Groups / Classes
Our classes and groups are a mixture of reading groups, discussion groups, and whichever other kinds of ways of doing philosophy we can think of. With limited places, priority will be given to our Patreon supporters and print subscribers (please note that the print subscription option has now been incorporated into the Patreon membership) but we hope that everyone who wishes to attend a group will be able to do so. If you wish to be kept informed of any new groups/classes, you can sign up to our weekly Substack newsletter.
02 October to 20 November 2024
Wonderstruck Reading Group
Facilitator: Kate Warlow-Corcoran
In this group, we will read and discuss Helen De Cruz’s recently published book, "Wonderstruck: How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think". Wonder and awe lie at the heart of life’s most profound questions, and De Cruz's book shows how these emotions respond to our fundamental need to make sense of ourselves and everything around us, and how they enable us to engage with the world as if we are experiencing it for the first time.
Saturday 23 November 2024
Thinking AI Through the Lens of 20th Century Philosophy: Hannah Arendt
Dr Audrey Borowski (University of Bonn)
This three-hour online seminar will probe the nature and effects of the digital age and the algorithmization of society through the lens of Hannah Arendt’s thought and writings. Arendt's work lends itself particularly well to analyzing how, in the algorithmic age, we are rendered ‘superfluous’, stripped of our subjectivity and even our ability to think.