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Upcoming talks at the Barnes Philosophy Club


BARNES PHILOSOPHY CLUB

A public club that meets to talk with philosophers and discuss a wide variety of philosophical issues. We aim to promote a philosophical and thoughtful approach to everyday life, and to help connect the outside world with the thinking of professional philosophers. We are supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy and based at the OSO Arts Centre.

To receive our newsletter, get in touch, or book to attend a talk, visit https://www.osoarts.org.uk/philosophyclub or click directly on the talk titles below.


Upcoming talks in our series the State, Selves and Others (all on Tuesday evenings at 7:15 for prompt 7:30 start)

25 Nov 2025 How to Understand Others (Without Mindreading) - Constantine Sandis

20 Jan 2026 Erica Benner on Machiavelli  

17 Feb 2026 Kathryn Murphy on Thinking in the seventeenth century

24 Mar 2026 Derek Matravers on Heritage

21 April 2026  Mona Simion on epistemology

26 May 2026 Eric Olson on personal identity

23 June 2026 Jo Wolfe

Recordings of some of our recent talks can be viewed on our YouTube channel.

 

Other philosophy events:

2023 February 14th: Watch our Valentine's Day special talk with Ulrik Lyngs

It was great to see the OSO so busy for our "Valentine's Day Special" last month with Ulrik Lyngs, Carlsberg Foundation Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford's Human Centred Computing Group. He gave a lively and thought-provoking talk on how we can use a growing range of tools to save ourselves from digital addiction - whether to social media or dating apps - in the face of tech companies' war for our attention. We have a pretty good recording of the talk, which you can watch on YouTube.




You can book on for our next talk with Professor Sophie Grace Chappell, at the OSO website.