Highlights from 2011

Mary Midgley's talk on 'Are We Social Animals?

During the last century many prophets have suggested that humans are essentially self-absorbed, solitary creatures...

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Science - the end of philosophy?

Have philosophers come to abandon ideas of universal metaphysical absolutes at the same time as scientists have rejected ideas of an objective reality....

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Bread and Circuses

A key concept and public event from ancient times right up until the present day has been the community festival...

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Nihilism

"Nihilism is the breakdown of the order of meaning..."

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Philosophy for Children

The ant works all day in summer storing up food while the grasshopper makes music.

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Back to the Greeks

The Stoics, Skeptics and Epicureans.

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Do We Long to Belong

What are the benefits of forming communities of shared interests...

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Highlights from 2011

Philosophy in Pubs

Has TV Ended Community?

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Spring Mini-Festival

Friday 9th – Sunday 11th March. Planned events include Café Philosophique with Guest Speaker and Open Space, Philosophy for Youth, Philosophy and Food, Philosophy in Pubs.
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Summer Mini-Festival

Friday 8th – Sunday 10th June.Planned events include Café Philosophique with Guest Speaker and Open Space, Philosophy for Youth, Philosophy and Food, Philosophy in Pubs.
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Autumn Main Festival

Saturday 6th – Sunday 14th October. Planned events include Café Philosophique with Guest Speaker and Open Space, Philosophy for Youth, Philosophy and Food, Philosophy in Pubs, Back to the Greeks, Beginning Philosophy, Political Philosophy and more.
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"Philosophy is not a theory but an activity." Wittgenstein