Should State Schools & Colleges Acknowledge The Queen's Passing?
In recent conversations about the death of HM Elizabeth II and surrounding events, it has been said to me that leaders of publicly funded...
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Adrian Brockless
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Adrian Brockless
- Jan 22, 2022
- 15 min
Education, Training and Idle Wheels (A Eulogy to Education)
By Adrian Brockless The idea that education is answerable to the jobs market, economy and business is now more pervasive than ever; in...
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Adrian Brockless
- Dec 11, 2019
- 7 min
Loving The Natural World and Being Vegetarian
Loving The Natural World and Being Vegetarian Firstly, to be clear from the outset, what follows is not an argument for or against...
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Adrian Brockless
- Nov 17, 2019
- 3 min
The Rise (and Incoherence) of Anti-Natalism
A friend recently drew my attention to the rise of anti-natalism. Anti-natalism as an idea came to prominence this year (2019) when...
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Adrian Brockless
- Oct 15, 2019
- 5 min
Definition & Democracy
Proposition 1: It is undemocratic to ignore the will of parliament Proposition 2: It is undemocratic to ignore the electorate....
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Adrian Brockless
- Apr 26, 2019
- 29 min
Reasons, Causes and Political Unrest: A Natural History
Abstract: In recent years, the world has witnessed an increase in political and religious unrest, both in totalitarian and democratic...
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Adrian Brockless
- Jan 24, 2019
- 5 min
A Reply to Bill Oddie
Reading Bill Oddie’s article ‘I don’t believe it!’ in Birdwatch (January 2019; issue 319) got me thinking about evolution. I am not...
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Adrian Brockless
- Nov 22, 2018
- 9 min
If We Should Not Eat Meat On Grounds of Climate Change, Should We Have Children?
My aim here is not to make any arguments that oppose veganism or having children or, in any way, to denigrate those who make them....
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Adrian Brockless
- Oct 7, 2018
- 2 min
Social Inclusion, Kindness & Language
Recently, I heard a re-run of an episode of the BBC Radio Four programme *Any Questions* (first broadcast in 2009. In it, the panel were...
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Adrian Brockless
- Sep 6, 2018
- 3 min
Being Transgender & The Logic of Self-Identification
In recent years, issues concerning those who identify as transgender have entered the political mainstream – among them whether or not...
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Adrian Brockless
- Aug 27, 2018
- 4 min
Philosophy, Academic Conferences and Climate Change
The issue of anthropogenic climate change is never far from the headlines; its current and future impact on our social and economic...
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Adrian Brockless
- Dec 4, 2017
- 2 min
On the idea that neurological activity defines psychological and mental states
Take Mr. Rochester from Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. Here is a figure whose character is stand-offish and remote (more than aloof)....
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Adrian Brockless
- Jun 29, 2017
- 26 min
Trust, Truth & Political Conversations
What roles do trust and truth play in our political discourse? Why do we think we need them? Is it important that we believe something for t
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Adrian Brockless
- Feb 7, 2017
- 14 min
An Answer to Stephen Law's Evil God Challenge
In this paper I make no claims as to the existence or non-existence of any kind of god in relation to the problem of evil, but rather, highl
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Adrian Brockless
- Jan 19, 2017
- 3 min
The Aspirational Voter
The Aspirational Voter I want to talk about what is often referred to during political debates as the ‘aspirational voter’. One thing...
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Adrian Brockless
- Dec 16, 2016
- 7 min
Some Thoughts About Understanding Mental Illness
Some Thoughts About Understanding Mental Illness Understanding the concept of depression as answerable to the actions that a person...
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Adrian Brockless
- Dec 2, 2016
- 2 min
Philosophy For Children: It’s A Strange Situation We’re Part Of!
It’s A Strange Situation We’re Part Of! Have you ever thought that the ordinary is extraordinary? – That what you think to be normal is...
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Adrian Brockless
- Nov 21, 2016
- 17 min
Reasons, Causes & Political Unrest
Reasons, Causes and Political Unrest “Might it not even be imagined that several people had carried out an intention without any one of...
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Adrian Brockless
- Nov 1, 2016
- 8 min
Evolution & Rethinking Conservation
It is frequently believed that the practice of wildlife conservation is determined by science. Amidst the recent escalation of debates conce
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Adrian Brockless
- Oct 24, 2016
- 7 min
Conceptions of Education & Teaching
Education and Teaching: Some Thoughts for Our Policy Makers For me, teaching is not just a job. I had little idea of what I wanted to do...
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