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Concepts in Stoicism
Let’s examine the various concepts in stoicism related to the reduction of pain through negative visualisation and reframing.

Flipped Learning
Flipped Learning is a teaching methodology that has been gaining popularity in recent years. We’ll look here at when and how Flipped Learning can best be used.

Utilitarianism, Effective Altruism and Sam Bankman-Fried
Now that Sam Bankman-Fried has been convicted of multiple financial crimes, what was his inspiration? How did his Utilitarianism influence his actions?

The Hard Problem of Consciousness
In this introduction to the Hard Problem of Consciousness you’ll explore what Qualia is, the Zombie argument of David Chalmers and Dan Dennett’s reply.

How Augustine changed the world
An introduction to the Theology of Augustine, and how it’s shaped our view of humanity


Thinking in Walks
There is something faintly misleading about the way we picture thinking. It is usually imagined as stillness: a desk, a book, a mind turned inward.

Government or Security?
Guest Writer Amelia McMillan About me: “I am a year 12 student taking biology, psychology and religious studies A-level and doing the EPQ. I’m hoping

How to Rest Like a Philosopher
In a world that never stops talking, the most productive thing you can sometimes do is be quiet and think.

What the Best Students Do Differently: 5 Study Habits That Actually Work
Every September, classrooms fill with that strange mixture of optimism and dread. New books, new timetables, new resolutions about “working harder this year”. And yet,

“What Would Socrates Say About Social Media?”
We scroll, we swipe, we share—but do we think? In a world of tweets and TikToks, what would philosophy’s most persistent questioner make of our digital lives? Socrates may have feared the written word, but he prized the examined life. This blog imagines the barefoot philosopher in the age of the algorithm, and asks: would he be cancelled, or would he get us thinking again?

MacIntyre’s Virtue Ethics: Living Well in a Fractured World
MacIntyre’s problem with modern morality, and his case for a return to the ancients
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