Mr Dewar

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Decades-long bet on consciousness ends — and it’s philosopher 1, neuroscientist 0 https://t.co/p13lTi26rr

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Ooh, look, @TSAS_Philosophy... this is the philosopher who talks about intuition pumps (and beer!). We look at his views on "what it is like to..." in our Philosophy of Mind unit.

[American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy]

At the inaugural Hopkins Natural Philosophy Forum earlier this month, @APAEastern past president @DanielDennett (Tufts University) gave a talk titled “How, when and why can we trust our brains?” https://t.co/6GZu4JXR7B

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Look, @TSAS_Orbit ... this looks interesting!

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Got a story to tell? If you’re aged 11-18, BBC Young Reporter Competition wants to hear from you…

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Look, @TSAS_Philosophy ! This is a think! In our unit on the Philosophy of Mind, we debate whether the mind is just the activity of the brain, like this, or whether there is something more to it!

[Hugo Chrost @chrost_hugo]

Two neurons communicating with each other.

Source: @microscopicture

#neuroscience #MedTwitter

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Can neither confirm nor deny that this is the Manifesto of @TSAS_Philosophy !

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You have to admit the school looks beautiful in this winter weather... this was 7:30 this morning!

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@JasonCrane272 Is this a scene from the staff Christmas video?

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@MissFTurner_PE These were particularly tasty!

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All togged up, ready to serve Christmas Dinner to Year 8!

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Ha! Look @lisawilkinson78 ... we never did have that dance!

[New Scientist @newscientist]

“People are born to move. They are born to move rhythmically,” says dance psychologist @DrPeterLovatt

For today's #NewScientistAdventCalendar, you can learn more about the benefits of dancing for free: https://t.co/cLkTU32i9p

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Look, @TSAS_Philosophy students - sage advice from the Prof!

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

If you are a Student, open this it's important 👇

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Look, @TSAS_Philosophy - are we free to choose, or determined by other factors? Julian Baggini reviews “Freely Determined” by Kennon M. Sheldon https://t.co/BM11ti4nAW via @WSJ

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Look, @tsascareers ... so many Thorpies go to work in our magnificent NHS, as doctors, nurses, paramedics and even plumbers!

[NHS Health Careers @HealthCareersUK]

We have incredible #StepIntoTheNHS competition prizes to win 🏆

National winning entries will be displayed in public! And the first 20 schools to send in 25 entries will receive a free book.

Get started on your entries now: https://t.co/RA2jEwPYlI

#350NHSCareers

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Look, @TSAS_Orbit ... an excellent piece of supercurricular reading for any ORBITing scientists https://t.co/Prbu3zMAQ7

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So many of our students have gone to work in the NHS, as nurses, paramedics, doctors, researchers, even plumbers! I wonder if they first began that journey with the Step into the NHS competition in their PSHEE @tsascareers lessons? https://t.co/IzySzJqp9o

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LP is on our Metaphysics of God spec, as well as a feature of our Epistemology unit.
A @tsas_norwich Chemistry student did an elective with @KeelePhilosoph1 a while ago... always a steady stream of Thorpies along the M6 to Keele!

[Alexis Papazoglou @newsphilosophy]

Logical Positivism tried to bury metaphysics for good. It Failed. By @GiuseppinaDoro of @KeelePhilosoph1, for @IAI_TV. https://t.co/qqzYFCunM1

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956 years ago, on 14th October, the Anglo Saxon World ended, and a new era began. Fortunately someone was onhand to record events for posterity. @TSAS_history

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We discuss A.I. in both the @TSAS_Philosophy A Level, and in the @tsas_computing @TLevels_govuk Digital Media courses. Here's an interesting article!

Thinking A.I. is much smarter than it actually is puts people in danger. https://t.co/YGczKRJ9Rr via @slate

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Finally, here is Florence Price, born in 1887 and the first African American woman to be recognised as a symphonic composer. This is the remarkable @Chineke4Change orchestra playing part of her First Symphony. https://t.co/4ggqIBIVOm

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It's Black History Month, and a playlist has been compiled of some of the greatest music from the Afro-American community in the last 100 years https://t.co/JZbXT1ey2j
My BHM Playlist goes back a bit further!

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The fabulously named Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint Georges was born in Guadeloupe, the son of an enslaved African woman and a plantation owner. He came to Paris and wowed audiences with his virtuosic violin playing. Not a bad composer either! https://t.co/yjJBWWUAG4