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“Our deluded experience of ourselves represents a demonstrably false description of what can really be known to be only a series of evanescent sensory events” Arnold 2005: 31
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Day 2: Anātman and Philosophy conference "We can experience the true Brahman but we can not express it in human language, in expression... - Just as salt gets dissolved into water and it can not be picked out again, but wherever we taste the water it is salt" Dr Amrita Nanda
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Why act if the doer and the enjoyer are not the same? One analogy W. Scott puts forth on behalf of the Buddhist is that of the parent bringing up their child... Similarly, "the cognitions of the agent act for the sake of the cognition of the enjoyer, without any self-interests"
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"Our conference will focus on non-English language categories with an eye to whether our received assumptions, colour and distort our understanding of them" Aamir Kaderbhai
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Get excited - the 'Anātman and Philosophy' conference begins soon! Today's speakers: Prof Diwakar Acharya Prof Alex Watson Fay Lee Wintor L. Scott Eng Jin Ooi See the full program at: anatmanconference.wordpress.…
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we're recruiting! shape the future of public philosophy @UniofOxford and beyond. apply to co-organiser, journal co-ordinator, podcast team, events team, funding team, and editor roles! email [email protected] with your CV and statement of interest.
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Join us at the turn 3 launch… Friday 27th January 2023 5:30-7:30pm Livestream link: facebook.com/events/91932618… Speakers: Aamir Kaderbhai: onap.web.ox.ac.uk/people/aam… Kristy Bryant: ccsp.ox.ac.uk/people/kristy-… Lea Cantor: leacantor.com Dr. Rafal Banka: philosophy.ox.ac.uk/people/r…
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Join #opp! Apply by sending a c.v. and statement of interest to [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]. opp is taking applications for the following positions: oxfordpublicphilosophy.com/j…
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We are DELIGHTED to announce the winners of the Queer Intersections Undergraduate and Postgraduate Essay Prizes 2022! @TORCHOxford
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come along to our two half-moon poetry workshops in the run-up to the submissions deadline for turn 3! bring along a writing utensil of your choice and a cup of tea. any level of experience welcome. october 6th and 13th at 8PM BST. event details below 🪶 oxfordpublicphilosophy.com/e…
in this new #publicphilosophy today #blog post, Janette Dinishak reflects on personal experiences of publicly engaged #philosophy and how they have positively influenced her approach to philosophical inquiry on autism (read by Nameera Akhtar) read & listen oxfordpublicphilosophy.com/b…
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explore #Dialogues concerning #Dreams and Demonstration by takaharu oda and vassilis galanos in #oppturn2 #read, watch & listen oxfordpublicphilosophy.com/t… #oxfordpublicphilosophy #publicphilosophy #opp
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in this new #publicphilosophy today #blog post, M. Oreste Fiocco, founder of TH!NK, explores different notions of #philosophy as a subject matter and as an activiy read & listen oxfordpublicphilosophy.com/b… #oxfordpublicphilosophy #opp #criticalthinking
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