The Annual Debate

Has Science Killed Philosophy?  

This event was held on 17 November, online. You can watch it here.

 

 

Stephen Hawking's proclamation that philosophy is dead was clearly hyperbole. But when it comes to understanding the fundamental nature of reality, has philosophy really got anything left to contribute? Does the rise of physics demand the end of metaphysics?

 

Debating these questions are:

 

Carlo Rovelli, Centre de Physique Théorique of the Aix-Marseille University

Eleanor Knox, King's College London

Alex Rosenberg, Duke University

Chair: Ritula Shah, BBC

Past Debates

You can watch videos of past debates here.

 

2020:  Alia Al-Saji, MM McCabe, Tom Kasulis, David Runciman, and Ritula Shah, chair, Can Old Philosophy Help Build Our New World?

 

2019: Tommy J. Curry, Onora O'Neill and Kathleen Stock, "What's the Point of Diversity?" with Ritula Shah chair.

 

2018: David Miller and Lea Ypi, "The Nation Is An Institution Which Has Outlived It's Usefulness" 

 

2017: Sarah Churchwell, Bonnie Greer, and James Young, "In 2017, Cultural Appropriation is an Inappropriate Method for Writers"

 

2016: Jonathan Jones and Matthew Kieran, "The Proper Aim of Art is Aesthetic Excellence not Moral Efficacy"

  

2015: James Ladyman and Raymond Tallis, "Human Nature is Better Understood Through Science Than Through Philosophical and Artistic Reflection.'

 

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