Julian Baggini

Intelligence Squared
2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL, United Kingdom
How Philosophy Explains Our World
On October 28 philosopher Julian Baggini comes to Intelligence Squared to help us understand the world of politics through philosophy. He will set out why ‘polarisation’ need not be a dirty word, what differentiates conspiracy theorists from skeptics, and how to apply precepts such as: follow the facts, be humble and think for yourself but not by yourself.
Join us live at Conway Hall with Julian Baggini and host Ritula Shah, and have your questions answered in the audience Q&A.

Philosophy Salon
2025-10-29 19:15 - 21:10 | St Georges Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR, United Kingdom
Do we have a duty to rescue?
If you passed a child drowning in a pond, would you have a moral obligation to save them? Most people would say we do. But in 1972 the philosopher Peter Singer argued that if that is true, we also have a duty to help people far away too. In his new book, David Edmonds unpicks the argument and its implications. In this informal salon hosted by St George’s Philosopher-in-residence Julian Baggini, Edmonds will be joined by Bridget Anderson to explore our duties to refugees, the poor and others at home and abroad.

Philosophy Salon
2025-11-17 07:15 - 21:10 | St Georges Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR, United Kingdom
Atheism & Religion – Across the Divide
What can people who put God at the centre of their lives and those who completely deny his existence learn from each other? Debates between atheists and believers have often been bitter, but in this informal salon hosted by St George’s Philosopher-in-residence Julian Baggini, atheist philosopher Richard Norman and the Dean of Bristol Cathedral, Revd Mandy Ford, will be discussing and modelling better ways to do difference.

Night of the Philosopher
2025-11-22 19:00 - 20:00 | De Vooruit Gent, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23, Gent, 9000, Belgium
Denken kan je leren
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿
Every day, our minds become overloaded with tons of information stimuli. How do we separate fact from fiction in a world full of noise? Philosopher Julian Baggini shows how better thinking is not about intelligence, but about a better attitude of sincerity, accuracy and patience.

Philosophical Times
2025-12-06 10:30 - 11:30 | St Georges Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR, United Kingdom
Join writer, thinker and St George’s resident philosopher, Julian Baggini, as he explores some of the big ideas that connect with and emerge from this week’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!

How the World Eats
2026-01-05 19:30 - 21:00 | YHA Bristol, 14 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA, United Kingdom
In this season of celebrations, all traditionally including significant amounts of feasting and food consumption, we welcome back Bristol’s philosopher, Julian Baggini to delve into the timely issue of ‘How the World Eats’.
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: the hunter-gatherer Hadza in Tanzania whose sustainable lifestyle is under threat in our crowded planet is in stark contrast to “developed” societies whose food is produced in vast intensive enterprises. Most of us now rely on a complex global food web of production, distribution, consumption and disposal, which is now facing unprecedented challenges.
The need for a better understanding of how we feed ourselves has never been more urgent. Julian’s 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 problem of food wastage and the effects of commodification.
He will advocate 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.

Coffee, A Philosophy: In Conversation with Matthew Green
2026-04-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DT, United Kingdom
Julian Baggini has long been fascinated by the philosophical underpinnings of how we eat and drink, and the chance discovery in Tokyo of a copy of The Book of Tea by Kakuza Okakura (published in 1906) led him on a journey to explore our relationship with coffee. His latest book on coffee is something ultimately enriching and life affirming, an elevation of the everyday and a pleasure to read – a treatise on how we can infuse the seemingly mundane with moments of mindful attention and meaning.
The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Your ticket includes a complimentary glass of wine and a sample of historic seventeenth-century style coffee.
