Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger is amongst the most influential and important thinkers of the 20th Century. The first part of the course covers his magnum opus, Being and Time (1927). We then move on to consider his later writings on technology, art, and language. Spring Term 2017, Tuesdays, 19:00 – 21:00, ten weeks starting 17th January. Course […]
Art and Phenomenology
Philosophy is the study of the complexity of everyday life. Art too can be understood as grappling with the same problems. Using Western Philosophers from Immanuel Kant to Hubert Dreyfus, as well as some philosophers of the Eastern tradition, including Kakuzo and El-Bizri, we’ll examine the overlap between art and philosophy. Summer Term 2017, Mondays, […]
Pragmatism
Summer Term 2017, Mondays, 17:00 – 19:00, ten weeks starting 24th April Course Tutor: Mark Fielding Pragmatism is the uniquely American contribution to the history of philosophy. Its origins are strongly humanistic, and we first discuss the way in which this is developed in the work of C.S. Peirce, William James and John Dewey. We […]
Philosophers of Otherness 2: Girard, Ricoeur, Derrida
Summer Term 2017, Mondays, 19:00 – 21:00, ten weeks starting 24th April Course Tutor: Keith Barrett. ‘We are all responsible for everyone else – but I am more responsible than all the others’ wrote Dostoyevsky. We will explore the ideas of three contemporary thinkers who argue that the character of our existence is truly defined […]
Philosophy of Science
Summer Term 2017, Tuesdays, 15:00 – 17:00, ten weeks starting 25th April Course Tutor: Anja Steinbauer. Physicist Richard Feynman once mused that “Science is imagination in a straitjacket.” – The course addresses the following questions (and more!): What is science? What is the relationship between philosophy and science? What does it mean that there are […]
Explaining Human Behaviour
Summer Term 2017, Tuesdays, 11:00 – 13:00, ten weeks starting 25th April Course Tutor: Anja Steinbauer. Why did the chicken cross the road? This course will introduce several different approaches to explaining human behaviour, including philosophy, genetics, evolutionary biology and neuroscience. We will critically discuss their usefulness and apply them to examples of behaviour such […]
An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail
SOLD OUT The team behind Festival of the Spoken Nerd are putting on their biggest Evening of Unnecessary Detail so far. In collaboration with Conway Hall, it’s a comedy and science variety night with more unnecessary detail than ever before. To make room for all the extra unnecessary detail, several required details have had to go. So come along […]
Spreading Humanism to South Asia
Babu Gogineni talks about Spreading Humanism to South Asia. Babu Gogineni was the Director of International Humanist & Ethical Union (IHEU), London from 1997 – 2013. His career spans organization development, people empowerment, social activism & public communication. Starting at 17, Babu has worked over 30 years in cultural, commercial and not-for-profit organizations and movements, […]
Sharing
Come and join us and chief sharer, Benita Matofska on an extraordinary journey into the Sharing Economy (a system built around the sharing of human and physical resources — think cars, goods, skills…).Benita is a global award-winning social entrepreneur, innovator and public speaker. She is a worldwide expert, speaker, writer and consultant on the Sharing […]