Schedule
Here are all the up and coming enquiry topics and events.
| Topic | Venue | Presenter | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 29/04/2026 | 18:00 |
| What happens at a Café Philo? We choose a topic among those that the participants propose and we discuss it in an orderly fashion: Reserve and go to the Online Zoom address just before 6pm. Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6... | ||||
| Objectivism and Subjectivism | **Saturday@Seven** | Paul D. | 02/05/2026 | 19:00 |
| Objectivism posits that reality exists independently of human consciousness, and knowledge is gained by perceiving this external reality through reason and senses. Conversely, subjectivism claims reality or truth depends on the observer's mind, emotions, or perceptions. Objectivism stresses facts, while subjectivism emphasises personal, subjective viewpoints. (A I Overview) | ||||
| Trust: what is it? | The Green Room (International) | Ron G | 03/05/2026 | 18:00 |
| Today we will discuss something so much part of our lives, that we usually accept it without thinking about it too much: Trust. . . Trust is strange. It is the pillar on which society rests, yet is based on uncertainty. If there’s total certainty, no trust is needed. What, then is Trust? . . . Is it a phenomenon? Is it relative or absolute? In which way does it exist, in fact? Yet, as soon as do think about it, we wonder.. Philosophy, science, sociology, the arts... These are some of the things we will discuss about a "thing" that that may be a mirage. Very much looking forward to seeing/hearing you, and I would be pleased if you post this on your site. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88005987690?pwd=U9ZarrxrF0Fa2oL6OMt5TgZuWyTjsc.1 | ||||
| The Ethics of Soap Operas! | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Martin | 04/05/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ (1pm) | ||||
| What is Music? | Lock & Quay (Bootle) | Phil | 04/05/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Lock & Quay: 2 Irlam Road, Bootle, L20 4AH …. Bootle’s first community pub, owned and managed by the community – All welcome! | ||||
| Is Logic Important? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Rie | 05/05/2026 | 19:00 |
| Is logic always important? Keith's Wine Bar, 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR (L'pool South) | ||||
| The Better Angels of our Nature | The Dee View Inn (Heswall) | Alistair | 05/05/2026 | 19:00 |
| Steven Pinker's book: The Better Angels of our Nature, will be the basis of our enquiry tonight, presented by Alistair. All welcome, at The Dee View Inn, 2 Dee View Road, Heswall, Wirral. CH60 0DH | ||||
| What is Choice? | The Lower Red Lion (St Albans) | Tim Boatswain | 05/05/2026 | 19:00 |
| When you make the choice to attend or not to attend. Is that you exercising your freewill, or has your decision already been predetermined by a deity, a natural law - that wretched butterfly flapping its wings - or maybe your excited neurons - guided by your DNA? 'Whatever', hope to see you on 5th May: 36 Fishpool Street, St Albans, AL3 4RX | ||||
| What makes Art good? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Open forum | 06/05/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Rose & Crown, a popular community pub: 57 The Village, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7PL ..... Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month ... All welcome! | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 06/05/2026 | 18:00 |
| What happens at a Café Philo? We choose a topic among those that the participants propose and we discuss it in an orderly fashion: Reserve and go to the Online Zoom address just before 6pm. Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6... | ||||
| Is it moral to bring a child into today's world? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Tom | 06/05/2026 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey Coffee Shop, 205 Monton Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9PN | ||||
| Desiderata | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Maureen | 11/05/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ (1pm) | ||||
| Evolutionary mismatch ... | New Brighton PIPs (Online) | Open forum | 11/05/2026 | 19:00 |
| Evolutionary mismatch occurs when organisms possess traits, behaviors, or physiological mechanisms adapted to a past environment that are no longer suitable for their current, rapidly changed surroundings. This phenomenon, often termed "evolutionary trap," results in reduced fitness in modern environments – PIPS New Brighton Online – For link to meeting, please email: pipsnewbrighton@gmail.com (7pm start!) | ||||
| AI & Society | Lock & Quay (Bootle) | Kai | 11/05/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Lock & Quay: 2 Irlam Road, Bootle, L20 4AH …. Bootle’s first community pub, owned and managed by the community – All welcome! | ||||
| Materialism v Idealism | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Paul | 12/05/2026 | 19:00 |
| Philosophic Materialism V Philosophical Idealism. Keith's Wine Bar, 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR (L'pool South) | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 13/05/2026 | 18:00 |
| What happens at a Café Philo? We choose a topic from among those that the participants propose and we discuss it in an orderly fashion: Reserve and go to the Online Zoom address just before 6pm. Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6... All welcome, Michael. | ||||
| Philosophy Quiz | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | Bryony | 13/05/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Cock Hotel PIP group will now be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, with just the odd change of date when we can't book the room | ||||
| Philosophy of Stupidity | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Michael Naidoo | 14/05/2026 | 13:30 |
| The Black Toad, Micro-pub and bottle-shop in Hoylake specialising in craft beer and cask ale: 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2AF. Every 2nd + 4th Thursday of month (1.30pm start) - All welcome! | ||||
| **Saturday@Seven** | The Group | 16/05/2026 | 19:00 | |
| Justice + the Rationale of Sentencing! | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Alan | 18/05/2026 | 13:00 |
| Justice + the rationale of sentencing - which is best: retribution, rehabilitation, incapacitation, restoration, or deterrence? All welcome: The Vernon, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ (1pm) | ||||
| Watt-Samuel Beckett | The Vernon (LIPs) | Jim | 18/05/2026 | 18:30 |
