Inaugural Meeting
The inaugural meeting of the Swansea Philosophy Cafe was held on 12 December 2010, when Roy Butler (the first Organiser of the Philosophy Cafe) introduced a discussion on the topic of
'What Use is Philosophy?'
Subsequent Meetings
Since then, meetings have been held on the second Wednesday of each month. Topics discussed have included:
'The Philosophy of Technology'
'Ethics and Literature'
'Epistemology'
'Should Socrates have escaped his execution?'
'Ethical Intuitionism'
'The Basics of Buddhism'
'The Basics of Christianity'
'Philosophical Influences on Jung'
'What Makes Something Beautiful?'
'Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Religion'
'Philosophy's Contribution to Creative Thinking'
'Truth in Fiction'
'The Mind/Body Problem'
'The Philosophy of Sexuality'
'Free Will or Determinism?'
'Does Cosmology Matter?'
'The Morality of Punishment - and of Crime'
'The Problem with Heidegger'
'A Philosophy of Education'
'Existentialism'
'The Philosophy of Love'
The inaugural meeting of the Swansea Philosophy Cafe was held on 12 December 2010, when Roy Butler (the first Organiser of the Philosophy Cafe) introduced a discussion on the topic of
'What Use is Philosophy?'
Subsequent Meetings
Since then, meetings have been held on the second Wednesday of each month. Topics discussed have included:
'The Philosophy of Technology'
'Ethics and Literature'
'Epistemology'
'Should Socrates have escaped his execution?'
'Ethical Intuitionism'
'The Basics of Buddhism'
'The Basics of Christianity'
'Philosophical Influences on Jung'
'What Makes Something Beautiful?'
'Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Religion'
'Philosophy's Contribution to Creative Thinking'
'Truth in Fiction'
'The Mind/Body Problem'
'The Philosophy of Sexuality'
'Free Will or Determinism?'
'Does Cosmology Matter?'
'The Morality of Punishment - and of Crime'
'The Problem with Heidegger'
'A Philosophy of Education'
'Existentialism'
'The Philosophy of Love'