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Philosophy in 45 minutes!

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Department for Continuing Education Open Day 2013
Philosophy deals with the BIG questions of life: does God exist? How should we live? What is truth? What are numbers and do we need them? Does space come to an end or is it infinite? NO SOUND FOR FIRST 3 MINUTES.
In this 45 minute slot Marianne Talbot will take participants on a romp through the nature of philosophy for complete beginners. Philosopher Marianne Talbot is our Director of Studies in Philosophy, and is well-known as an author and the creator of two hugely popular Philosophy podcast series.

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Department for Continuing Education Open Day 2013
People
Marianne Talbot
Keywords
philosophy
Department: Department for Continuing Education
Date Added: 07/10/2013
Duration: 00:43:43

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