What is Philosophy?
Philosophy Bites podcasts:
You can listen to over 200 interviews with philosophers on a very wide range of topics on the Philosophy Bites podcast also on iTunes and available as an iPhone app. This series includes the following episodes which are particularly relevant:
Other Relevant Resources
If you're interested in moral philosophy Jonathan Glover's website is a joy to browse.
Philosophy: The Classics podcast available free on iTunes (and also in less wieldy form here) - also available as an iPhone app: this is based on 18 chapters from my book Philosophy: The Classics and provides short introductions to key books in the history of Philosophy, beginning with Plato's Republic.
On Free Will and Compatibilism
Adina Roskies on Neuroscience and Free Will (she is sceptical about the conclusions drawn from the Libet experiments.
On Aristotle's Ethics
Some reliable free online Philosophy resources:
Early Modern Texts - this is a series of paraphrases of 17th, 18th, and some 19th century philosophical works. This shouldn't really work, but it is in fact excellent, largely because run by the distinguished philosopher Jonathan Bennett who has spent many years teaching these texts to students and has a deep understanding of them. Also includes some links to reliable sources of original texts online.
The Philosophers' Magazine online includes some fun interactive activities as well as links to some of the content from the magazine.
The Fallacy Files is a useful online resource (though a bit technical in places) - follow the alphabetically arranged links in the sidebar. There is also an elegant visual representation of fallacies (click on names to display content)
Over 150 answers to the question: 'What scientific concept would improve everyone's cognitive toolkit?' (The answers are better phrased than this question and range very widely. You could spend hours or even days reading through this).
Further Reading on Critical Thinking recommendations (in order of difficulty):
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Some of my books that are relevant to this course.