Philosophy Essay Competitions - The Student Room.

Several Cambridge colleges run essay competitions related to Classics, for students in year 12. Whether you are planning to apply to Cambridge or not, we encourage you to get involved. Follow the links for further information: Corpus Classics Essay Competition; Fitzwilliam Ancient World Essay Competition; Girton Humanities Writing Competition.

I have been a member of the Department since September 2001; after a two-year lectureship at University College London, where I took my doctorate. Research interests The focus of my research is the epistemology of testimony. The ambition is to produce a theory of testimony that recognises and.

Dr Tony Chadwick, who died in January 1991, founded the Philosophical Society in 1973. He was Staff Tutor in Philosophy at what is now Oxford University Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE) which is based at Rewley House, Oxford.His family would like to encourage students of Philosophy who are connected with the traditional work of Rewley House.

Instructions for entrants and essay questions are provided for the Kelvin, Thomas Campion and Vellacott prizes on the lefthand side as attachments. There is also an FAQ page for entrants and their teachers, as well as a guide for teachers on how to use our online system to run an internal competition within school and how to approve or modify essays.

Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Winning Essays In this special two- part series for the Journal of Practical Ethics, we present the winning essays from the 2014-15 Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics. For the prize, graduate and undergraduate students enrolled at the University of Oxford were invited to submit a short essay on any topic in Practical Ethics, with two winners from.

Merton News Apply. April 2020. Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy from 1960 to 1996. April 2020. History Reading Party goes virtual. The Covid-19 lockdown did not prevent Merton’s historians from keeping up the venerable tradition of a finalists’ reading party, this year not in Cornwall or Herefordshire but online. April 2020. James Barney Henderson 1929 - 2020. It is with great.

Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Winning Essays. In this special two- part series for the Journal of Practical Ethics, we present the winning essays from the 2014-15 Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics. For the prize, graduate and undergraduate students enrolled at the University of Oxford were invited to submit a short essay on any topic in Practical Ethics, with two winners from.

Eric grew up in the deserts of eastern Washington state, surrounded by tumbleweed, coyotes, and rattlesnakes. Like many philosophers, he spent his childhood wanting to become a scientist but had a conversion experience as an undergraduate. His expensive education was followed by a period of.

Hartmut has been teaching politics and international relations at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, since 1998. He is the Director of the European Studies Centre (St Antony’s College, Oxford) and Acting Director of the Europaeum.

Annual essay competition, giving pupils in Year 12 (or equivalent) an opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills creatively by writing a short essay on a specific theme. The Staton Essay Prize focuses on the Humanities, reflecting our specialism in teaching and research. It invites entrants to make connections across different subjects.

Flexible, part-time training. Our Inaugural Festival of Arguments. 6th Annual Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics. Final Presentation scheduled for Tuesday 10th March. Open Access Publications. Freely available publications. Interviews with leading philosophers. Journal of Practical Ethics. Our Open Access Journal. Practical Ethics in the News.

The most exciting element of the Philosophy course for me is the wide variety of topics it covers, bringing together aspects from a whole range of diverse subjects. In one week I could be working through a set of logic questions, writing an essay about Mill's thoughts on feminism, and attending lectures on personal identity and utilitarianism.