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...
by Socrates | Dec 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
Menand’s book tells the story of the development of pragmatism, which is to philosophy what the western is to cinema and jazz is to music. Menand gives us a sense of how the American mind was reshaped at the turn of the 20th century… he does not want...
by Socrates | Nov 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
A number of Western philosophers have been influenced by Eastern philosophies, often finding inspiration in the rich traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. The next meeting of the Nottingham Philosophy Club is on Tuesday 17th December starting at...
by Socrates | Oct 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Lila: An Inquiry into Morals is the second philosophical novel by Robert M. Pirsig, who is best known for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Lila: An Inquiry into Morals was a nominated finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 The next meeting of...
