Ninth Ex.phil. lecture

Today I have given the ninth lecture in Ex.phil. this Autumn, at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies. The course is part of the bachelor in psychology as well as the year-long study in psychology. Today´s main topic was free will and determinism.

Fourth Ex.phil. seminars

Today I have given the fourth seminar in Ex.phil. this Autumn, at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies, in two rounds, with altogether some 85 students attending. The course is part of the bachelor in psychology as well as the year-long study in psychology. Today´s topics included what it means to be human, academic writing and argumentation, and lies in politics.

Eigth Ex.phil. lecture

Today I have given the eight lecture in Ex.phil. this Autumn, at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies. The course is part of the bachelor in psychology as well as the year-long study in psychology. Today´s main topic was how the human self can be understood, including in connection with material reality.

Seventh Ex.phil. lecture

Today I have given the seventh lecture in Ex.phil. this Autumn, at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies. The course is part of the bachelor in psychology as well as the year-long study in psychology. Today´s topic was how humans can be understood from the perspectives of biology, social sciences and human dignity.

Articles featured in new ReFill article "Humans are not alone"

In January, the website ReFill at University of Stavanger published a literature recommendation article titled "Mennesket er ikke alene" (Humans are not alone), written by Alessandro Falcetta and featuring some of my texts in Norwegian on animals and environmental issues.

Eight Ex.phil. lecture

Today I have given the eight lecture in Ex.Phil. this Autumn, as part of the University of Stavanger´s bachelor degree in psychology. The topics were views on humans and specifically on the "I" and the human mind.

Second lecture given in Trento - Erasmus exchange lectures with Anthropocene theme

Today I gave the lecture “The perspective of the Anthropocene and what it says about humans´ place in nature” at University of Trento´s Department of humanities. Some 10 people attended. The lecture was given related to Carlo Brentari´s Bachelor-level course in philosophical anthropology, and was also open to the public.

Two forthcoming lectures in Trento, Italy May9th and 10th

As part of my upcoming Erasmus exchange to Italy and Slovenia I will be giving two lectures at University of Trento, in Trento. 

On Thursday May 9th at 4-6 p.m., I will give a lecture for ph.d. students titled ”Semiotic agency and the Anthropocene”.

On Friday May 10th (exact time not known) I will give a lecture for BA students on the perspective of the Anthropocene and what it says about humans´ place in nature, in a philosophical anthropology course.

4th seminar in Exphil. given

Today I have given the 4th out of 6 seminars in Ex.phil., in two rounds, in the University of Stavanger´s bachelor in psychology. The theme was broadly speaking philosophical anthropology.

7th Ex.phil. lecture held

Today I gave the 7th Ex.phil. lecture this Autumn. The topic was philosophical anthropology / view of humanity.

6 hours of teaching

Today I taught for six consecutive hours in Examen Philosophicum at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies. First the second lecture, on the topic "What is a human?" and the ecological worldview of Arne Næss, and then two times seminar with discussion and multiple choice tasks.

6 hours of teaching

Today I gave a 2-hour lecture and two 2-hour seminars in Examen Philosophicum at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies. Topic of the lecture was: What is a human?

Human distinctiveness paper finished at night in April

During the night April 4-5th I finished the academic essay "Menneskedyret og dets plass i verden" [The human animal and its place in the world] (see also previous posts on this essay). 

Human distinctiveness paper available via ResearchGate etc.; bibliographical reference

My essay "Menneskedyret og dets plass i verden" [The human animal and its place in the world], in Norwegian, has been uploaded as a full-text PDF to Scribd, Academia.edu and ResearchGate. The latter venue it has been given a DOI: 10.13140/2.1.3365.4402. Reference:

Tønnessen, Morten 2014. Menneskedyret og dets plass i verden [The human animal and its place in the world]. Published online in the blog of Minding Animals Norway July 23rd 2014; ResearchGate July 23rd 2014 (DOI: 10.13140/2.1.3365.4402).

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Article on human distinctiveness not accepted for publication in Agora