Dead or Alive
Someone you love has had a terrible accident. They are in a persistent vegetative state, unaware of their surroundings, yet parts of their brain still function. How do you decide what to do? Is there a chance of recovery?
This event is hosted by the Neurological Alliance and the British Neuroscience Association.
This event will be filmed. ...
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The Science Museums Dana Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Access to Understanding Award Ceremony
Access to Understanding is a new science-writing competition for PhD students and early career researchers with an interest in communicating science to the public. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of opening up the results of scientific research, so that they are accessible to everyone.
Winning entrants will be recognised at this award ceremony where a prestigious panel including: D ...
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The British Library
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Doctoral Open Day: Art and Design
The British Library has fantastic resources for art and design research. We have a wide range of unique or rare visual materials, such as artists’ books, prints, drawings, and photographs, as well as beautiful collections of bindings and decorated papers. The collections include a vast array of books and journals on art history, photography and design, databases such as the Vogue archive, and the ...
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The British Library
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Doctoral Open Day: Media, Cultural Studies and Journalism
The British Library is a crucial source of news and media content across all formats. Our vast newspaper collections cover national and local press of all kinds. We are archiving websites about significant events, to ensure that these vital sources are not lost. In our Reading Rooms you can access hundreds of thousands of TV and radio programmes, including all news broadcast in the UK over the las ...
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The British Library
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Doctoral Open Day: Social Sciences 2
The British Library is a hub for Social Sciences research, with vast and varied collections, expert staff and a wide range of events. Subjects covered include sociology, social policy, anthropology, sports, human geography, politics, sociolinguistics and business and management studies.
Our Doctoral Open Days are a chance for new PhD students to discover the British Library’s unique research ma ...
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The British Library
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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How to Handle Criticism
Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing and being nothing. Aristotle
Criticism; it can be easy to fall into the trap of people-pleasing in order to avoid it, or to suffer self-doubt and pain because of it.
It takes a good level of maturity and humility to handle criticism well. But knowing how to accept it, learn from it, and move on from it, can make o ...
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Global Co-operation House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Choice Point (The Movie)
Choice Point is a feature-length documentary film which probes the issues of transformational change and how when one person transforms his or her own life, that person can contribute in a positive way to the shaping of the world.
The world is facing multiple”choice points”at this moment in history: individuals are making choices to change their nations, nature is giving us a wake-up call, econo ...
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ST JAMESS CHURCH
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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SEEK HIGHER VALUES
A 4-day lecture series in London entitled "Seek Higher Values", conducted by an international speaker, Sunandaji. The 4 talks are based on the ancient philosophy of Vedanta, presenting the eternal principles of life and living, which, when learned and practiced, enable you to live a dynamic life of action while enjoying perfect peace and happiness within, in whatever you choose to do. B ...
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Conway Hall
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Marsilio Ficino's New Book of Life
The great Renaissance superstar Marsilio Ficino is famed foremost for translating Plato, Plotinus and the Corpus Hermeticum, but he was also a magician: he practised magic and astrology. Drawing on varied magical and neoplatonic sources, Ficino advised friends on how to live well and healthily. Many, but not all, of his recommendations found expression in the Three Books on Life. In this talk, Rut ...
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Treadwells Books
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Capital Games: Mind and Muscles: What can Philosophy Learn from Sport?
Ideas and physical force, mind and muscles - at first glance these seem completely incompatible realms. However, some interesting voices claim the opposite: "All I know most surely about morality and obligations, I owe to football", said the Existentialist thinker and former national goalkeeper Albert Camus. The famous philosopher and Olympic gold medallist Hans Lenk believes that lookin ...
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Bishopsgate Institute
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Unleash the Power Within - Anthony Robbins
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: Join Tony Robbins FOR HIS UNLEASH THE POWER WITHIN EVENT IN LONDON. Experience a weekend designed to take control and revolutionise Your Body, Your Emotions, Your Finances, and Your Relationships. Literally... You're Life!
The one thing for sure that will determine how you deal with whatever life throws at you is how emotionally prepared you are. Without that - you c ...
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ExCeL London
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Luck: what it means and why it matters - in sport and life
As a young sportsman, Ed Smith thought admitting the existence of luck was just an excuse. He was wrong. Luck is vital in all success - and understanding luck is central to our humanity.
