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=Welcome to Philosophy= This is the Wiki for the Moriah College Philosophy class and contains most of the resources - and more - for each of the 8 topics. Below are some general resources that can be used across the entire course.

=Philosophy in Society= Here are a couple of interesting articles on the role of philosophy in society.

//Has philosophy responded adequately to big events?// is by [|Julian Baggini] (2008) and was taken from []

//I think, therefore I earn// is an article about philosophy graduates being favoured in job interviews. []

Role of philosophy in society - // Can philosophy save your life? // []

=Whole course resources=

Included online dictionaries, encyclopedias, Journals, podcasts, magazines, cartoons
Free volume of the philosophers magazine – a british magazine []

Online dictionaries []

Internet encyclopedia of philosophy []

Auburn Uni library (includes lists of journals etc) []

Podcasts from british philosophy monthy []

Philosophers and critical thinkers in secondary school []

This academic site has lots of philosophy papers []

Dialogue Education provide resources for Philosophy courses []

Quotes by specific philosophers [] and []

Philosophy cartoons []

Some good, extended quotes []

An open course in philosophy. This site has lots of good activities to do to help understand concepts. []

This PowerPoint contains flow charts of movements, sub topics within the main branches of philosophy. It might be a little hard to follow when you first start as none of the terms will be familiar. But it is a very useful tool to see where and how the different areas of philosophy come together. It is a kind of map of the study of philosophy and comes from the Oxford Companion to Philosophy.

Here is a Glossary that has been put together for this course. The online ones listed above are also good, but if you want to save this one and edit it you can.

Here is a PPT (not quite finished) of a brief introduction to a number of philosophers mentioned in this course.

The next 4 links to sites that have some amazing talks by academics and thinkers from around the world. You can search for topics related to what you are thinking about in class or search for inspirational material to use in class. Stimulating vodcasts from around the world:

[] Australia’s vodcasts from the TV show [] Ted talks – generally shorter [] Slow TV from the Monthly magazine []

=Philosophical Societies= American philosophy association []

NSW philosophy teachers association []

Federation of Australasian Philosophy in Schools Association []

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