It's been a while but with 3 months to go, I thought I had better check in with my listener and say hello.

The year started with a bit of a panic over the remaining time available and the amount of work to do but all seems viable and

I invited a nice student from China to come and share her experience of studying in the UK.

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Hello listeners,

Today I have a little reflection and a few thoughts on Freewill. It's all my own work but is based on the bibliography below, with especial reference to Chapter 8 of Roger Scruton's book Philosophy: Principles and Problems.

I also want to feature the amazing book Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake. I'm only 113 pages in as I write but boy it is a game changer and I focus on his discourse thus far on identity. What does it mean to be an individual when we are ecosystems hosting tens of trillions of microbes.

Well, more ramblings and thinking out loud from the Sixty Year Old Student.

I hope you enjoy it and maybe find something for you in this session.

Until next time..."I'm just getting started".

In Our Time - Free Will (2011) BBC Radio 4, 10th March 09:00. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z5y9z (Accessed: 11th Feb 2021).

Kane, R. (ed.) (2011) The Oxford Handbook of Free Will. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Scruton, R. (1996) Philosophy: Principles and Problems. London: Continuum.

Strawson, P.F. (1974) Freedom and resentment and other essays. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.

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The second part of this session considers my thoughts on properly referencing your work using citation and bibliography and then reflective writing as a discipline to improve your wellbeing and growth.

Happy listening.

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This week's recording was a long one, so I have split it up into two parts.

Part 1. Ageism.

Is it just me, or is ageism alive and kicking in society today?

I think it is.

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Hi, this week I reflect on 3 N's. Needs Neurons and Nothing,

things I learned in my foundation year that have been of value in further discourses and reflection.

Firstly the hierarchy of needs in the species of perpetually wanting humans, secondly how neural circuitry can be rewired to change fixed mindsets, and lastly my favourite subject of why there is something rather than nothing. What is nothing?

I cite the great Robert Lawrence Kuhn in his article "Levels of Nothing".

https://www.closertotruth.com/articles/levels-nothing-robert-lawrence-kuhn

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Hope you enjoy the thoughts and reflections

SYOS

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