrödinger's Cat and Critical Thinking
9	12/6/24	Critical Thinking
10	19/6/24	Smell the glove is here

Term 3 discussion topics

Class	Dates	Discussion Topics
1	17/7/24	Socrates
2	24/7/24	Socratic method
3	31/7/24	Plato's dialogue - Euthyphro
4	7/8/24	Plato's dialogue - Euthyphro
5	14/8/24	Plato's dialogue - Euthyphro
6	21/8/24	Euthyphro Dilemma
7	28/8/24	Euthyphro Dilemma / Introduction to Ethics
8	4/9/24	Free will and determinism
9	11/9/24	Free will and determinism / Normative Ethics - Consequentialism
10	18/9/24	Lunch and chat at Canteen

Term 4 discussion topics

Class	Dates	Discussion Topics
1	9/10/24	John Rawls - Helen took the class
2	16/10/24	Isaiah Berlin - Two Concepts of Liberty
3	23/10/24	Some questions on the two concepts of liberty
4	30/10/24	Value Pluralism
5	6/11/24	US election news / Value pluralism (cont.)
6	13/11/24	TBD (US news / Some terminology of meta ethics / Liberalism?)
7	20/11/24	Lunch at Blackburn Hotel