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My latest article, ‘Museums, Ethics and Truth’ has just appeared in the Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement. This volume also includes papers by some of my pupils.

 

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/royal-institute-of-philosophy-supplements/volume/journal-phs-volume-79/DD0F20F84E1DDF5F2B566DE3EC6807FA

 

 

A good write up of our activities at the Hutchesons’ Centre for Research appeared today (30.9.16) in TESS, written by Emma Seith.

“Everyone, whether they realise it or not, is bothered by philosophical questions, and it is very helpful to be able to share with people the thoughts of the great philosophers”, Elie Jesner.

For more see: https://philiptonner.com/the-interview-pages/philosophy-psychotherapy-and-jewish-studies-an-interview-with-elie-jesner/

 

Full programme to follow:

 

 

Things are shaping up nicely for October:

 

Save the date. Advance warning. Three talks, three speakers, lunch and coffee.

Date: tbc

Full details (including how to book) to follow. However, if you’re interested please feel free to let me know (at p_tonner@hotmail.com  subject: three talks) and I’ll put you on the mailing list.

 

 

“Educational research and educational policy are essential components of a democratic culture that understands education as an agent of both socialisation and emancipation”, Mark Murphy.

See the Interview Pages for the full interview.

philiptonner.com

“When it comes to helping researchers, the use of social theory in education research has a key function – to make the familiar strange, a function that it delivers for numerous other fields of practice”, Mark Murphy. See philiptonner.com for the full interview.

https://philiptonner.com/the-interview-pages/social-theory-and-educational-research-an-interview-with-dr-mark-murphy/

See http://dailynous.com/2016/06/28/philosophers-on-brexit/

 

“I’ve always admired Sartre as a kind of rock star of philosophy. He wrote dense academic tomes, but he also wrote some accessible philosophy, as well as plays and novels. He managed to bring philosophy to the people, and in my estimation, he was the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century”, William Irwin. See philiptonner.com for the full interview.