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London lecture series · London Lectures · Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect: Centenary Lectures 2025-6

Wittgenstein and his impact upon Anglophone philosophy 

This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Peter Hacker. He discusses the salient achievements of Wittgenstein's two masterpieces, the Tractatus and the Investigations, and their influences on philosophy.

· Swedenborg Hall, Barter Street, London WC1A 2TH
London lecture series · London Lectures · Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect: Centenary Lectures 2025-6

Social Equality: Then And Now 

This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Jonathan Wolff, who explores how ideas of relational equality have developed in the past 100 years.

· Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
London lecture series · London Lectures · Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect: Centenary Lectures 2025-6

Imagining Democracy 

In this London Lecture, Professor Michele M. Moody-Adams will explore the role of imagination in political communities as democracies.

· Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
London lecture series · London Lectures · Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect: Centenary Lectures 2025-6

Is Philosophy a Science? 

This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Timothy Williamson. He asks what it might mean to call philosophy a science, and explores different views of the relation between philosophy and science over the past century.

· Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
London lecture series · London Lectures · Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect: Centenary Lectures 2025-6

Apocalyptic Technology: Naturalism and Nihilism 

This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta. Science assumes the universe is comprehensible to the human mind. AI tech casts doubt on this. So, should scientists give up on their goal?

· Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
London lecture series · London Lectures · Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect: Centenary Lectures 2025-6

Developments in Feminist Philosophy 

Over the last 100 years the condition of women in society has changed and so has feminist philosophy. Professor Clare Chambers will reflect on the philosophy, politics, and practice of sex discrimination as it has developed over the past century.

· Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
London lecture series · London Lectures · Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect: Centenary Lectures 2025-6

Why Does Philosophy Have a History? 

This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Michael Rosen. Unlike other disciplines, the history of philosophy does not involve the accumulation of knowledge or the resolution of problems. But why?

· Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
London lecture series · London Lectures · Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect: Centenary Lectures 2025-6

The You Turn 

This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Naomi Eilan. She offers an account of second person awareness, mutual I-you relations, and the essential link between second person awareness and ethics.

· Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
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