"Unlike any other subject… philosophy asks you to accept doubt and uncertainty, and search beyond the narrow confines of accepted opinion. You are left free to make your own contributions and reveal your own insights. These are the key ingredients of a genuine voyage of discovery."

Over recent years I have had two books published by Palgrave Macmillan: How to Write Better Essays (2001) and Philosophy (2006). My aim in hosting this website is to help all those readers of my books who need help or just want to enter into a discussion of some of the issues these books raise.

Since 2001 I have worked by email with hundreds of students who have read How to Write Better Essays to help them tackle the problems they routinely have with writing essays. If you need help or you just want to clarify any advice I have given in this book, go to the book’s webpage, or just email me and I will be happy to help.

As for Philosophy I am very happy to enter into the same sort of discussion. You will see that with the book comes access to a Palgrave website dedicated to the book, which contains a lot of material helpful to both students and teachers.

In the student zone you will find the complete notes on each chapter, essay plans for the typical questions set on many of the issues raised in the book, structured methods to help you develop your philosophical skills and explanations of some of the most difficult philosophical terms and problems.

In the teacher zone there is a wealth of material designed to help teachers to teach their courses, including tables and figures that feature in the book, along with questions, exercises and other material. Attached to the site I hope to develop a discussion forum where teachers of philosophy can not only exchange ideas on many of the intriguing issues discussed in the book, but help each other in the difficult art of teaching their subject.