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Free Will vs. Determinism: Who's Really in Control? Alex O'Connor vs Prof Alex Carter hosted by Ruth JacksonFree Will Dilemmas: Determinism vs. Compatibilism Are we the masters of our fate or just dancing to the universe's tune? 🤔 This week on Premier Unbelievable, R

Cambridge Arts Roundup 20/07/2024Simon Bertin visits Dr Alex Carter at Fitzwilliam College to hear about the philosophy of creativity and humour and the problems it raises; we encounter artist, musician, and short filmmaker Tarren MacCallan Moore at his Cambridge gallery and find rewarding thought on the life of a satirical artist. And we make a studio visit to abstract painter Charlotte Cornish who talks on recent striking work with environmental themes as she meets the public in Cambridge Open Studios.

University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education on LinkedIn: Earth Day: hear from Cambridge philosopher about why it mattersToday, 22nd April, is Earth Day, a national day to celebrate the planet and raise awareness of its need to be protected 🌍 We spoke to the Associate Teaching…

You can’t teach creativity, but can you learn it?Creativity is highly prized in today’s labour market and is likely to be more so in the future. But can it be taught and how should it best be asses...

A talk on why AI is less creative than human intelligence.

Creativity in the law

A short article I have written for The Impact Lawyers on the need for creativity in the law.

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Last week, we were delighted to welcome to the BHF Dr Alex Carter, who came to speak to our team about the nature of creativity and how it can be applied... www.linkedin.com/posts/british-heart-foundation_last-week-we-were-delighted-to-welcome-to-activity-6636632661211308032-wlbV

New year, new you? - Cambridge EditionResolving to lose weight or give up booze is so 2019; this year, learning a new skill is the way to go, says Charlotte Phillips

"If a Lion Could Speak": Wittgenstein and Alien Forms of Life — Linguistics@HuddersfieldAlexander Carter (University of Cambridge)  Wednesday 6th March 2019 According to Wittgenstein, that which makes it possible for us to understand (or misunderstand) other human beings makes it impossible for us to understand (or misunderstand) other non-human beings. Crucially, this ba

The real reason we love savage comedy, according to scienceThe psychology behind the snark.

CREATIVITY - CAN IT BE TAUGHT? — THE CAMBRIDGE CRITIQUECan you really teach creativity?  Is it not an innate spontaneous quality? Is it not some ineffable spirit that simply is, and cannot be forced?  But a study of creativity would say otherwise. And a pioneer pair of experienced teachers in Cambridge University has set up a study

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T. S. Eliot on Idea Incubation, Inhibition, and the Mystical Quality of Creativity, Plus a Rare Reading“We do not know until the shell breaks what kind of egg we have been sitting on.”

Top tips: looking after your mental health with creativityRoshane is going to tell you about how creativity helped him to express his emotions. He will then share a list of creative activities you could do to help your own mental health.

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