On names and the meaning of words
Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767 – 1835) was a linguist and a philosopher of language who tells this story about naming. A peasant was listening to astronomy students as they were…
PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN
It has been many months since my last blog post. This is in part because this has been a busy time for me and I have been involved in some…
Autism, Ethics and the Good Life: Is increasing functionality always good?
Leneh Buckle is autistic, an academic and a parent, although none of her children are autistic. Her biography for the conference handouts notes that as child she “was considered severely…
Autism, Ethics and the Good Life: disorder or identity?
Sandy Starr is an adult who was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome in his teens. His work for the Progress Educational Trust, a registered charity that works in the field of genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem…
Autism, Ethics and the Good Life: Narrative and Representation
Yesterday I described the introduction to a full day conference on Autism, Ethics and the Good Life. It was a very full day as the Conference Programme makes clear. So…
Autism, Ethics and the Good Life: an introduction
Monday 2nd April was World Autism Day and to mark the occasion I attended a conference at the Royal Academy entitled Autism, Ethics and the Good Life. The conference was…
The Myth of Autism Part 2
The Myth of Autism is an ambitious work that seeks to encompass three broad areas of enquiry. The social and cultural factors that influence our beliefs about childhood: Timimi et…