For most of us, the English Civil War conjures up a hazy collection of kings, Parliament, roundheads, cavaliers, and perhaps the occasional exam flashback. But beneath the familiar story lies something far more radical: a period in which ordinary people questioned who should hold power, who should own land, what freedom actually means, and whether […]
An intentionally small weekly online meetup for relaxed, thoughtful philosophical conversation. Each event is built around 1-3 questions, suggested by attendees or chosen by the host. We’ll explore the question until boredom or irritation intervenes. The question list will be posted in the event comments on the Thursday before the meetup, so everyone has time […]
An intentionally small weekly online meetup for relaxed, thoughtful philosophical conversation. Each event is built around 1-3 questions, suggested by attendees or chosen by the host. We’ll explore the question until boredom or irritation intervenes. The question list will be posted in the event comments on the Thursday before the meetup, so everyone has time […]
An intentionally small weekly online meetup for relaxed, thoughtful philosophical conversation. Each event is built around 1-3 questions, suggested by attendees or chosen by the host. We’ll explore the question until boredom or irritation intervenes. The question list will be posted in the event comments on the Thursday before the meetup, so everyone has time […]
In a rain-soaked future of neon towers, artificial people, corporate gods, and trench coats with suspiciously good staying power, Blade Runner asks questions that still feel uncomfortably close to home. What makes a life count? Who gets treated as disposable? Can emotion be manufactured, freedom programmed, or memory trusted? Beneath its smoky streets and synth-soaked […]
An intentionally small weekly online meetup for relaxed, thoughtful philosophical conversation. Each event is built around 1-3 questions, suggested by attendees or chosen by the host. We’ll explore the question until boredom or irritation intervenes. The question list will be posted in the event comments on the Thursday before the meetup, so everyone has time […]
An intentionally small weekly online meetup for relaxed, thoughtful philosophical conversation. Each event is built around 1-3 questions, suggested by attendees or chosen by the host. We’ll explore the question until boredom or irritation intervenes. The question list will be posted in the event comments on the Thursday before the meetup, so everyone has time […]
Control is everywhere, even when nobody seems to be holding the remote. We try to control our emotions, our habits, our futures and occasionally the thermostat when someone else has clearly made a terrible decision. At the same time, families, workplaces, governments, social expectations, economic circumstances and relationships all shape what we can do and […]
What does it actually mean to be conscious, and how could we ever know whether another being experiences the world as we do? Must a thought be conscious in order to count as a thought, or could much of our mental life unfold without our awareness? If unconscious processes influence our beliefs, desires and decisions, […]
An intentionally small weekly gathering of philosophical investigators, unreliable witnesses and amateur detectives of reality. Each week, we open a new case: 1–3 philosophical questions suggested by attendees or chosen by the host. We’ll examine the evidence, interrogate assumptions, test suspicious intuitions and occasionally accuse an innocent thought of something it didn’t do. The case […]