The London Lecture Series
The Royal Institute of Philosophy
What is mental health? Can we make sense of psychosis? What’s the connection between mental health and concepts including race & evolution? Explore these questions, among others, through the lens of philosophy at the 2023/4 London Lectures.
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Mar 6, 2026 • 1h 30min
Wittgenstein and his impact upon Anglophone philosophy, Peter Hacker
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.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Feb 27, 2026 • 1h 30min
Social Equality: Then And Now, Jonathan Wolff
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.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Feb 20, 2026 • 1h 45min
Imagining Democracy, Michele M. Moody-Adams
In this London Lecture, Professor Michele M. Moody-Adams will explore the role of imagination in political communities as democracies.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Feb 13, 2026 • 1h 33min
Is Philosophy a Science?, Timothy Williamson
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.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Jan 30, 2026 • 1h 29min
Apocalyptic Technology: Naturalism and Nihilism, Mazviita Chirimuuta
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?Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Jan 23, 2026 • 1h 31min
Developments in Feminist Philosophy, Clare Chambers
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.Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
Jan 16, 2026 • 1h 31min
Why Does Philosophy Have a History?, Michael Rosen
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?Part of TRIP's Centenary Lectures 2025-6: Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect.
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.
