The History of Philosophy … Without Any Gaps
On Monday, we told you where you can download Free Courses from Top Philosophers (Foucault, Searle, Russell and the rest). As the day went along, our list grew thanks to reader suggestions, and we also discovered another promising resource — a podcast called “The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps,” created by Peter Adamson, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at King’s College London: Beginning with the earliest ancient thinkers, the series will look at the ideas and lives of the major philosophers (eventually covering in detail such giants as Plato, Aristotle, Avicenna, Aquinas, Descartes, and Kant) as well as the lesser-known figures of the tradition. That’s what Adamson promises, and he doesn’t disappoint. You can access all episodes via these links: iTunes – RSS Feed – Web Site. A big thanks goes to Carol and Tamas for flagging this resource.
Philosophical teaching will get students thinking for themselves again | Teacher Network | Guardian Professional
Education would be more successful, and more enjoyable, if less time was spent teaching to the test and more time was spent teaching students to think for themselves. I'm not alone in believing this. In a recent Cambridge Assessment Research Survey, 87% of lecturers said that too much teaching to the test is a major factor contributing to students being under-prepared for degree-level study. With such widespread agreement about this, you would think that the issue of how assessment pressure is distorting teaching would be at the centre of the debate about A-level reform. But if real teaching has given way to a process of training students to jump through assessment hoops, HE concerns aren't going to be met simply by reducing the number of hoops, or by lifting them higher. As an antidote to teaching to the test, I recommend a philosophical approach. For philosophical teachers, the role model is Socrates, for whom education was nothing less than an examination of life itself.
Awe-Inspiring Landscapes
Photographer Hougaard Malan is inspired by moments when the land combines in magnificent beauty, and to the artist it appears like a God has painted it. 1. "About the Photographer."
Macchu Picchu, Peru
Ocean sounds
The Tree of Philosophy
Full Text ASCII Archive Copyright Stephen Palmquist, stevepq@hkbu.edu.hk. This archive created by Bruce Schuman, origin@rain.org June 26, 1995 How to order a printed version CONTENTS A Note to the Student PART ONE: THE ROOTS Metaphysics and the Recognition of Ignorance 1. What is Philosophy?
DNA Evidence Debunks the "Out-of-Africa" Theory of Human Evolution
By Steven Strong Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Scientific evidence refuting the theory of modern humanity’s African genesis is common knowledge among those familiar with the most recent scientific papers on the human Genome, Mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosomes. Regrettably, within mainstream press and academia circles, there seems to be a conspicuous – and dare we say it – deliberate vacuum when it comes to reporting news of these recent studies and their obvious implications. This article was inspired by a comment made recently by Australian historian Greg Jefferys. The whole ‘Out of Africa’ myth has its roots in the mainstream academic campaign in the 1990′s to remove the concept of Race. It did begin the early 90’s. So how is it that their “probably” has morphed into our collective “definitely”? Over time, even the two researchers came to discover that the research of Original Mitochondrial DNA was fundamentally flawed. Noted by Dr. Now the plot thickens and unravels.
History - British History in depth: 1066
Akkadian Empire
Coordinates: During the 3rd millennium BC, there developed a very intimate cultural symbiosis between the Sumerians and the Semitic Akkadians, which included widespread bilingualism.[5] Akkadian gradually replaced Sumerian as a spoken language somewhere around the turn of the 3rd and the 2nd millennia BC (the exact dating being a matter of debate).[6] The Akkadian Empire reached its political peak between the 24th and 22nd centuries BC, following the conquests by its founder Sargon of Akkad (2334–2279 BC). Under Sargon and his successors, Akkadian language was briefly imposed on neighboring conquered states such as Elam. Akkad is sometimes regarded as the first empire in history,[7] though there are earlier Sumerian claimants.[8] After the fall of the Akkadian Empire, the Akkadian people of Mesopotamia eventually coalesced into two major Akkadian speaking nations: Assyria in the north, and, a few centuries later, Babylonia in the south. City-state of Akkad[edit] History[edit] Origins[edit]
ATLANTEAN GARDENS: Maya ruler of Palenque, Pakal the Great
The Mayan ruler of Palenque, also known as Pakal the Great, ascended the throne as a child and went on to rule for sixty-eight years. Lord Pakal has come down to posterity as the best-known of Mayan kings, albeit his fame derives mostly from his magnificent burial. An interesting inscription is found on the cover stone, which weighs over 5 tons. One of the finest examples of Maya architecture is without a doubt the Royal Red Palace of Palenque, in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. This royal complex was not only the residence of the king, provided with all the comforts such as latrines and sweat baths, but also the political core of the Maya capital, and was used to receive foreign visitors, organize sumptuous feasts, and to work as an efficient administrative center. In the 7th century, Pakal the Great enlarged the palace and constructed a new throne room. Pakal must certainly have started the Temple of the Inscriptions, intending it as a monument to himself.
ATLANTEAN GARDENS: Quetzalcoatl, Kukulkan, Viracocha, Votan, Gucumatz
When the Spanish conquistadors and the Catholic fathers first arrived on the shores of Mexico, and in South America, and when the English and French colonizers and missionaries first penetrated Canada and United States, they received from the native Indians tribes scattered in the western hemisphere several versions of a tradition of a "Bearded God" who had in the distant past visited their ancestors, taught them their culture, and mysteriously disappeared, but who would eventually return to them. Although the traditions from the different Indian groups regarding the "Bearded God" do not agree in every detail, there being a variety of versions, yet in the principal points these Indian traditions, from Canada to Chile, have a close resemblance to one another. The Feathered Serpent God is one of the great mysteries of many ancient cultures. Legends all seem to agree that Quetzalcoatl was tall and light-skinned, with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a beard.
