The London Lecture Series
The Royal Institute of Philosophy
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Episodes
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Nov 28, 2025 • 1h 32min
The You Turn, Naomi Eilan
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.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Nov 21, 2025 • 1h 30min
Empathy and Ethics: A Complicated Relation?, Rowan Williams
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Dr Rowan Williams. Is empathy required for ethical values? How we can hang on to a proper valuation of empathic understanding without sentimentality.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Nov 7, 2025 • 1h 33min
Avicennan and Cartesian Doubt, Peter Adamson
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Peter Adamson, who will argue that Avicennan and Cartesian “arguments from doubt” may actually be stronger than they seem.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Oct 31, 2025 • 1h 35min
The Most Permanent Interests of the Human Spirit, John Haldane
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor John Haldane. He looks back at philosophy since 1925, arguing for a kind of philosophical humanism that was more prominent a century ago than it is today.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Oct 24, 2025 • 1h 29min
Why philosophers need to think about pregnancy, Fiona Woollard
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Fiona Woollard. She explores how philosophy can help us to understand pregnancy and improve the treatment of people who are pregnant.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Oct 17, 2025 • 1h 32min
What became of the public philosopher?, Regina Rini
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Professor Regina Rini. She explores why we no longer need philosophers as all-purpose public sages.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Oct 10, 2025 • 1h 30min
The Problematic and the Unproblematic, Nikhil Krishnan
This lecture in the series Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect, is presented by Dr Nikhil Krishnan. The politics of the last decade have been accused of moralistic excess. If this is fair, how might moral philosophy cure us of moralism?Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Jun 5, 2025 • 1h 28min
Choosing how we Represent the Past; Derek Matravers
This lecture is presented by Derek Matravers, and discusses how the choices we make in framing the past can influence our views on it.Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series 2024-25, on Remembering and Forgetting.
May 29, 2025 • 1h 29min
Proust’s Theory of Memory and Knowledge; Tom Stern
This lecture is presented by Tom Stern, exploring the phenomenon of involuntary memory in Proust’s work.Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series 2024-25, on Remembering and Forgetting.
May 22, 2025 • 1h 24min
Who should we remember, and for how long? A theory of justice for public commemoration; James Wilson
This lecture is presented by James Wilson, exploring how to reconcile different reasons for public remembrance.Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series 2024-25, on Remembering and Forgetting.
