Schedule
Here are all the up and coming enquiry topics and events.
| Topic | Venue | Presenter | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPEN FORUM | Flanagan's Irish Pub | Everyone | 28/10/2025 | 18:30 |
| Flanagan's Irish Pub is in Church Road, Waterloo. Turn left out of Waterloo railway station and walk down in the direction of river until you come to Church Road on your left, pub is on your right about half way down. All welcome! | ||||
| Your Philosophic Positions? | Keith's Wine Bar (L'pool South) | Open | 28/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| What Philosophic positions do you take - do you know? Are you a Materialist or an Idealist? A Moral Relativist or Absolutist? An Aesthetic Objectivist or Subjectivist? On Freewill: a Libertarian or a Compatibilist? .... Keith's Wine Bar: 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR | ||||
| Limits of Like mindedness | The Fat Pug (Leamington Spa) | Mike W | 28/10/2025 | 19:30 |
| If a group of people is "like minded", how much divergence should we expect amongst the members' views - and who decides? What do we actually mean by "like minded"? The Fat Pug, 23 Guy's Cliffe Rd, Leamington Spa CV32 5BZ. | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 29/10/2025 | 18:00 |
| To join tonight's session (6pm) Copy + Paste join zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6Zz09 … Every Wednesday of the month – all welcome! …... | ||||
| What is Consciousness? | Friends Meeting House | Liverpool Humanists | 31/10/2025 | 19:00 |
| Voltaire Lecture 2025, in which Professor Anil Seth will set out an approach to understanding consciousness, and whether AI could have it. See link here for details (copy + paste) https://humanists.uk/local-group/liverpool/ | ||||
| Hannah Arendt and Evil | Saturday at Seven (international) | Dulcie - The Group | 01/11/2025 | 19:00 |
| Part ONE a discussion of a brief biography of Hannah Arendt , commenting on the Contemporary Relevance of her work, her early life and education, Political Awareness and Exile , her Life in America and Intellectual Work , Jewish Identity and Experience of the Holocaust, Statelessness,homelessness Eichman and the Banality of Evil and her legacy. Part TWO Using Pips philosophical methodology we will enter into an enquiry focussing on the following question :- “When people cause harm by simply ‘doing their job’ or following social norms, does this reflect Hannah Arendt’s notion of the ‘banality of evil,’ and does this suggest that evil today is more ordinary than monstrous?” Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Consciousness / Awareness and AI? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Sean | 03/11/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Reality? | The Rose & Crown (Bebington) | Open forum | 05/11/2025 | 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 AI a blessing or a curse? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 05/11/2025 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||
| Chosen on the evening! | Paris Philo Cafe (Online English) | Michael M | 06/11/2025 | 18:00 |
| To join tonight's session (6pm) Copy + Paste join zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6928143463?pwd=L2JsWlJnbmNEc2EraTdjQnJXVkx6Zz09 … Every Wednesday of the month – all welcome! …... | ||||
| What is Culture? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Robert | 10/11/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Justice as Fairness | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Mark | 13/11/2025 | 14:00 |
| 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 (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| 4 women bring philosophy back to life! | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Evan | 17/11/2025 | 13:00 |
| Iris Murdoch, Mary Midgley, Philippa Foot, and Elizabeth Anscombe—challenged the dominant philosophical trend of logical positivism to revive the field of moral philosophy. The Vernon Arms: 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Do we need a reason to be in life? | The Park (Eccles) | Open forum | 19/11/2025 | 19:30 |
| The Park, Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9QD. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (&.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| Intersectionality | The Greyhound (Ormskirk) | Geraldine | 20/11/2025 | 19:30 |
| To what extent is one group’s fight everyone’s fight? | ||||
| Dignity | Saturday at Seven (international) | Dorothy / The Group | 22/11/2025 | 19:00 |
| ALL WELCOME “Is dignity an essential part of living a good human life, and can our attempts to ‘help’ others sometimes undermine it?” Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85456891475?pwd=NBGoEglNGbwowKKUy660FZQ8b9w9_N.1 Meeting ID: 854 5689 1475 Passcode: Pips2223! | ||||
| Mindfullness? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Joanne | 24/11/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| The Imagination: what is it? | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | Open forum | 27/11/2025 | 14:00 |
| Imagination: is it a faculty, or just the effects of something else? 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 (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| Moral Relativism + Authoritarianism | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Alan | 01/12/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| What harsh truths do we ignore as individuals? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 03/12/2025 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||
| Cowardice? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Dom | 08/12/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| To be arranged | The Black Toad (Hoylake) | The group | 11/12/2025 | 14:00 |
| 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 (2pm start!) - All welcome! | ||||
| Does Utopianism always lead to Distopianism? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Martin S | 15/12/2025 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Does the law make people unjust? | The Park (Eccles) | Open forum | 17/12/2025 | 19:30 |
| The Park, Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9QD. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (&.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| TV Traitors? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Rob | 05/01/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Can we ever truly know ourselves? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 07/01/2026 | 18:30 |
| How can we ever be truly certain of who we are, as individuals? Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||
| Democracy and Populism? | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Robert | 12/01/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Materialism v Idealism | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Evan | 19/01/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| When is a crime not a crime? | The Park (Eccles) | Open forum | 21/01/2026 | 19:30 |
| The Park, Monton Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9QD. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (&.30pm) All welcome! | ||||
| The Ethics of Surrogacy ... | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Alan | 26/01/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| World War 3 | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Sean | 02/02/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||
| Can you trust the word of a drunk person? | Oats & Honey Coffee shop (Monton) | Open forum | 04/02/2026 | 19:30 |
| Oats & Honey, 205 Monton Road, Monton, Eccles, Salford, Manchester, M30 9PN. We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome! | ||||
| The Rise of Collective stupidity V Critical Thinking | The Vernon Arms (City Group) | Alan + Paul | 09/02/2026 | 13:00 |
| The Vernon Arms: Laid-back traditional alehouse featuring a selection of beers & plentiful comfort food plates. 69 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 2HJ | ||||