This event marks the publication of his new book Luck: What it Means and Why it Matters.
Ed Smith played cricket for Kent and England and captained Middlesex. After retiring, he became a Times leader wri ...
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LSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Making a Living Without a Job
Ready for the satisfaction, freedom and creative challenge of jobless earning? Don’t know where to start? While the conventional wisdom may still be telling you, “Get a job,” this seminar will show you new possibilities for working when you want, where you want and how you want. Barbara Winter will give you the basics you need to join the ranks of the joyfully jobless.
You’ll learn how to recog ...
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ST JAMESS CHURCH
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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The righteous mind
Jonathan Haidt, the highly influential psychologist, is here to show us why we all find it so hard to get along. By examining where morality comes from, and why it is the defining characteristic of humans, Haidt will show why we cannot dismiss the views of others as mere stupidity or moral corruption. Our moral roots run much deeper than we realize. We are hardwired not just to be moral, but moral ...
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The Royal Institution of Great Britain
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Brains: The mind as matte
Our major new free exhibition seeks to explore what humans have done to brains in the name of medical intervention, scientific enquiry, cultural meaning and technological change.
Featuring over 150 artefacts including real brains, artworks, manu_s, artefacts, videos and photography, 'Brains' follows the long quest to manipulate and decipher the most unique and mysterious of human organ ...
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Wellcome Collection
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Letting Go of Expectations
Most of us expect our family, friends, colleagues; even the man in the street to behave in a certain way. And we usually think these expectations are perfectly reasonable. What we don’t realise is that expectations keep us in a prison, waiting for others to release us by complying with our wishes. As long as I expect others to be any different from what they are, I will always be disappointed, ...
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Global Co-operation House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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You Can Create an Exceptional Life
For countless people, the words of Louise Hay have served as a beacon, leading them out of the darkness of despair and into the light of a better life. Cheryl Richardson is one of the many individuals whom Louise has greatly influenced . . . before going on to become a best-selling author herself.
Join us for another evening with professional coach and author Cheryl Richardson as she talks ab ...
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ST JAMESS CHURCH
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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What it means to be human
Panel discussion chaired by Sir Paul Nurse PRS with Professor Colin Blakemore FRS, Professor Robin Dunbar FBA, Professor Ruth Mace FBA and Professor Mark Pagel FRS.
What does it mean to be human, and what makes us so? Does our brain, how we evolved, how we communicate, or how we interact make us human? Are we really so different from the other animals?
An exploration of the boundaries of h ...
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Carlton House Terrace
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Anatomy of Change
“Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time”. Alvin Toffler.
Living in our fast changing world, we may all be suffering from future shock. Even our best scientists and scholars cannot accurately predict the future. However, we can understand the ‘anatomy of consciousness’: we can learn which ...
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Global Co-operation House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Stress Free Living Course
Stress is simply a messenger guiding us back to a state of balance and health.
Learn how to:
* identify the root causes of stress
* move from fearing change to embracing it
* protect yourself from negative and stressful influences
* recognise the role of expectation in creating stress
* discover the spiritual core at the heart of harmonious relationships ...
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Global Co-operation House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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The Power of Forgiveness
This evening will discuss two of the most important forgiveness processes on the planet today...A Course in Miracles, the popular modern day self help guide to personal inner peace and enlightenment, and Ho'oponopono, the ancient Hawaiian process of forgiveness.
A Course in Miracles tells us that we attract all experiences to us by the quality of our own thoughts. The two thoughts systems ...
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ST JAMESS CHURCH
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Appreciation Counts
Many people are familiar with the experiments carried out on the effects of different thoughts on water. In these experiments the words which seemed to consistently create the most beautiful crystal patterns were ‘Thank you’ and ‘I love you’. Consider then, the effect such words have on us human beings. We all need to be appreciated. Appreciation has the power to heal, uplift and nourish both th ...
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Global Co-operation House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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An Angel Whispered
We all want to experience happiness, but how is this possible in the face of so much pain, suffering, injustice and anger?
Join us as Patricia shares from An Angel Whispered, an inspriring new book on creating happiness within. Which she wrote while studying with her teaacher, Gizi Pruthi.
