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Annual Lecture

Since 1998, the Institute has held an annual lecture, bringing a philosopher of international standing to London to give a talk on the topic of his or her choosing. The lecture is usually published in the Institute's journal Philosophy.

This year’s Annual Lecture will be given by Ned Block at 5.30 pm on 5 March 2010 in the New Theatre, East Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2. His talk is called, 'Attention and Mentalism'.

All of the Institute's lectures are free and open to the public. No reservations can be taken, so you are advised to arrive early to be sure of a seat.

Past Annual Lectures

Thomas Nagel, 'Conceiving the Impossible and the Mind-Body Problem' (Full text.)

Alasdair MacIntyre, 'Social Structures and their Threats to Moral Agency' (Abstract.)

Bernard Williams, 'Philosophy as a Humanist Discipline' (Abstract.)

John Searle, 'Freedom of the Will as a Problem in Neurobiology' (Abstract.)

Mary Warnock, 'What is Natural and Should We Care About It?' (Abstract.)

Jürgen Habermas, 'Religious Tolerance? The Pacemaker for Cultural Rights' (Abstract)

Noam Chomsky, 'Simple Truths, Hard Choices: Some Thoughts on Terror, Justice and Self-defence' (Full text.)

John McDowell, 'Intention in Action'

Jerry Fodor, 'The Revenge of the Given: Mental Representation without Conceptualization' (Early draft.)

Sir Anthony Kenny, 'Knowledge, Belief and Faith: Is Religion Really the Root of all Evil?' (Abstract.)

T. M. Scanlon, 'Reassessing Reasons'