Café Philosophique at Scarthin Books
The Promenade, Cromford
Tel. 01629 823272

Saturday 21st November 2009


Selected Past Talks at the Cafe Philosophique
Previous Talks at the Cafe	Author	Subject	Comments
Of Death And Philosophy	L J Hurst	Philosopy and the logic of deduction	When Dr Watson described the death of Holmes he used the words of Plato. Why?
Weird Science	L J Hurst	Analysis of irrationality and cultism	These are Hurst's speaking notes, referring to texts from which he quoted
Demanding the Impossible	Jonathon Simcock	The necessity of anarchism?	Total Liberty Home Page
Adam Smith, Mrs Thatcher and the Bees	Geoffrey Syer	What was capitalism?
Who Is Education For?	Matt Carr	What is the effect of educational change as we leave the Twentieth Century?	The speaker's notes
The Paradox of Culture: Antinomy from The Academy to The Dome	L J Hurst	Do logical contradictions lead to the collapse of systems?	The Speaker's notes
Pacifism: Fighting Without Violence Pacifism: Fighting Without Violence 2 Pacifism: Fighting Without Violence 3	Marlena and Peter Yeo	Examined from many sides?	The Speaker's notes with the considerations of the attendees
The Right to Life in International Law	Julie Self	Whose Life, What Right?	The Speaker's notes
The Philosophy of Consciousness	Oliver Leech	The Philosophy of Consciousness	Notes of an attendee
Some Simple Sums	David Mitchell	Some Simple Sums	The Speaker's notes
Marx - The Man and his Thought	Dave Furness	Marxist Thought	The Speaker's text

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