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...Open University's Natural Sciences qualifications. Evolutionary concepts first appeared in early Greek writings, for example, in the work of Anaximander and Empedocles. Anaximander proposed that animals could be transformed from one kind to another, and Empedocles speculated that they could be made up of various combinations of pre-existing parts. However, evolutionary...

...Open University course A222 Exploring philosophy...Introducing the philosophy of religion: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the meaning of the words ‘God’ and ‘religion’ understand what the main questions are in philosophy of religion have a better sense of the differences between philosophical questions or...

...open my eyes or remove the sunglasses my visual experience is transformed again. It is important, however, not to restrict the notion of phenomenology to the having of sensory experience, for there is equally something it is like simply to be thinking about things, as the insomniac knows all too well. It is important too, always to pay close attention to how mental terms...

...open-ended. Because, ultimately, what Barratt sought to achieve with this painting was a ‘Grand Historical Picture’; an allegory, which would capture the most important elements of the Fry story. It is not, and was most likely never meant to be, a faithful representation of what actually happened at Newgate. After all, Barratt, born in 1824, had not been present at...