Subjects – talks arranged by subject
This a list of subjects covered by past PPG talks. Click on these links to see each subject page.
[Subjects with links are available now. Subjects without links will be set up in due course.]
[Note – the number after each subject needs to be removed].
PHILOSOPHY – THE BASICS (PERHAPS START HERE) 3
MAJOR PERIODS OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY. 4
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY. 4
MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY. 4
THE ENLIGHTENMENT. 5
MAJOR WESTERN “POST-ENLIGHTENMENT” PHILOSOPHIES. 6
MAJOR AREAS OF PHILOSOPHY. 7
KNOWLEDGE (Epistemology is the study of Knowledge) 7
REALITY (Metaphysics is the study of Reality) 8
LOGIC. 9
ETHICS. 9
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. 11
BELIEF and PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION. 14
FREEDOM. 16
TRUTH. 17
CONSCIOUSNESS AND MIND. 18
LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS. 19
APPLIED PHILOSOPHY (i.e. THE PHILOSOPHIES OF SPECIFIC AREAS) 21
PHILOSOPHY OF LAW.. 21
FEMINISM. 22
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. 22
PHILOSOPHY OF AESTHETICS AND ART. 23
PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC. 23
PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY. 24
PHILOSOPHY OF WAR, AND PEACE. 25
PHILOSOPHY AND POWER. 25
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS. 26
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) 27
HAPPINESS. 28
MISCELLANEOUS (MOVE THESE TO MORE RELEVANT SECTIONS) 29
NO STRAND TITLES – SEVERAL TERMS (MOVE TO RELEVANT SECTIONS) 29
REFLECTIONS OF AND BY PPG MEMBERS (perhaps move these) 32
PHILOSOPHERS’ CHRISTMAS 33