Monthly Archives: February 2014

Planned Obsolescence

Posted on 20th February 2014 by NomadWarMachine

There is a  saying, supposedly Buddhist, that “when the student is ready, the teacher will appear”.  This week in #rhizo14 we are looking at the opposite to this  – how should the teacher disappear – how do we empower our learners … Continue reading →

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Transitory communities

Posted on 14th February 2014 by NomadWarMachine

Yesterday I blogged about my journey back through the North West of England during the storm that hit the country the Wednesday.  Then last night I took part in the unhangout for week 5 of #rhizo14, and began by saying … Continue reading →

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Reading, writing and forgetting

Posted on 6th February 2014 by NomadWarMachine

“Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.”  Nietzsche, somewhere I often like to begin my writing with a quotation from a philosopher, and this one is particularly apt for this week’s #rhizo14 topic  Is … Continue reading →

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Types of knowledge

Posted on 5th February 2014 by NomadWarMachine

If the true is what is grounded, then the ground is not true, nor yet false. Wittgenstein, On Certainty Section 205 There’s two rival epistemological theories which we teach to our first years: foundationalism and coherentism.  I wonder if these might be helpful in … Continue reading →

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I have the questions for all of your answers

Posted on 2nd February 2014 by NomadWarMachine

Years ago (gosh, at least ten years, how shocking to realise), I ended up moderating a public Philosophy forum.  It’s long gone now but I am still friends with many of my fellow moderators including the wonderful Andrew Jeffrey, who … Continue reading →

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