Schedule
Here are all the up and coming enquiry topics and events.
| Topic | Venue | Presenter | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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! | ||||
| Why are some people unwilling to give ground? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Dom | 02/06/2026 | 19:00 |
| Why are some of us so intransigent regarding our beliefs? 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| Would immortality ruin life? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Open forum | 03/06/2026 | 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 | 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 | ||||
| Enquiry into Regret | **Saturday@Seven** | Mike | 06/06/2026 | 19:00 |
| If regret is inevitable, should ethical or life decisions be guided by the regret we believe we could bear - or by something else entirely? EVERYONE WELCOME TO SATURDAY AT SEVEN. BRING A FRIEND. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| 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) | ||||
| Can your sense of humour be wrong? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Paul D | 09/06/2026 | 20:00 |
| Can our sense of humour be wrong? If we find racist jokes funny, does that automatically mark us as racist, or can we appreciate the funny-ness or wit of a joke without being morally accountable for doing so? Keith's Wine Bar, 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| 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) | ||||
| Spirituality V Organised Religion | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Paul | 17/06/2026 | 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! | ||||
| 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! | ||||
| Enquiry into Consciousness | **Saturday@Seven** | Susan L | 20/06/2026 | 19:00 |
| David Chalmers’ “hard problem” asks why and how subjective experience arises from physical processes. Searle emphasizes consciousness as biological and emergent, while Tonini focuses on its cognitive and functional aspects. Panpsychism takes a bolder view, suggesting that consciousness might be a fundamental feature of the universe, meaning everything could possess some level of awareness. This challenges us to ask: is consciousness limited to brains, or is it woven into reality itself? EVERYONE WELCOME TO SATURDAY AT SEVEN. BRING A FRIEND. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| 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! | ||||
| What do we mean by 'Behave Yourself'? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Jack | 01/07/2026 | 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! | ||||
| Is Introspection an Illusion | **Saturday@Seven** | Paul | 04/07/2026 | 19:00 |
| According to Psychologists, such as Nick Chater, the mind is a "fluent fabricator". EVERYONE WELCOME TO SATURDAY AT SEVEN. BRING A FRIEND. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Why vote in a post-truth society? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Open forum | 15/07/2026 | 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! | ||||
| 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! | ||||
| Is limiting knowledge to merely language based propositions or arguments a profound mistake ? | **Saturday@Seven** | Gordon | 18/07/2026 | 19:00 |
| 'Some people think that language goes all the way down, but I think that language barely scratches the surface, and furthermore those scratches distort the reality of what we experience'. EVERYONE WELCOME TO SATURDAY AT SEVEN. BRING A FRIEND. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| What parts of humanity are still natural? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Open forum | 05/08/2026 | 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! | ||||
| 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! | ||||