Schedule
Here are all the up and coming enquiry topics and events.
| Topic | Venue | Presenter | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Warming | Bluecoat Art Centre (Liverpool) | Judy | 25/02/2020 | 13:00 |
| OPEN FORUM | The Victoria (Waterloo) | ALL | 25/02/2020 | 18:30 |
| Sloth the unacknowleged virtue! | The Coffee House (Wavertree) | Edna | 27/02/2020 | 19:15 |
| Open Forum | Piazza Cafe Bar (Liverpool) | Open forum | 28/02/2020 | 14:00 |
| The Piazza Cafe, Bottom of Catholic Cathedral Steps, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool City Centre, L3 5TQ | ||||
| The Other | The Friday Forum | Corrie | 28/02/2020 | 14:00 |
| piazza cafe as usual | ||||
| The Other | The Friday Forum | Corrie | 28/02/2020 | 14:00 |
| piazza cafe as usual | ||||
| The Waste Land | Lime Kiln (Concert Square) | Group | 02/03/2020 | 18:15 |
| Second half of the poem. | ||||
| The Environmental Crisis | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | Howard | 02/03/2020 | 19:00 |
| The Environmental Crisis - what should be done? | ||||
| Open Forum | Ramsbottom (Rose & Crown) | The group | 02/03/2020 | 19:30 |
| Why War? | The Victoria (Waterloo) | Tommy | 03/03/2020 | 18:30 |
| Philosophy of Money! | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Avril | 04/03/2020 | 13:00 |
| Are we big or small? | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | 04/03/2020 | 19:00 | |
| TBA | The Royal Clifton Hotel (Southport) | TBA | 04/03/2020 | 19:00 |
| Common sense ? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Ross | 04/03/2020 | 19:15 |
| When is it appropriate to keep secrets? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | 04/03/2020 | 19:30 | |
| Authenticity? | The City PIP group (Vernon Arms) | Keith | 09/03/2020 | 14:00 |
| Being authenticity according to 1) Heidegger and 2)Sartre | ||||
| Against Democracy | Lime Kiln (Concert Square) | Mike | 09/03/2020 | 18:15 |
| Open Forum | The Saracen's Head (Stockton Heath) | The group | 09/03/2020 | 19:00 |
| Open Forum | The Dog & Partridge (Sheffield) | Rosie | 09/03/2020 | 19:30 |
| Karl Marx | A Pub in Prestwich | TBA | 09/03/2020 | 19:40 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | The Victoria (Waterloo) | Karen | 10/03/2020 | 18:30 |
| Can racism cease to exist? | The Black Horse (Heswall) | 10/03/2020 | 19:00 | |
| Homo Economicus ? | The Casa Bar (Liverpool) | Paul D | 11/03/2020 | 11:00 |
| The ideas of Yuval Noah Harari? | The Coffee House (Wavertree) | Francis | 12/03/2020 | 19:15 |
| The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot | The Vernon (LIPs) | Keith | 16/03/2020 | 18:15 |
| Angus Wilson novel | ||||
| Philosophy of the Third Age! | The Perch Rock (New Brighton) | Open forum | 16/03/2020 | 19:00 |
| The early part of retirement is often referred to as the Third Age of life. We now, typically, enjoy better health during this time and, for the vast majority in this country, the economic means to make choices. This evening will look at the impact of these newfound freedoms; can these improvements be sustained for subsequent generations? What should society expect from those enjoying these benefits? Are we seeing the generation gap widen? As this group grows (baby boomers) how does this skew or influence voting in our democracy? Or is it time to radically rethink our approach to the ages of our life from an inter-generational perspective | ||||
| Mythology | The Victoria (Waterloo) | Paul T | 17/03/2020 | 18:30 |
| How do we stay human in a digital landscape? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | 18/03/2020 | 19:30 | |
| What is the point of a university degree? | The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | the group | 18/03/2020 | 19:30 |
| Open Forum | The Coffee House (Wavertree) | Mike G | 18/03/2020 | 19:30 |
| THIS THE YOUNGER PHILOSOPHER GROUP MEETING. Not to be confused with the older philosophy group that meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. | ||||
| Is Life Absuad? | The Victoria (Waterloo) | Tom L | 24/03/2020 | 18:30 |
| Plato's Republic | The Coffee House (Wavertree) | Paul D | 26/03/2020 | 19:15 |
| OPEN FORUM | The Victoria (Waterloo) | ALL | 31/03/2020 | 18:30 |
| Neurodiversity | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | 01/04/2020 | 19:00 | |
| Should animals have rights? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | 01/04/2020 | 19:30 | |
| Conspiracy? | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | Open forum | 06/04/2020 | 19:00 |
| Which conspiracy narratives are true? | ||||
| Open Forum | The Dog & Partridge (Sheffield) | Rosie | 06/04/2020 | 19:40 |
| Authenticity | Lime Kiln (Concert Square) | Keith | 13/04/2020 | 18:15 |
| In Two Minds | A Pub in Prestwich | TBA | 13/04/2020 | 19:40 |
| Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | ||||
| Do guns protect or kill people? | The Black Horse (Heswall) | 14/04/2020 | 19:00 | |
| Mind and Matter – Is matter all there is? | The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | the group | 15/04/2020 | 19:30 |
| Should all important decisions be made twice; Once sober and once not? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Phil | 15/04/2020 | 19:30 |
| Zero K | The Vernon (Arms) | Mike | 20/04/2020 | 18:15 |
| Don DeLillo novel | ||||
| Climate Change 1 | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Group | 06/05/2020 | 17:30 |
| What motivates us to be moral? | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | Open forum | 11/05/2020 | 19:00 |
| What can motivate virtuous conduct once the fear of punishment in hell, or in rebirth, or by physical or capital punishment has gone? | ||||
| Arguments for Atheism | A Pub in Prestwich | TBA | 11/05/2020 | 19:40 |
| Does hardship make a person stronger? If so, under what conditions and at what point is too much hardship? If no, what makes a person stronger? | The Black Horse (Heswall) | 12/05/2020 | 19:00 | |
| Is lying a prerequisite of modern social living? | The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | the group | 20/05/2020 | 19:30 |
| Is all philosophy based on logic? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Group | 20/05/2020 | 19:30 |
| Should it be? | ||||
| What's good/bad about Huddersfield? | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | Open forum | 01/06/2020 | 19:00 |
| What is good and what is bad about Huddersfield, the Colne Valley and Calderdale? What could be done to make them better? | ||||
| Climate change 2 | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Group | 03/06/2020 | 19:30 |
| Meaning of Life | A Pub in Prestwich | TBA | 08/06/2020 | 19:45 |
| Meaning of Life - Victor Frankl and Logo-therapy | ||||
| What is evil? | The Black Horse (Heswall) | 09/06/2020 | 19:00 | |
| Information as property and the possibility of privacy | The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | the group | 17/06/2020 | 19:30 |
| Information as property and the possibility of privacy | The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | the group | 17/06/2020 | 19:30 |
| Should we teach philosophy in schools? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Group | 17/06/2020 | 19:30 |
| Climate change 3 | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Group | 01/07/2020 | 19:30 |
| Social responsibility | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | Open forum | 06/07/2020 | 19:00 |
| What should be done to save the lives and reduce the suffering of people with mental and physical disabilities? | ||||
| What are the essential fundamentals of language? | The Black Horse (Heswall) | 14/07/2020 | 19:00 | |
| When does a machine obtain moral recognition? | The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | the group | 15/07/2020 | 19:30 |
| Is Neo-liberalism a curse or a blessing? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Group | 15/07/2020 | 19:30 |
| What is the Philosophy of accountability, responsibility, and blame? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Group | 05/08/2020 | 19:30 |
| I'mnot responsible for this one. Honest. | ||||
| Transhumanism: Can body modification ever go too far? | The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | the group | 19/08/2020 | 19:30 |
| Does education lead to social mobility or division? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Group | 19/08/2020 | 19:30 |
| Are you clever enough to know? | ||||
| The Blue Bell (Eccles) | 02/09/2020 | 19:30 | ||
| See next entry. | ||||
| Is there a valid case for revolution? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Peter | 02/09/2020 | 19:30 |
| Is all work prostitution? | The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | the group | 16/09/2020 | 19:30 |
| Do we see fatalism as acceptance or resistance? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Group | 16/09/2020 | 19:30 |
| Will AI become so advanced that machines have consciousness? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Group | 07/10/2020 | 19:30 |
| Real or artificial? | ||||
| The Blue Bell (Eccles) | 21/10/2020 | 19:30 | ||
| How big can a lie be? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Group | 21/10/2020 | 19:30 |
| Is this competitive? | ||||
| Is Broadband a human right? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | Jenny | 04/11/2020 | 19:30 |
| Could you live without it? | ||||
| Is democracy even possible? | The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | the group | 21/11/2020 | 19:30 |