Existentialism

The following article from Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides a good introduction to Existentialism.

Existentialism - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

History of Philosophy

 

The picture above is a small part of a fairly long chart on the History of Philosophy from superscholar.org.  The chart provides an abbreviated, easy to follow, and informative overview of the general flow of thought in Western Philosophy.  Although probably missing some influential scholars, it does a great job at presenting the general timeline of Western philosophy.  I hope you like this chart and find it helpful.

Click on the link below to view:

• The chart on History of Western Philosophy via the Superscholar website

Below is a chart on the flow of thought in Eastern Philosophy.  Due to limited space and simplicity, I would think many important philosophers are not listed in the chart, nevertheless the chart still does a great job at capturing the basic movement of things. I hope you enjoy this chart find it helpful.

Click on the link below to view:

• The chart on History of Eastern Philosophy via the Superscholar website

Conscience - what is this thing?

 Conscience

Please find attached to the link below the extract from Hugh MacKay's book 'Right and Wong':

• What is this thing called 'conscience'?

Social Identity Theory

 

The followings are some articles on Social Identity Theory:

Britannica - Social Identity Theory

Simply Psychology - Social Identity Theory

Wikipedia - Social Identity Theory

The following article talks about the Minimal Group Paradigm:

Minimal Group Paradigm - Wikipedia

In-group bias and Out-group bias

 

At the end of term 3, we briefly looked at in-group bias and out-group bias.  The above videos talk more about the issues involved.  

Discrimination and biases may be difficult to discuss. But surely understanding our flaws is as important if not more as understanding our strengths.    

Some questions for discussions may be:

• Are discrimination and biases part of human nature? 
• Are these characteristics still appropriate?
• If not, why not?
• How should we view these characteristics in ourselves and others?

End of term 3 Quiz - 14/9/22

 

Please find the Quiz that we discussed from the link below:

End of term 3 Quiz - 14/9/22

The answer to the Quiz is below:

Answer to Quiz for end of term 3

Have a great term break and see you back at the start of term 4, Wednesday  5th, Oct 2022.

I plan to discuss the last question, question 5, more at the start of next term.

End of term picnic / walk in park

 

Next Wednesday 14/9/22 will be the last class of term 3 for the Philosophy Phor Phun Discussion (PPPD) class.   If weather is OK, we will meet outside at the BBQ area and possibly go for a walk in the Tunstall park later.  Do  BYO drinks, snacks, sunhats etc.

It is easy to get to the U3A BBQ area.  When you drive in to the main car park from Esdale Street, there is a ramp on the right side (west side) of the car park.  The BBQ area is not far from the top of the ramp.

If the weather is not good, we will meet in the cafe area in the Hub.  Hope to see you all there.