Stephen McGroggan
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at the irish film institute, dublin - Barbara Cerizza
Stephen McGroggan lectures in philosophy in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, and in human rights at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. His primary research interests are in the philosophy of religion, ethics, metaphysics, the relationship between Catholicism and Judaism, and Holocaust literature. He also teaches courses in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of education. His specialism is in the thought of the twentieth century French philosopher Simone Weil.
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Aquinas' First Cause Argument
How can the lives and actions of things be understood? Can all the phenomena of the world ever be properly explained? Thomas Aquinas demonstrates one possibility.
Mar 7, 2008
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Plato's Theory of the Forms
Plato, the student of Socrates, was the first great writer of philosophy. His metaphysical position challenges readers to go beyond this earthly realm in search of truth.
Mar 5, 2008
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What Are Human Rights?
Policy makers sometimes act as if human rights documents were merely aspirational. This misunderstands their essentially moral nature and prime role in justifying law.
Mar 3, 2008
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Online and On Air – 'quarterlife'
The new Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick production gets 'promoted' to television before it has even finished its run online, such is the interest it has generated.
Feb 27, 2008
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The Philosophy of Jane Austen
What is it that makes Jane Austen's novels perennial? She had a common attitude which informed them - a love for the little details of life.
Feb 20, 2008
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Etty - 'An Interrupted Life'
How did people go on living in the dark days of the Holocaust? What sustained them, if anything? Personal answers to this are given in the moving diary of Etty Hillesum.
Feb 18, 2008
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What is Philosophy?
The purpose of philosophy can be a mystery. Ancient philosophy was a metaphysical search for understanding, while modern philosophy is often a matter of linguistics.
Feb 11, 2008
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