In today’s world truth is disputed, denied, hidden and distorted. The very possibility of objective truth is dismissed, replaced with the idea that things can only be “true for you” or “true for me”. Yet people still go to court or take to streets to defend the truth. Truth still matters, so why can’t we agree on what it is?
Join me to explore some of the big ideas that connect with and emerge from this week’s news stories. Sit back and enjoy the live conversation or take part as much as you like – this is always a lively and inspiring discussion.
Join me to explore some of the big ideas that connect with and emerge from this week’s news stories. Sit back and enjoy the live conversation or take part as much as you like – this is always a lively and inspiring discussion.
In this relaxed salon discussion, Philosopher Julian Baggini and guests Lisa Bortolotti and Rebecca Buxton explore how the exemplary habits and principles of the best philosophers can help us to think better.
Talk about my new book, published in February 2023
Day course at with the University of Oxford's Department for Continuing Education, with David Edmonds and me. In person or online.
Talk for the Humanist Association of Ireland. Online and free for all.
Interviewing Sarah Bakewell on 700 years of humanist thought, perusing the work of various writers, thinkers, scientists and artists who have spent time trying to understand what it means to be truly human.
The Science, Philosophy and Hard Problems of Food in Deep Space. Panel: Julian Baggini, Bob Perry, Shahreen Reza, Phil Ruskin, Gary Stutte, Tiffany Vora. Moderator: Kris Kimel.
Daniel Chandler talks with me about his new book, Free and Equal, based on the revolutionary thought experiment proposed by the twentieth century's greatest political philosopher, John Rawls. Chandler argues in this hugely ambitious and exhilarating intervention, it is by rediscovering Rawls that we can find a way out of the escalating crises that are devastating our world today.
Talking about my latest book, How to Think Like a Philosopher at Glasgow's book festival.
Philosopher Julian Baggini, author of How to Think Like a Philosopher, talks to writer and translator Daniel Hahn about conveying big ideas, the importance of broadening audiences for big subjects and the value of simplicity while also holding on to complexity.