Patricia Tashiro has a Masters degree in International relations and has come to believe while stu ...
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Bernays Memorial Hall
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Science of the Heart
In this fascinating talk we will explore recent developments in neuroscience and go on a journey from the head to the heart.
By empowering our thoughts with positive, loving energy we can transform ourselves and become a force for good in the world. ...
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Global Co-operation House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Family for Change
Our success as a community largely depends on what happens within our families. It can be the source of our greatest fulfilment so how can we create a family spirit of diversity and oneness that will contribute to a peaceful co-existence which is so much needed in the world today?
Speaker: Nina Buckanan With a background in corporate and human resource management, organisational and personal ...
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Global Co-operation House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Authentic Success
Practical Wisdom for Living a Life You Love!
ROBERT HOLDEN
The Monty Python comedy sketch: 100 Yards Dash for People with No Sense of Direction offers a perfect metaphor for our mad-dash world,” says Robert Holden. Our modern lifestyles are more manic, busy, and hyper than ever. In the name of success, we go about our day in a sick hurry, we are permanently busy, we are missing in action, we ...
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ST JAMESS CHURCH
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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SERENE - Opening the Door to Change
Opening the Door to Change - Courage to Face Challenges with Love.
SERENE: Self-Empowerment, Reflections and Newness for women, exploring spirituality in daily life. An opportunity to come together on a shared journey of self-discovery in an atmosphere of friendship, understanding and honesty. ...
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Global Co-operation House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Making Progress in 2012
January is a time for reflection and resolution. How can we transform good intentions into lasting change, and realise goals that actually allow us to live more fulfilling lives? The School of Life Faculty Member, John-Paul Flintoff, takes advice from great thinkers and doers throughout history to explore our own potential for progress. ...
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Barbican Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Natural Philosophy in the Islamic World
Professor Adamson's main areas of interest are ancient Greek philosophy (especially Neoplatonism) and medieval philosophy (especially Arabic philosophy). Many of his publications have focused on the output of the translation circle of al-Kindi, who is usually credited with being the first philosopher in the Islamic tradition. This research includes a book, "The Arabic Plotinus: a Philosop ...
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School of Oriental and African Studies
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Are you thinking what I am thinking?
Have you ever seen a face in a piece of burnt toast? Why are our brains so obsessed with people-patterns? It's not just other humans either, your brain likes to give a personality to anything that shows a hint of character; whether it's your teddy bear, your pet fish or even your car. Yet there are elements of being human that prove virtually impossible to recreate artificially. Can a robo ...
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The Royal Institution of Great Britain
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Dancing in the Flames
Powerful, insightful, provocative, Marion Woodman: Dancing in the Flames explores the inspiring life and many ‘deaths’ of one of the western world’s most important wisdom keepers, and sends a clarion call to a planet in the midst of “a shedding of its outworn skin”. Renowned Jungian analyst and author, Marion Woodman is celebrated for her work on feminine psychology and addiction, but her words an ...
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ST JAMESS CHURCH
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Whose Mind is it Anyway?: Whose Morality is it Anyway?
Who directs the moral and ethical standards in society? For centuries in Britain it has been led by the church but in a multi-faith and increasingly atheist population, where does or should this power reside? Are politicians the right people to decide what is good and bad behaviour? What is the role of the media in directing our sense of what is acceptable behaviour? What voice does society have i ...
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Bishopsgate Institute
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Rules and Representations: desire from an evolutionary point of view
Many organisms make decisions using only reflexes and drives; some, however, do so by employing explicit representations of their goals. Why would they do this?
Armin Schulz is lecturer in philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE. ...
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LSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Perspectives on Taste – Philosophy and Neuroscience: the nature of tastes and tasting
This lecture will explore the philosophy and neuroscience of taste and what it tells us about perception.
Barry Smith is professor of philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London and director of the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. ...
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LSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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Whose Mind is it Anyway?: Influencing Young Minds
The introduction of the National Curriculum in 1988 laid out clear directions for schools on how young people should be taught. However the teaching of the next generation remains as controversial as ever - the curriculum is widely debated and the very purpose of education often questioned. If, as some have argued, the role of the curriculum is to ensure that established knowledge is passed on or ...
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Bishopsgate Institute
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London
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United Kingdom
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Philosophy Events
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