Have Teachers Been Teaching
May 2, 2019
So picture this, it’s a 9am on a Monday morning, you’re in the lecture and the first thing the lecturer asks is “are teachers teaching?”. Well you know this isn’t going to be a typical lecture. Learning is Teaching How can we decide if teaching is taking place? One way …
Do we always make the right decisions?
December 13, 2017
This morning I went to a lecture which explored a paper by Laurie Paul on transformative experiences. Her paper has widened my view towards how well humanity are able to make decisions. How do we make rational decisions? A rational decision is one that is straight forward for Paul. We weigh up the values …
Is it a rational decision to click on this link? Lets find out
Making decisions is easy, but how do I know i’m being rational when making these decisions? The UoN Philosophy department took a page from Prof. Laurie Paul in todays taster lecture to investigate… What is a rational decision? Well, a decision must weigh each competing outcome of a choice and be able to assign values to what it will …