STUDENTS
UWE offers a BA in Philosophy and a PhD in Philosophy. Our students run their own Philosophy Society, organising academic and social events. The society has its own Facebook group and its own website, listing details of events.
THE NEW ISSUE OF AGORA IS FINALLY OUT
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Table of Contents
KIERKEGAARD
"Fear & Trembling and Crime & Punishment; A Character Comparison"
Evan Botwood I page 2
"Abraham, Devil or Angel?"
Ella Vennik I page 7
METAPHYSICS
"Reality is a Drama"
Carol-Anne Calder I page 12
"Does the World Depend on Our Perception of it?"
François Hay I page 16
PHENOMENOLOGY
"What Can the Experience of Psychosis Reveal About the Nature of Reality?"
François Hay I page 21
"How We Experience Video Games"
Carol-Anne Calder I page 25
NATURE & SCIENCE
"The Divinity of Nature"
Ella Vennik I page 29
"'Everything is an Experience': Problems with the Mechanistic Conception of Nature"
Ben Gilburt I page 32
"What Problems Does Whitehead's Philosophy of Nature Face?"
Megan Tibby I page 38
A Critical Assessment of Human Enhancement Technology"
Adam Edmundson I page 43
"What Does it Mean for Human Autopoietic Systems to Lose Hope?"
Max Guiton I page 47
"The Problem with the Scientific World View"
Evan Botwood I page 52
INTERSECTIONALITY
"Issues of Visibility in lntersectional Consciousness"
Kimberly Roger I page 58
KIERKEGAARD
"Fear & Trembling and Crime & Punishment; A Character Comparison"
Evan Botwood I page 2
"Abraham, Devil or Angel?"
Ella Vennik I page 7
METAPHYSICS
"Reality is a Drama"
Carol-Anne Calder I page 12
"Does the World Depend on Our Perception of it?"
François Hay I page 16
PHENOMENOLOGY
"What Can the Experience of Psychosis Reveal About the Nature of Reality?"
François Hay I page 21
"How We Experience Video Games"
Carol-Anne Calder I page 25
NATURE & SCIENCE
"The Divinity of Nature"
Ella Vennik I page 29
"'Everything is an Experience': Problems with the Mechanistic Conception of Nature"
Ben Gilburt I page 32
"What Problems Does Whitehead's Philosophy of Nature Face?"
Megan Tibby I page 38
A Critical Assessment of Human Enhancement Technology"
Adam Edmundson I page 43
"What Does it Mean for Human Autopoietic Systems to Lose Hope?"
Max Guiton I page 47
"The Problem with the Scientific World View"
Evan Botwood I page 52
INTERSECTIONALITY
"Issues of Visibility in lntersectional Consciousness"
Kimberly Roger I page 58
UWE Philosophy students and staff have recently contributed to the organisation of Who's Afraid of Social Media: Challenges of the Digital Age, a social sciences student symposium that took place at UWE on 4 February 2020.
Our students also write, edit and publish their own journal, Agora: