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SUMMARY:How the World Eats
DESCRIPTION:Julian Baggini offers a comprehensive overview of the global food network. He makes a convincing case for philosophy to spearhead a multi-disciplinary approach that will provide a framework for managing the demands\, conflicts\, inequities\, and dangers that jeopardise the network’s effective operation
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/how-the-world-eats-5/
LOCATION:Wells and Mendip Museum\, 8 Cathedral Green\, Wells\, BA5 2UA\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Philosophical Times
DESCRIPTION:A regular exploration of some of the big ideas that connect with and emerge from the month’s news stories. Sit back and enjoy the live conversation or take part as much as you like – this is always a lively and inspiring discussion!
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/philosophical-times-8/
LOCATION:St Georges Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:How the World Eats
DESCRIPTION:Philosopher Julian Baggini has for two decades demystified the role of philosophy in public life\, discussing in clear and easy-to-understand terms the principles behind some of our modern dilemmas. \nIn How The World Eats: A Global Food Philosophy\, he examines how the choices we make about what to eat influence the way we live\, with most of us now relying on a global web of food production\, distribution\, consumption and disposal. Throughout history and across the world\, human beings have fed themselves in many different ways. Yet as Julian shows\, with the help of myriad experts\, there are principles for a global food philosophy that all good food systems share.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/how-the-world-eats-4/
LOCATION:Admiral Woods Bar\, 29 Waterloo Street\, Glasgow\, G2 6BZ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241113T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241113T203000
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UID:5889-1731526200-1731529800@www.julianbaggini.com
SUMMARY:How the World Eats
DESCRIPTION:How we live is shaped by how we eat. You can see this in the vastly different approaches to growing\, preparing and eating food around the world\, such as the hunter-gatherer Hadza in Tanzania whose sustainable lifestyle is under threat in a crowded planet\, or Western societies whose food is farmed or bred in vast intensive enterprises. And most of us now rely on a complex global food web of production\, distribution\, consumption and disposal\, which is now contending with unprecedented challenges. The need for a better understanding of how we feed ourselves has never been more urgent. In this wide-ranging and definitive book\, philosopher Julian Baggini expertly delves into the best and worst food practises in a huge array of different societies\, past and present. His exploration takes him from cutting-edge technologies\, such as new farming methods\, cultured meat\, GM and astronaut food\, to the ethics and health of ultra processed food and aquaculture\, as he takes a forensic look at the effectiveness of our food governance\, the difficulties of food wastage and the effects of commodification. Extracting essential principles to guide how we eat in the future\, How the World Eats advocates for a pluralistic\, humane\, resourceful and equitable global food philosophy\, so we can build a food system fit for the twenty-first century and beyond.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/how-the-world-eats-2/
LOCATION:Toppings St Andrews\, 7 Greyfriars Garden\, St Andrews\, Fife\, KY16 9HG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241112T193000
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SUMMARY:How the World Eats
DESCRIPTION:How does the food we eat shape our lives? Philosopher and author Julian Baggini joins us in the bookshop to answer this very question. Extracting essential principles to guide how we eat in the future\, Baggini’s latest book How the World Eats advocates for a pluralistic\, humane\, resourceful and equitable global food philosophy\, so we can build a food system fit for the twenty-first century and beyond.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/how-the-world-eats-3/
LOCATION:Toppings Edinburgh\, 2 Blenheim Place\, Edinburgh\, EH7 5JH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241109T143000
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SUMMARY:How the World Eats: A Global Food Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:Julian Baggini will talk about his new book which examines how our food choices shape our lives and societies. He will explore diverse global food practices and the urgent challenges facing our food systems today including cutting-edge technologies like GM foods\, cultured meat\, and the ethics of ultra-processed foods. He advocates a humane global food philosophy to create a more sustainable and equitable food system for the future.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/how-the-world-eats-a-global-food-philosophy/
LOCATION:Bournemouth West Cliff Hotel\, 7 Durley Chine Rd\, Bournemouth\, BH2 5JS\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241107T193000
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Salon: No Hard Feelings? The Positivity of "Negative"
DESCRIPTION:In her two most recent books\, acclaimed American Philosopher Myisha Cherry has written about the positive uses of anger and the failures of forgiveness in public and political life. In a polarised world in which civility seems to be in decline\, is there really a case for rage and against forgiveness? \nIn this informal salon\, Cherry will be in conversation with philosopher Julian Baggini and Bristol University philosopher Joanna Burch-Brown\, and there’ll be a chance to ask questions of your own
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/philosophy-salon-no-hard-feelings-the-positivity-of-negative/
LOCATION:St Georges Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241104T193000
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Salon: What Do Politicians Owe Us?
DESCRIPTION:Join philosopher Julian Baggini\, MP and biographer of Burke Jesse Norman and Thangam Debbonaire for a deep dive into the nature of democracy in which you\, the audience\, will also have a say. \n250 years ago this month\, Edmund Burke delivered a speech to the electors of Bristol telling them “Your representative owes you\, not his industry only\, but his judgment; and he betrays\, instead of serving you\, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.” In other words\, as their MP\, his job was to decide what was in the citizen’s best interests\, not necessarily to do what they wanted. Is this an ideal of democracy that is out of date or more urgent than ever? What do our politicians owe us in 2024?
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/philosophy-salon-what-do-politicians-owe-us/
LOCATION:St Georges Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240922T133000
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SUMMARY:How The World Eats – Julian Baggini talks to Nicola Cutcher
DESCRIPTION:Throughout history and across the world\, human beings have fed themselves in many different ways. Yet as Julian shows\, with the help of myriad experts\, there are principles for a global food philosophy that all good food systems share. As we face the challenge of feeding a growing planet\, we need to understand what these principles are and how to apply them in the 21st century. Julian Baggini is a philosopher\, journalist and author of over 20 books aimed at a non-specialist audience. Join him for a sneak preview of his newest book How the World Eats: A Global Food Philosophy\, and expect some surprising insights. Nicola Cutcher is a journalist\, writer and filmmaker.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/how-the-world-eats-julian-baggini-talks-to-nicola-cutcher/
LOCATION:Abergavenny Food Festival\, Wales\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240917T193000
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SUMMARY:How The World Eats
DESCRIPTION:Philosopher Julian Baggini has for two decades demystified the role of philosophy in public life\, discussing in clear and easy-to-understand terms the principles behind some of our modern dilemmas. In How The World Eats: A Global Food Philosophy\, he examines how the choices we make about what to eat influence the way we live\, with most of us now relying on a global web of food production\, distribution\, consumption and disposal. The need for a better understanding of how we feed ourselves has never been more urgent\, he argues\, as he explores new technologies and practices and calls for a new humane global food philosophy.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/how-the-world-eats/
LOCATION:Wanstead Library\, Spratt Hall Road\, Wanstead\, London\, E11 2RQ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240915T110000
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SUMMARY:South Downs Food Festival
DESCRIPTION:Speaking and Chairing. “On day two we explore food\, farming\, health and the environment. We are excited to welcome the philosopher Julian Baggini to discuss the ideas in his forthcoming book How the World Eats. James Baird\, farmer and founder of Weald to Waves\, will share his experience creating a network of wildlife corridors while also producing food\, and Peter Gladwin will discuss sustainable vineyards and farm to fork. Beth Mander\, from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation\, will examine the ‘Big Food Redesign Challenge’.”
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/south-downs-food-festival/
LOCATION:Stansted Park\, Rowlands Castle\, Hampshire\, PO9 6DX
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240907T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240907T114500
DTSTAMP:20260525T234637
CREATED:20240901T091953Z
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UID:5823-1725706800-1725709500@www.julianbaggini.com
SUMMARY:How can we justify eating steak?
DESCRIPTION:Discussion panel at the FT Weekend Festival with butcher and author Jessica Wragg\, restaurateur and writer Tim Hayward and restaurateur Huw Gott.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/how-can-we-justify-eating-steak/
LOCATION:Kenwood House\, Hampstead Heath\, London\, United Kingdom
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UID:5787-1724112000-1724284799@www.julianbaggini.com
SUMMARY:Edinburgh International Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Taking part in three events.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/edinburgh-international-book-festival/
LOCATION:Edinburgh International Book Festival\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240718T120000
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SUMMARY:Melting Pot
DESCRIPTION:Very excited to be taking part in two events at the Melting Pot festival win Czechia.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/melting-pot/
LOCATION:Ostrava\, Czech Republic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240603T193000
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SUMMARY:Julian Baggini faces the music! Feat. The Invisible Apples
DESCRIPTION:Come and have fun\, listen to some great music\, drink\, eat and chat…..and at the same time raise money for two very worthy causes. The Invisible Apples will play 2 unplugged sets from their album ‘The Golden Threads and Invisible Lights of Duka’\, and in between will be ‘in conversation’ with Julian Baggini about their collaboration\, how they create their work\, and maybe even\, why humans create music & what the point of it is! A Bristol Humanists fundraiser.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/julian-baggini-faces-the-music-feat-the-invisible-apples/
LOCATION:The Folk House\, Bristol\, 40a Park St\, Bristol\, BS1 5JG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T113000
DTSTAMP:20260525T234637
CREATED:20240225T141037Z
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SUMMARY:Philosophical Times
DESCRIPTION:A regular exploration of some of the big ideas that connect with and emerge from the month’s news stories. Sit back and enjoy the live conversation or take part as much as you like – this is always a lively and inspiring discussion!
