The London Lecture Series
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Explore these questions, among others, through the lens of philosophy at the 2023/4 London Lectures.
Episodes
56 episodes
Wittgenstein and his impact upon Anglophone philosophy, Peter Hacker
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Peter Hacker. He discusses the salient achievements of Wittgenstein’s two masterpieces, the Tractatus and the Investigations, and their influen...
Social Equality: Then And Now, Jonathan Wolff
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Jonathan Wolff, who explores how ideas of relational equality have developed in the past 100 years.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 202...
Imagining Democracy, Michele M. Moody-Adams
In this London Lecture, Professor Michele M. Moody-Adams will explore the role of imagination in political communities as democracies.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Is Philosophy a Science?, Timothy Williamson
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Timothy Williamson. He asks what it might mean to call philosophy a science, and explores different views of the relation between philosophy an...
Apocalyptic Technology: Naturalism and Nihilism, Mazviita Chirimuuta
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta. Science assumes the universe is comprehensible to the human mind. AI tech casts doubt on this. So, should scientists give up on t...
Developments in Feminist Philosophy, Clare Chambers
Over the last 100 years the condition of women in society has changed and so has feminist philosophy. Professor Clare Chambers will reflect on the philosophy, politics, and practice of sex discrimination as it has developed over the past centur...
Why Does Philosophy Have a History?, Michael Rosen
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Michael Rosen. Unlike other disciplines, the history of philosophy does not involve the accumulation of knowledge or the resolution of problems...
The You Turn, Naomi Eilan
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Naomi Eilan. She offers an account of second person awareness, mutual I-you relations, and the essential link between second person awareness a...
Empathy and Ethics: A Complicated Relation?, Rowan Williams
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Dr Rowan Williams. Is empathy required for ethical values? How we can hang on to a proper valuation of empathic understanding without sentimentality....
Avicennan and Cartesian Doubt, Peter Adamson
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Peter Adamson, who will argue that Avicennan and Cartesian “arguments from doubt” may actually be stronger than they seem.Part of TRIP's...
The Most Permanent Interests of the Human Spirit, John Haldane
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor John Haldane. He looks back at philosophy since 1925, arguing for a kind of philosophical humanism that was more prominent a century ago than i...
Why philosophers need to think about pregnancy, Fiona Woollard
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Fiona Woollard. She explores how philosophy can help us to understand pregnancy and improve the treatment of people who are pregnant.Par...
What became of the public philosopher?, Regina Rini
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Regina Rini. She explores why we no longer need philosophers as all-purpose public sages.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: P...
The Problematic and the Unproblematic, Nikhil Krishnan
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Dr Nikhil Krishnan. The politics of the last decade have been accused of moralistic excess. If this is fair, how might moral philosophy cure us of morali...
Choosing how we Represent the Past; Derek Matravers
This lecture is presented by Derek Matravers, and discusses how the choices we make in framing the past can influence our views on it.Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series 2024-25, on Remembering and Forgetting.
Proust’s Theory of Memory and Knowledge; Tom Stern
This lecture is presented by Tom Stern, exploring the phenomenon of involuntary memory in Proust’s work.Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series 2024-25, on Remembering and Forgetting.
Who should we remember, and for how long? A theory of justice for public commemoration; James Wilson
This lecture is presented by James Wilson, exploring how to reconcile different reasons for public remembrance.Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series 2024-25, on Remembering and Forgetting.
Can memories be unjust?; Katherine Puddifoot
Katherine Puddifoot explores how social stereotypes shape our recollections and how this can lead to injustice in personal memories.Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series 2024-25, on Remembering and Forgetting.
Remembering the dead; Kathleen Higgins
This lecture is presented by Kathleen Higgins, exploring how memories and new insights help us honor the dead and integrate their presence into our lives.Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series 2024-25, on Remembering and Forgetti...
Trauma, emotion, and memory; Michael Brady
In this episode, Michael Brady explores how memory can contribute to post-traumatic growth, examining the role of emotional memories in recovery.Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series 2024-25, on Remembering and Forgetting.
On Being Emotionally Haunted by One’s Past, Matthew Ratcliffe
In this talk Matthew Ratcliffe discusses the broader conception of human emotional experience through the lens of being haunted by one’s past.Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series 2024-25, on Remembering and Forgetting.
Insta-Worthy Memories and Filtered Truth: The Effects of Technology on Our Personal Histories and Records of the Past
In this episode Kieron O’Hara examines how digital technology shapes our memories and alters our perception of the past, questioning the integrity of human memory in the age of social media and AI.Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series...
Conservation as a Method of Remembering (and forgetting) - Erich Hatala Matthes
In this episode, Erich Matthes navigates questions of conservation, and how some easily overlooked aspects of conservation can render its relationship with remembering more complex than it initially appears.Part of TRIP's London Lecture ...
Forgiveness: Do we need it? - Lucy Allais
In this lecture, Lucy Allais considers the reasons philosophers have given for thinking that forgiveness is puzzling, and argue that they are key to understanding why we need it – but also why we don’t always have to forgive.Part of TRIP...
How We Remember and Forget Online; Alessandra Tanesini
In this talk Alessandra Tanesini explores how Social Networking Sites, especially Facebook, act as platforms where memories can be shared, individuals memorialised, and where at times some feel shunned and forgotten. Alessandra delves into the ...
