Schedule
Here are all the up and coming enquiry topics and events.
| Topic | Venue | Presenter | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Act - Two Laws | Saturday at Seven (international) | Mike | 04/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| All are welcome to attend for a stimulating presentation and enquiry. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| EPISTEMOLOGY: An Inside-Out Perspective | The Green Room (International) | Ron Green | 05/10/2025 | 18:00 |
| Hi everyone, this evening we will discuss the notion of Existence as being an epistemological construct, in which a cardinal question would be: Do things that were discovered exist before they were discovered? Existence from knowledge (epistemology), rather than knowledge from existence (ontology)? Inside-out epistemology shatters traditional notions of knowledge and certainty, where the link between knowledge and the observer forms a basis for further insights....... To join the Zoom meeting on October 5, click (or copy) this link 10 minutes before the start: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86216483873?pwd=5ounD619YK6ath2VhpfGYe8UmMKgpz.1 | ||||
| History of Logic Session 9 of 10 | PIPS ZOOM EVENT - ALL WELCOME | Rob Lewis | 05/10/2025 | 18:30 |
| ALL WELCOME This is session 9 of 10 on the History of Logic presented by Rob Lewis Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Community Philosophy session! | The Fat Cat (Sheffield) | Rosie | 05/10/2025 | 19:30 |
| In our usual venue The Fat Cat, Alma Street, Sheffield. All welcome! We meet upstairs the function room, which is good accessibility for those with hearing issues (no background noise) but not good for anyone who can't easily get up stairs. Start time 7.30pm - get a drink at the bar before you come up. All welcome | ||||
| Is the music we like the music of our teens? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Mary | 06/10/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ - A Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. | ||||
| Philosophy of Science (Popper/Kuhn) | Lock & Quay (Bootle) | Paul T | 06/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| The Lock & Quay: 2 Irlam Road, Bootle, L20 4AH …. Bootle’s first community pub, owned and managed by the community – All welcome! | ||||
| Philosophy of Fascism | Flanagan's Irish Pub | Tommy | 07/10/2025 | 18:30 |
| Flanagan's Irish Pub is in Church Road, Waterloo. Turn left out of Waterloo railway station and walk down in the direction of river until you come to Church Road on your left, pub is on your right about half way down. All welcome! | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | The group | 07/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| Keith's Wine Bar: 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| To be arranged | The Dee View Inn (Heswall) | The group | 07/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| The Dee View Inn, 2 Dee View Road, Heswell, Wirral, CH60 0DH Schedule. We meet every 1st Tuesday of the month (7pm) All welcome! | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 08/10/2025 | 18:00 |
| To join tonight's session (6pm) Copy + Paste join zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6Zz09 … Every Wednesday of the month – all welcome! …... | ||||
| The Experience of Time | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Mark | 09/10/2025 | 14:00 |
| 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 (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| Merseyside Annual A.G.M | Ship & Mitre (upstairs) | The Committee | 10/10/2025 | 06:30 |
| The Annual AGM will take place upstairs at the Ship and Mitre pub in Liverpool. We are hoping that very many of you will attend as the AGM provides enables members of Pips Community to meet with those outside of their own groups and to discover more about the activities of the committee. More information will be sent out as it is available Many thanks Dulcie | ||||
| What if the human race is just an experiment... | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Andrea | 13/10/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ - A Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. | ||||
| Religions and Utopias ... | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | Howard | 13/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| THINK Huddersfield, meets (7pm) every 2nd Monday of month at The Sportsman, the excellent pub at 1 St John's Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5AY ... Contact: huddersfieldpips1@gmail.com | ||||
| Did Socrates get Justice? | Lock & Quay (Bootle) | Peter | 13/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| The Lock & Quay: 2 Irlam Road, Bootle, L20 4AH …. Bootle’s first community pub, owned and managed by the community – All welcome! | ||||
| Did Socrates get Justice? | Flanagan's Irish Pub | Peter | 14/10/2025 | 18:30 |
| Flanagan's Irish Pub is in Church Road, Waterloo. Turn left out of Waterloo railway station and walk down in the direction of river until you come to Church Road on your left, pub is on your right about half way down. All welcome! | ||||
| What is Knowledge? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Soumhya | 14/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| Keith's Wine Bar: 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| Flags & Medals | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Stephen | 15/10/2025 | 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 | 15/10/2025 | 18:00 |
| To join tonight's session (6pm) Copy + Paste join zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6Zz09 … Every Wednesday of the month – all welcome! …... | ||||
| Alienation of Man | Marx Study Group (Online) | Group | 15/10/2025 | 18:00 |
| The Next Meeting of Marx Theory Study Group will take place on Wednesday 15th October 2025 from 6 to 8pm on jitsi: - (Copy + Paste) https://meet.guifi.net/NewJitsiLpoolSocialistStudyGroup ..... at the meeting, we’ll start Part 3 of our programme of study on alienation and look at Manifestations of Alienation. The first session of this part will deal with Alienation of man and natural environment. | ||||
| Survival of the fittest? | The Park (Eccles) | Open forum | 15/10/2025 | 19:30 |
| The Park, Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9QD. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (&.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| The Limits of Like Mindedness | Saturday at Seven (international) | Vanessa / The Group | 18/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| The limits of "like-mindedness" If a group of people is "like minded", how much divergence should we expect amongst the members' views - and who decides? What do we actually mean by "like minded"? Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| The History of Logic Session 10 of 10 | PIPS ZOOM EVENT - ALL WELCOME | Rob Lewis | 19/10/2025 | 18:30 |
