Why Do We Need Empathy?
Free
Monday, 7 September 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Jane Shaw
Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn
Philosophy talks in London
44 upcoming Philosophy talks, debates, and seminars
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Monday, 7 September 2026
Saturday, 12 September 2026
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Beyond rearmament: Europe's defence crisis as a knowledge problem
Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Wolfgang Benedikt Schmal
Online public eventIf God is the Answer, What is the Question?
Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Prof Christopher Insole, Dr Stephen Law
Brockway Room, Conway Hall (also virtual/livestreamed)
Sunday, 20 September 2026
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Carlo Rovelli: Lessons on Physics and Philosophy
Thursday, 24 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Carlo Rovelli
Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, London, N1 2UNCarlo Rovelli: Lessons on Physics and Philosophy
Thursday, 24 September 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Carlo Rovelli
Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, London, N1 2UNOmar El Akkad in Conversation
Thursday, 24 September 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Omar El Akkad
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Friday, 25 September 2026
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Saturday, 3 October 2026
Sunday, 4 October 2026
Monday, 5 October 2026
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
What Do You Need a Mathematician For? Perspectives from the 17th Century
FreeWednesday, 7 October 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Volker Remmert
Barnard's Inn Hall, HolbornCan we talk to the animals?
Wednesday, 7 October 2026 at 18:30
Speaker: Julie Elie, Irene Pepperberg, Yossi Yovel, Jonathan Birch
London School of EconomicsAI and the Future of Work: Are We Becoming More Like Machines?
Wednesday, 7 October 2026 at 18:45
Speaker: Sarah O'Connor, Damian Grimshaw
King's College London
Thursday, 15 October 2026
Can We Learn to Be Human Again? Rescuing the Human from the Colonial Machine through Legal Education
Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 18:00
Speaker: Professor Nicole Moreham
UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EGGenerative AI, Agency, and the Imperative of Virtuosity: A Buddhist Perspective
Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 18:00
TBCWhere ideas begin: finding inspiration
Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 18:30
Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens
Friday, 16 October 2026
Saturday, 17 October 2026
Monday, 19 October 2026
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Plato on Truth, Lies and Power
FreeThursday, 22 October 2026 at 18:00
Gresham CollegeAn Evening with Pachinko author Min Jin Lee: American Hagwon
Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Min Jin Lee
Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AGAn Evening with Pachinko author Min Jin Lee: American Hagwon
Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Min Jin Lee
Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Elif Shafak: In One Brief Moment All Eternity
Tuesday, 27 October 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Elif Shafak
Theatre Royal Brighton, New Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton, BN1 1SDElif Shafak: In One Brief Moment All Eternity
Tuesday, 27 October 2026 at 19:30
Speaker: Elif Shafak
Theatre Royal Brighton, New Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 1SD
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Thursday, 29 October 2026
Monday, 2 November 2026
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
Thursday, 12 November 2026
Can We Learn to Be Human Again? Rescuing the Human from the Colonial Machine through Legal Education
Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 13:00
Speaker: Professor Foluke Adebisi
UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EGThe Threat of Capitalism without Democracy, with Martin Wolf
Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 19:00
Speaker: Martin Wolf
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
Tuesday, 17 November 2026
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Wednesday, 25 November 2026
Monday, 14 December 2026
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