Schedule
Here are all the up and coming enquiry topics and events.
| Topic | Venue | Presenter | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Speech + Rules of Enquiry | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | John Sell | 11/06/2026 | 13:30 |
| The Black Toad, Micro-pub and bottle-shop in Hoylake specialising in craft beer and cask ale: 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2AF. Every 2nd + 4th Thursday of month (1.30pm start) - All welcome! | ||||
| Moral outrage: Justice or Aggression? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Dulcie | 15/06/2026 | 13:00 |
| Is moral outrage a form of justice or a socially acceptable form of aggression? The Vernon, 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ (1pm) | ||||
| The Football World Cup | The Cross Keys (Leeds) | Open forum | 15/06/2026 | 14:00 |
| We will discuss the phenomenon of a greatly expanded World Cup competition with many more teams involved and matches played over three countries, Mexico, USA and Canada; the commercialisation of the event with high prices for spectators, sponsorship and the sale of television rights; the obsequiousness of FIFA to the Trump administration and America's capricious border controls..... The Cross Keys, Water Lane, Holbeck, Leeds. LS11 5WD. | ||||
| TBA | Flanagan's Irish Pub | 16/06/2026 | 18:30 | |
| Flanagan's Irish Pub, Church Road, off South Road, Waterloo. Turn left out of Waterloo railway station and walk down in the direction of river, Church Road is on your left. All welcome! | ||||
| Psychologism? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Paul D | 16/06/2026 | 19:00 |
| Psychologism is a family of philosophical positions of reducing non-psychological truths (like logic, math, or morality) to empirical facts about human mental processes. It claims that objective truths are just "laws of thought" in our brains (Stanford) What do you think? ...... Keith's Wine Bar, 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| Spirituality V Organised Religion | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Paul | 17/06/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Rose & Crown, a popular community pub: 57 The Village, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7PL ..... Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month ... All welcome! | ||||
| How come some people see ghosts and apparitions? | The Park Hotel (Eccles) | Joanne | 17/06/2026 | 19:30 |
| The Park Hotel, 142 Monton Rd, Eccles, Manchester M30 9QD – All welcome! | ||||
| Enquiry into Consciousness | **Saturday@Seven** | Susan L | 20/06/2026 | 19:00 |
| David Chalmers’ “hard problem” asks why and how subjective experience arises from physical processes. Searle emphasizes consciousness as biological and emergent, while Tonini focuses on its cognitive and functional aspects. Panpsychism takes a bolder view, suggesting that consciousness might be a fundamental feature of the universe, meaning everything could possess some level of awareness. This challenges us to ask: is consciousness limited to brains, or is it woven into reality itself? EVERYONE WELCOME TO SATURDAY AT SEVEN. BRING A FRIEND. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Essence ? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Mike R | 22/06/2026 | 19:00 |
| Keith's Wine Bar, 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| What is Regret? | Flanagan's Irish Pub | Open | 23/06/2026 | 18:30 |
| Flanagan's Irish Pub, Church Road, off South Road, Waterloo. Turn left out of Waterloo railway station and walk down in the direction of river, Church Road is on your left. All welcome! | ||||
| Does Evil Always Win? | The Fat Pug (Leamington Spa) | Open forum | 23/06/2026 | 19:30 |
| Does Evil Always Win? at The Fat Pug, Guys Cliffe Road, Leamington Spa CV32 5BZ. All welcome | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 24/06/2026 | 18:00 |
| What happens at a Café Philo? We choose a topic from among those that the participants propose and we discuss it in an orderly fashion: Reserve and go to the Online Zoom address just before 6pm. Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6... All welcome, Michael. | ||||
| Philosophical Zombies... | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Bryony | 25/06/2026 | 13:30 |
| The Black Toad, Micro-pub and bottle-shop in Hoylake specialising in craft beer and cask ale: 32 Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2AF. Every 2nd + 4th Thursday of month (1.30pm start) - All welcome! | ||||
| Fear ? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Martin | 29/06/2026 | 19:00 |
| Keith's Wine Bar, 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| OPEN FORUM | Flanagan's Irish Pub | The group | 30/06/2026 | 18:30 |
