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We engage the inquisitive with powerful ideas and promote open dialogue through talks, lectures and debates.

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HowTheLightGetsIn 

The world’s largest festival of philosophy and music returns to Hay.

· Hay-on-Wye

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London lectures · Words and Worlds: 2022-3

On Discussing What We Should Do 

Jane Heal (Cambridge) presents the final talk in our 2022-3 London lecture series Words and Worlds: New Directions in the Philosophy of Language.

· London
London lectures · Words and Worlds: 2022-3

Stories and Selves 

We need stories. But does the interpretative structure imposed by narrative risk paralysing and limiting us? Elisabeth Camp presents this lecture as part of our 2022-3 series Words and Worlds.

· London
London lectures · Words and Worlds: 2022-3

Humour as Counter-Speech 

Part of the Royal Institute of Philosophy’s 2022 London Lectures series, Words and Worlds.

· London
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Annual lectures 

Our annual lectures bring the world’s leading philosophers to the UK and Ireland to share their thoughts on a topic of their choice. Lectures are held in Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh and London.

Annual debates 

Each year, we bring together some of the world’s most exciting philosophers to debate a fundamental question concerning our society today. Find out more and watch previous debates.

London lectures 

Our series of London lectures features a diverse range of philosophers from different fields, backgrounds and traditions, delivering accessible talks for new and seasoned philosophers alike.

Conferences 

We fund conferences and public philosophy events organised by university departments and schools. Find out about past and upcoming sponsored conferences and events.

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Reflections on reality  →

Professor Raymond Tallis looks critically at the idea of ‘reality’, at ways of thinking about the question ‘What is real?’, and at the belief that we should look to natural science to provide the most authoritative answer to this question. Professor Tallis particularly focuses on the idea that science (evolutionary theory and physics) has demonstrated that what passes for reality in everyday is in fact an illusion.

Freedom, Choice, and the Unmodified Body - Professor Clare Chambers  →

In this talk, Clare Chambers will argue that the concept of free choice is inadequate when it comes to our bodies. Instead, she will argue for the philosophically complex and politically significant concept of the 'unmodified body': a body that is allowed to be good enough, just as it is.

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