Philosophy Slam

Throw yourself into a free-flowing hour of improvisation where two leading philosophers riff on whatever – from aardvarks to zeitgeist – you want to ask!

How it works:

People gather. Mark and Robert stand up. Someone from the audience calls out a random word. Past words include ‘death’ and ‘consciousness’, but also range to ‘smoothies’ and ‘crocodiles’. Let your mind go wild! Mark and Robert will each speak for a few minutes on the topic, drawing on the history of ideas. Then the next word is called out, and we go again…

Speakers:

Robert Rowland Smith is a British author and philosopher. His books include Derrida and Autobiography (Cambridge University Press, 1995), Breakfast with Socrates: The philosophy of everyday life (Profile Books, 2009) and AutoBioPhilosophy: An intimate story of what it means to be human (4th Estate, 2018). He is a regular speaker at public- and private events, addressing a wide range of topics that includes philosophy, psychology, politics and art.

Mark Vernon is known for contributing to and presenting programmes on BBC radio, writing for the UK national press notably the Guardian and the Church Times, as well as online publications like Aeon and podcasting, notably The Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues with Rupert Sheldrake. He also publishes online talks such as How to See Spiritually and Philosophy as Awakening. He is also the author of several books.

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Throw yourself into a free-flowing hour of improvisation where two leading philosophers riff on whatever – from aardvarks to zeitgeist – you want to ask!

Attendance is restricted to Conduit members

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