| Flanagan's Irish Pub, Church Road, off South Road, Waterloo. Turn left out of Waterloo railway station and walk down in the direction of river, Church Road is on your left. All welcome! | ||||
| What do we mean by 'Behave Yourself'? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Jack | 01/07/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Rose & Crown, a popular community pub: 57 The Village, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7PL ..... Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month ... All welcome! | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 01/07/2026 | 18:00 |
| What happens at a Café Philo? We choose a topic from among those that the participants propose and we discuss it in an orderly fashion: Reserve and go to the Online Zoom address just before 6pm. Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6... All welcome, Michael. | ||||
| PIP's Summer Festival | Brain Charity (Liverpool) | Merseyside committee | 04/07/2026 | 09:30 |
| PIP's Summer Festival will take place at The Brain Charity on Norton Street, Liverpool City centre. Members attending the festival, after hearing short talks, will take part in table discussions. It is a day long event starting at 9.30 ending around 4.30/5pm. There will be a buffet lunch of sandwiches various. Morning tea and coffee, and through the day. | ||||
| Is Introspection an Illusion | **Saturday@Seven** | Paul | 04/07/2026 | 19:00 |
| According to Psychologists, such as Nick Chater, the mind is a "fluent fabricator". EVERYONE WELCOME TO SATURDAY AT SEVEN. BRING A FRIEND. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Choosing future topics! | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Open forum | 06/07/2026 | 19:00 |
| Keith's Wine Bar, 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| Post-Humanism | The Dee View Inn (Heswall) | Open forum | 07/07/2026 | 19:00 |
| (7pm) At The Dee View Inn, 2 Dee View Road, Heswall, Wirral. CH60 0DH ... All Welcome! | ||||
| What is Justice? | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | The group | 08/07/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Cock Hotel PIP group will now be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, with just the odd change of date when we can't book the room | ||||
| Why vote in a post-truth society? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Open forum | 15/07/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Rose & Crown, a popular community pub: 57 The Village, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7PL ..... Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month ... All welcome! | ||||
| How far is behaviour over pathologised? | The Park Hotel (Eccles) | Tom | 15/07/2026 | 19:30 |
| The Park Hotel, 142 Monton Rd, Eccles, Manchester M30 9QD – All welcome! | ||||
| Is limiting knowledge to merely language based propositions or arguments a profound mistake ? | **Saturday@Seven** | Gordon | 18/07/2026 | 19:00 |
| 'Some people think that language goes all the way down, but I think that language barely scratches the surface, and furthermore those scratches distort the reality of what we experience'. EVERYONE WELCOME TO SATURDAY AT SEVEN. BRING A FRIEND. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Can broadmindedness be a problem? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Vince | 19/07/2026 | 19:30 |
| A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel (Robert Frost) - Oats & Honey Coffee Shop, 205 Monton Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9PN | ||||
| What parts of humanity are still natural? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Open forum | 05/08/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Rose & Crown, a popular community pub: 57 The Village, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7PL ..... Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month ... All welcome! | ||||
| Is revolution acceptable in modern society? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Trish | 05/08/2026 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey Coffee Shop, 205 Monton Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9PN | ||||
| Why do we punish people? | The Cock Hotel (Wellington) | Open forum | 12/08/2026 | 19:00 |
| The Cock Hotel PIP group will now be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month, with just the odd change of date when we can't book the room | ||||
| Is it healthy how we engage with celebrity? | The Park Hotel (Eccles) | James | 19/08/2026 | 19:30 |
| The Park Hotel, 142 Monton Rd, Eccles, Manchester M30 9QD – All welcome! | ||||