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Thought and Experience
History & The Arts

Thought and Experience

...study of emotions An interview with Peter Goldie focusing on how the study of emotions can progress, the nature of emotions, how biology and culture can shape emotional capacity and the relationship between emotion and rationality. The Gricean Program A detailed discussion by Dr Barry Smith about the Gricean Program and the meaning of linguistic expression in terms of the...
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Philosophy and the Human Situation
History & The Arts

Philosophy and the Human Situation

...study of philosophy and the human situation, and contains talks and debates from leading philosophical thinkers and teachers, past and present. This material forms part of The Open University course A211 Philosophy and the human situation... Philosophy and the human situation An introduction to this album Liberty and Offence Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses...
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World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration
Nature & Environment

World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration

...studied in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment initiatives of the UN. From Healthy Environment to Healthy People This year, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s just released, thematic report is aptly entitled ‘Healthy Environment, Healthy People’ and aims to highlight the important role the environment plays to the health of its inhabitants. This...
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Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?

...study, we used free association narrative interview and psychoanalytic observation. Since, I have used the visual matrix (transitions to ageing) and plan to use this and the social dreaming matrix to investigate the impact of art on climate change awareness. This topic too provides a methodological test case, because aesthetic experience eludes scientific or cognitive...
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Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss

...study as somewhere to get support when you are having a bad day, and a place to be listened to when few others are willing to do so. Getting together for charity matches is also a way to remember the baby. Several fathers spoke with immense pride of going onto the pitch, observing a minute’s silence and then playing the match in a shirt with their baby’s name on it....
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Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?
Nature & Environment

Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?

...study of ambient air pollution in 1,600 cities across the world found New Delhi the worst. This was especially in respect to respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) or PM 2.5 — which can enter the blood stream via the lungs. The WHO study revealed, among other things, that New Delhi had PM 2.5 at concentrations of 153 micrograms as compared to 56 micrograms over...
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Where do we get the help that really counts?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Where do we get the help that really counts?

...study by Goldberg and Huxley (1992) found that For every 1000 adults in the general population between 260 and 315 were likely to be experiencing significant psychological distress at a level that could adversely affect their lives. However, only 101 of these people would have their condition recognised by a doctor Furthermore, only 23 people would be referred on to...
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Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro

...study of bisexuality...Surya Monro is a prolific bisexual activist, researcher and writer, and her new book, Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories, is a theoretical approach to the communities, identities, political and social organisations and relationships of bisexual-identified people, in particular those in the UK. Drawing on Monro’s previous research work...
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