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/philosophical-times-7/
LOCATION:St Georges Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240327T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240327T213000
DTSTAMP:20260525T234637
CREATED:20240202T153937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T153937Z
UID:5711-1711567800-1711575000@www.julianbaggini.com
SUMMARY:Philosophy Salon: Philosophy & Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Philosophy is often presented as dry\, analytic and logical. However\, there have always been writers who have explored philosophy through the imaginative lens of fiction. In this salon\, Julian Baggini will be in conversation with two of our most gifted philosophical novelists\, Samantha Harvey and Joanna Kavenna. You’ll have a chance to join the discussion too.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/philosophy-salon-philosophy-fiction/
LOCATION:St Georges Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240316T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240316T113000
DTSTAMP:20260525T234637
CREATED:20240225T140847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240225T141116Z
UID:5722-1710585000-1710588600@www.julianbaggini.com
SUMMARY:Philosophical Times
DESCRIPTION:A regular exploration of some of the big ideas that connect with and emerge from the month’s news stories. Sit back and enjoy the live conversation or take part as much as you like – this is always a lively and inspiring discussion!
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/philosophical-times-6/
LOCATION:St Georges Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240224T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240224T113000
DTSTAMP:20260525T234637
CREATED:20240202T153104Z
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UID:5709-1708770600-1708774200@www.julianbaggini.com
SUMMARY:Philosophical Times
DESCRIPTION:A regular exploration of some of the big ideas that connect with and emerge from the month’s news stories. Sit back and enjoy the live conversation or take part as much as you like – this is always a lively and inspiring discussion!
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/philosophical-times-5/
LOCATION:St Georges Bristol\, Great George Street\, Bristol\, BS1 5RR\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240121T112000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240121T120000
DTSTAMP:20260525T234637
CREATED:20240109T182347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T182347Z
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SUMMARY:How to Think Like a Philosopher
DESCRIPTION:The Sunday Times bestselling author of ‘How the World Thinks’ shares his twelve key principles for a more humane and balanced approach to thinking in this vital new talk.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/how-to-think-like-a-philosopher-4/
LOCATION:The All Saints\, Lewes\, BN7\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230726T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230726T180000
DTSTAMP:20260525T234637
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SUMMARY:How to Think like a Philosopher
DESCRIPTION:In this course\, Julian Baggini will extract the key lessons to be learned from the philosophers who have been specialists in sound thinking for millennia. In an age which fetishizes novelty and innovation\, there is a need to relearn the greatest lessons from the past and appreciate that which is timeless is always timely. In addition to the technical nuts-and-bolts of reasoning\, he will focus on the attitudes\, habits\, and character traits that make the difference between the clever and the wise. We’ll look at the many traps that await the would-be skilled reasoner and see why\, like any tool\, reasoning can be misapplied and misused\, even with the best of intentions. And we won’t shy away from the sheer difficulty of thinking well. When sugar-coating goes too far\, you end up with sickly confectionery and no nourishment. In our time-poor attention economy we are seduced by the promise of hacks\, shortcuts\, cognitive accelerators. But thinking reaches limits of efficiency very quickly and every corner cut comes at a cost. We need to hack off the hacks\, not find more of them. \n 
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/how-to-think-like-a-philosopher-3/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230606T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230606T190000
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SUMMARY:What Politics Can Learn From Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:Philosopher Julian Baggini comes to Intelligence Squared to share the insights of his new book How to Think Like a Philosopher: Essential Principles for Clearer Thinking. In conversation with government minister Jesse Norman\, who was himself once an academic philosopher\, Baggini will set out the techniques\, methods and principles that guide philosophy\, and show how they can be applied to our own lives – and our politics.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/what-politics-can-learn-from-philosophy/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230601T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230601T183000
DTSTAMP:20260525T234637
CREATED:20230601T071428Z
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SUMMARY:Hay Festival – In conversation with Daniel Hahn
DESCRIPTION:Philosopher Julian Baggini\, author of How to Think Like a Philosopher\, talks to writer and translator Daniel Hahn about conveying big ideas\, the importance of broadening audiences for big subjects and the value of simplicity while also holding on to complexity. He uses everyday examples and contemporary political concerns – from climate change to implicit bias – to explore the techniques\, methods and principles that guide philosophy\, and how they can be applied to our own lives\, proving that philosophical thought can promote incisive thinking.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/hay-festival-in-conversation-with-daniel-hahn/
LOCATION:Hay Festival\, Hay-on-Wyye\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Aye Write\, Glasgow