| Literature in Pubs every 3rd Monday of the month - The Vernon, 69 Dale St, Liverpool City Centre, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 20/05/2026 | 18:00 |
| What happens at a Café Philo? We choose a topic from among those that the participants propose and we discuss it in an orderly fashion: Reserve and go to the Online Zoom address just before 6pm. Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6... All welcome, Michael. | ||||
| A I ? | The Park Hotel (Eccles) | Alan | 20/05/2026 | 19:30 |
| The Park Hotel, 142 Monton Rd, Eccles, Manchester M30 9QD – All welcome! | ||||
| Dance of the Dialectics | Marx Study Group (Online) | Study group | 21/05/2026 | 18:00 |
| At the meeting, we’ll continue our programme of study on Dialectics. The programme is roughly articulated in two parts. The first part will provide an introductory foundation for the programme and will be based on Bertell Ollman’s Dance of the Dialectic (available online at: - https://archive.org/details/dance-of-the-dialectic-steps-i-bertell-ollman/mode/2up). The second part will look at the evolution of dialectics and its application by Marxist theorists (details to follow).6 to 8pm on jitsi: - https://meet.guifi.net/NewJitsiLpoolSocialistStudyGroup | ||||
| Is Compassion a disguised form of Superiority? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Dulcie | 25/05/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ (1pm) | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 27/05/2026 | 18:00 |
| What happens at a Café Philo? We choose a topic from among those that the participants propose and we discuss it in an orderly fashion: Reserve and go to the Online Zoom address just before 6pm. Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6... All welcome, Michael. | ||||
| Instrumentalism... | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Mark | 28/05/2026 | 13:30 |
| The Black Toad, Micro-pub and bottle-shop in Hoylake specialising in craft beer and cask ale: 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2AF. Every 2nd + 4th Thursday of month (1.30pm start) - All welcome! | ||||
| What is Art, and How do we know good from bad? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Tony | 01/06/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ (1pm) | ||||
| Eternal Life: Reward or Punishment? | The Dee View Inn (Heswall) | Open forum | 02/06/2026 | 19:00 |
| (7pm) At The Dee View Inn, 2 Dee View Road, Heswall, Wirral. CH60 0DH ... All Welcome! | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 03/06/2026 | 17:00 |
| What happens at a Café Philo? We choose a topic from among those that the participants propose and we discuss it in an orderly fashion: Reserve and go to the Online Zoom address just before 6pm. Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6... All welcome, Michael. | ||||
| How much is our behaviour determined by other's behaviour? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Joanne | 03/06/2026 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey Coffee Shop, 205 Monton Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9PN | ||||
| Psychologism ? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Paul | 08/06/2026 | 13:00 |
| Psychologism: among other things, is the interpretation of philosophical problems as questions of a factual kind, to be answered by psychology. The Vernon, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ (1pm) | ||||
| What's wrong with incest? | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | Jamie | 10/06/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Cock Hotel PIP group will now be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, with just the odd change of date when we can't book the room | ||||
| Free Speech + Rules of Enquiry | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | John Sell | 11/06/2026 | 13:30 |
| The Black Toad, Micro-pub and bottle-shop in Hoylake specialising in craft beer and cask ale: 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2AF. Every 2nd + 4th Thursday of month (1.30pm start) - All welcome! | ||||
| Moral outrage: Justice or Aggression? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Dulcie | 15/06/2026 | 13:00 |
| Is moral outrage a form of justice or a socially acceptable form of aggression? The Vernon, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ (1pm) | ||||
| How come some people see ghosts and apparitions? | The Park Hotel (Eccles) | Joanne | 17/06/2026 | 19:30 |
| The Park Hotel, 142 Monton Rd, Eccles, Manchester M30 9QD – All welcome! | ||||
| Philosophical Zombies... | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Bryony | 25/06/2026 | 13:30 |
| The Black Toad, Micro-pub and bottle-shop in Hoylake specialising in craft beer and cask ale: 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2AF. Every 2nd + 4th Thursday of month (1.30pm start) - All welcome! | ||||
| Post-Humanism | The Dee View Inn (Heswall) | Open forum | 07/07/2026 | 19:00 |
| (7pm) At The Dee View Inn, 2 Dee View Road, Heswall, Wirral. CH60 0DH ... All Welcome! | ||||
| What is Justice? | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | The group | 08/07/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Cock Hotel PIP group will now be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, with just the odd change of date when we can't book the room | ||||
| How far is behaviour over pathologised? | The Park Hotel (Eccles) | Tom | 15/07/2026 | 19:30 |
| The Park Hotel, 142 Monton Rd, Eccles, Manchester M30 9QD – All welcome! | ||||
| Can broadmindedness be a problem? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Vince | 19/07/2026 | 19:30 |
| A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel (Robert Frost) - Oats & Honey Coffee Shop, 205 Monton Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9PN | ||||
| Is revolution acceptable in modern society? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Trish | 05/08/2026 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey Coffee Shop, 205 Monton Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9PN | ||||
| Why do we punish people? | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | Open forum | 12/08/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Cock Hotel PIP group will now be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, with just the odd change of date when we can't book the room | ||||
| Is it healthy how we engage with celebrity? | The Park Hotel (Eccles) | James | 19/08/2026 | 19:30 |
| The Park Hotel, 142 Monton Rd, Eccles, Manchester M30 9QD – All welcome! | ||||