Category: Philosophy
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Reviving the notion of telos in teaching ethics in accounting
(*This blog was initially published in the ICAEW academic community – https://ion.icaew.com/academia/b/blog/posts/reviving-the-notion-of-telos-purpose-in-teaching-ethics-in-accounting) Recently, the AuditFutures programme launched the “Future Professional” report, which envisions the ‘professional’ as someone more than an excellent technician but an individual who is genuinely engaged and holds a moral compass. As a reflection on the publication, I will attempt to alleviate the Read more
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Repurposing Philosophy for democratising education
50th Anniversary Conference of PESGB This weekend 28th March 2015, the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain celebrated its 50th Anniversary, with conference bathed in exuberance at New College, Oxford. The stars were shining, the wine was sparkling and philosophers were buzzing in the gothic halls… a proliferation of famous white beards, but also Read more
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Inspiring the love of wisdom
This blog was originally posted on the AuditFutures website, as part of the AuditFutures University programme. Would a philosopher make a better banker? – an unexpected question for the fifty first-year students who just began their first week at Manchester Business School. “Well, I personally believe that philosophy strongly helps you become a banker who can make Read more
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Battle of Ideas 2014
Shaping the Future Through Debate and Why Philosophy matters more than ever The Battle of Ideas festival was set up 10 years ago, by the Institute of Ideas and a range of partners, to encourage free thinking and open public discussion. While the connotation of ‘free’ thinking has changed to ‘serious’ thinking about global issues, Read more
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Gregynog Philosophy Conference’14
PESGB Gregynog Conference 2014 How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health! (Thoreau, Journal, 6 May 1851). In the midst of the beautiful Welsh countryside awaits the Elizabethan Gregynog Hall, the University Of Wales conference centre. After five-hour train Read more
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We have to know ourselves first before we get to know the world.
To always begin again should be the notion of education and ‘knowing thyself’ the notion of living. In our busy lives, preoccupied with deliverables and outcomes, and forces that diminish our autonomy and authority, we forget to question the very essence of our existence. We react but hardly pro-act to the human condition. Where the Read more
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Art and the Artefact
Thoughts on Art and the Artefact within Baudrillard’s writing… Baudrillard’s criticism of modern art and the role of simulacrum within other mass media has turned my attention to my personal artworks and their identity in our “dream world”. Both Baudrillard and Benjamin work on the same idea that we are living in a dream world. Read more
Plamena Pehlivanova 