| All are welcome to attend these sessions. This is Session 10 of 10 and still worth attending even if you have not attended all or any. Hope to see you there on Sunday at 6.30 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Nothing Matters | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Open forum | 20/10/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ - A Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. | ||||
| The Concept of Evil. Why? | Lock & Quay (Bootle) | TBA | 20/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| The Lock & Quay: 2 Irlam Road, Bootle, L20 4AH …. Bootle’s first community pub, owned and managed by the community – All welcome! | ||||
| Fairness & Equality | Flanagan's Irish Pub | Tom L | 21/10/2025 | 18:30 |
| Flanagan's Irish Pub is in Church Road, Waterloo. Turn left out of Waterloo railway station and walk down in the direction of river until you come to Church Road on your left, pub is on your right about half way down. All welcome! | ||||
| Philosophic Positions? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Open | 21/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| What Philosophic positions do you take? Are you a Materialist or an Idealist? A Moral relativist or hold to a fixed Value? An Aesthetic Objectivist or Subjectivist? ..... Keith's Wine Bar: 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 22/10/2025 | 18:00 |
| To join tonight's session (6pm) Copy + Paste join zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6Zz09 … Every Wednesday of the month – all welcome! …... | ||||
| Ethics of Genetic Engineering? | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Paul | 23/10/2025 | 14:00 |
| 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 (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| Choosing future topics party | Pocket Cafe/Bar (City centre) | The group | 23/10/2025 | 18:00 |
| The Pocket Cafe/Bar. A swanky cafe bar in town. Come along to PIP's newest early evening group ... 98 Paradise Street (by Bus terminus) City Centre, Liverpool, L1 4AA. | ||||
| Kierkegaard's Stages on Life's Way | Lock & Quay (Bootle) | Mike Naidoo | 27/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| The Lock & Quay: 2 Irlam Road, Bootle, L20 4AH …. Bootle’s first community pub, owned and managed by the community – All welcome! | ||||
| OPEN FORUM | Flanagan's Irish Pub | Everyone | 28/10/2025 | 18:30 |
| Flanagan's Irish Pub is in Church Road, Waterloo. Turn left out of Waterloo railway station and walk down in the direction of river until you come to Church Road on your left, pub is on your right about half way down. All welcome! | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 29/10/2025 | 18:00 |
| To join tonight's session (6pm) Copy + Paste join zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6Zz09 … Every Wednesday of the month – all welcome! …... | ||||
| Hannah Arendt and Evil | Saturday at Seven (international) | Dulcie - The Group | 01/11/2025 | 19:00 |
| Part ONE a discussion of a brief biography of Hannah Arendt , commenting on the Contemporary Relevance of her work, her early life and education, Political Awareness and Exile , her Life in America and Intellectual Work , Jewish Identity and Experience of the Holocaust, Statelessness,homelessness Eichman and the Banality of Evil and her legacy. Part TWO Using Pips philosophical methodology we will enter into an enquiry focussing on the following question :- “When people cause harm by simply ‘doing their job’ or following social norms, does this reflect Hannah Arendt’s notion of the ‘banality of evil,’ and does this suggest that evil today is more ordinary than monstrous?” Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Reality? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Open forum | 05/11/2025 | 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 | 05/11/2025 | 18:00 |
| To join tonight's session (6pm) Copy + Paste join zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6Zz09 … Every Wednesday of the month – all welcome! …... | ||||
| Is AI a blessing or a curse? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 05/11/2025 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||
| Justice as Fairness | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Mark | 13/11/2025 | 14:00 |
| 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 (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| Dignity | Saturday at Seven (international) | Dorothy / The Group | 15/11/2025 | 19:00 |
| “Is dignity an essential part of living a good human life, and can our attempts to ‘help’ others sometimes undermine it?” Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Do we need a reason to be in life? | The Park (Eccles) | Open forum | 19/11/2025 | 19:30 |
| The Park, Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9QD. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (&.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| The Imagination: what is it? | The Black Horse (Heswall) | Open forum | 27/11/2025 | 14:00 |
| Imagination: is it a faculty, or just the effects of something else? 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 (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| What harsh truths do we ignore as individuals? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 03/12/2025 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||
| To be arranged | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | The group | 11/12/2025 | 14:00 |
| 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 (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| Does the law make people unjust? | The Park (Eccles) | Open forum | 17/12/2025 | 19:30 |
| The Park, Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9QD. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (&.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| Can we ever truly know ourselves? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 07/01/2026 | 18:30 |
| How can we ever be truly certain of who we are, as individuals? Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||
| When is a crime not a crime? | The Park (Eccles) | Open forum | 21/01/2026 | 19:30 |
| The Park, Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9QD. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (&.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| Can you trust the word of a drunk person? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 04/02/2026 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||