by Socrates | May 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
The next meeting of the Nottingham Philosophy Club is on Tuesday 17th June starting at 7.30 pm – the location is: 34 Waldeck Road, Carrington, Nottingham NG5 2AF What is the point of philosophy? And what can philosophers achieve? There have been different answers...
by Socrates | Apr 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Albert Einstein famously said the past, present and future are only illusions, even if stubbornly persistent ones. Time is very real in terms of how we live and experience the world, but when you dig deeper — whether in physics or in philosophy — it starts to look...
by Socrates | Mar 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Recent zoological research has shown us that a wide range of animals are likely to have sentience. We don’t know for sure. Is there sufficient evidence to think that it is likely and what should we do in the light of this? The next meeting of the...
by Socrates | Feb 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why We Believe reveals how belief provides meaning in the face of existential despair, how it fosters community and offers solace. As society moves beyond the dismissive rhetoric surrounding people of faith, Alister McGrath makes the case for the re-enchantment...
by Socrates | Jan 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
For almost five million years, humans have been locked in a relationship with morality, inventing and reinventing the concepts of ‘Good’ and ‘Evil’, and weaving them into our cities, laws and customs. The next meeting of the Nottingham...