DESCRIPTION:As politics slides toward impulsivity\, and outrage bests rationality\, how can philosophy help us critically engage with the world? Julian Baggini’s How to Think Like A Philosopher is a revelatory exploration of the methods\, tenets and attitudes of thought that guide philosophy\, and how they can be applied to our own lives. \nDrawing on decades of enquiry and a huge range of interviews\, Baggini identifies twelve key principles that promote incisive thinking. Pay attention; question everything; seek clarity\, not certainty: these are just a few of philosophy’s guiding maxims which can be applied to everything from understanding the impact of climate change to correctly appraising our own temperaments. Both a fresh introduction to philosophy covering canonical and contemporary philosophers\, and an essential\, practical guide to good thinking\, How To Think Like A Philosopher shows us the way to a more humane\, balanced and rational approach to thinking\, to politics\, and to life.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/aye-write-glasgow/
LOCATION:Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
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SUMMARY:Daniel Chandler on Free and Equal
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Chandler talks with me about his new book\, Free and Equal\, based on the revolutionary thought experiment proposed by the twentieth century’s greatest political philosopher\, John Rawls. Chandler argues in this hugely ambitious and exhilarating intervention\, it is by rediscovering Rawls that we can find a way out of the escalating crises that are devastating our world today.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/daniel-chandler-on-free-and-equal/
LOCATION:Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath\, York Street\, Bath\, Somerset\, BA1 1NG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Interplanetary Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:The Science\, Philosophy and Hard Problems of Food in Deep Space. \nPanel: Julian Baggini\, Bob Perry\, Shahreen Reza\, Phil Ruskin\, Gary Stutte\, Tiffany Vora \nModerator: Kris Kimel\, Founder of Humanity in Deep Space and co-founder of the commercial space company Space Tango.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/interplanetary-kitchen/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:What Does It Mean to Be Human?
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Bakewell reflects on 700 years of humanist thought\, perusing the work of various writers\, thinkers\, scientists and artists who have spent time trying to understand what it means to be truly human. She tells the story of humanism\, explaining why it has continued to flourish for so many years in spite of opposition from other groups. \nBakewell will be interviewed by philosopher Julian Baggini\, whose new book How to Think Like a Philosopher outlines the 12 key principles to follow for a more balanced\, rational and humane approach to thinking. Together\, they will discuss the humanist values of open-mindedness\, optimism\, freedom and the power of the here and now\, and their role in helping steer us through dark times throughout history.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/what-does-it-mean-to-be-human/
LOCATION:Waterstones\, Broadmead\, Bristol
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SUMMARY:How to Think Like a Philosopher
DESCRIPTION:Talk for the Humanist Association of Ireland. Online and free for all.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/how-to-think-like-a-philosopher-2/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:The Puzzle of Personal Identity
DESCRIPTION:Day course at with the University of Oxford’s Department for Continuing Education\, with David Edmonds and me. In person or online. \nSuppose I invite you to enter a teletransporter for an exciting adventure in space travel. In this teletransporter a copy will be made of every cell in your body. Whilst your brain and body are destroyed on Earth\, a new being\, a facsimile\, will appear almost instantly on Planet Zog. No need for a tedious journey in a space craft. The recreated person on Planet Zog will look indistinguishable from you\, it will have all your memories? \nBut will it be you? \n‘Personal Identity’ is one of the most puzzling areas in philosophy. Many philosophers have grappled with it\, from John Locke in the 17th Century to Derek Parfit in the 20th. \nTo test our intuitions about personal identity\, philosophers have come up with weird and wonderful thought experiments. Locke asked us to imagine that a prince and a cobbler swapped souls\, so that the memories of the prince were in the body of the cobbler and vice-versa. Parfit asked us to imagine what would happen if a brain was split in two\, with the two hemispheres being implanted in two separate bodies. \nThere’s much at stake; the issue matters. Your position on Personal Identity may affect how you regard the past – should a person be punished for an act that was committed a decade earlier? It may affect how you view the future – should you bother to put money into a pension scheme or splurge everything so as to have fun today? How you view Personal Identity might even affect your attitude to death.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/the-puzzle-of-personal-identity/
LOCATION:University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, OX1 2JA
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SUMMARY:How to think like a philosopher (and when not to)
DESCRIPTION:Standard accounts of philosophical reasoning focus on rules of deductive logic\, valid arguments\, fallacies and so on. Although these are all important\, in this talk Dr Julian Baggini wants to switch the focus to the attitudes and habits of thought advocated by “virtue epistemology”. \nHe will argue that the formal dimensions of reasoning are less important than the virtues of thought. Furthermore\, Julian will argue that at the ways philosophers think can sometimes lead us astray and that there are times when we should not think like philosophers at all.
URL:https://www.julianbaggini.com/event/how-to-think-like-a-philosopher-and-when-not-to-2/
LOCATION:Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Initution\, 16-18 Queen Square\, Bath\, BA1 2HN\, United Kingdom
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