Category Archives: Philosophy
April 2013 Conundrum
Ask yourself ‘might I have been a hippopotamus?’ What is your answer? You’ll find a short explanation in the blog, and if you’d like to read something about this in order to think about it try the ever-reliable and completely … Continue reading
Possibility, Impossibility and Necessity
Posted 25th April 2013 There are two types of possibility. Empirical possibility and logical possibility. There are also two corresponding types of impossibility and two types of necessity. Something is empirically possible if it is consistent with the laws of … Continue reading
April Conundrum
How should we distinguish the notions of ‘subjective’ and ‘objective’? It is a knotty problem because it is clear that there are, for example, objective facts about subjective states. Either you are happy, for example, or you are not, if … Continue reading
The Duties of Director of Studies in Philosophy
Amongst my duties as Director of Studies in Philosophy atOxfordUniversity’s Department for Continuing Education is to set up each year’s programme of philosophy courses. All our courses are open to the public, and it is important that they represent a … Continue reading
