Philosophy Now Forum

Hi Guys! My name is Emily and I work for the Institute of Art and Ideas (http://iai.tv/). We organise HowTheLightGetsIn, the biggest philosophy festival in the world. I thought I'd let you know that we just released the three first events of the next edition of HowTheLightGetsIn happening in June 20...

In an age where an almost complete breakdown of morality has occured, does morality in art now hold a much more legitimate and potentially revolutionary coupling? Art as a vehicle with morality as its passenger navigate a way out or way forward from a moribund present. http://www.open.edu/openlearn...

Hi all, The iai (Intitute of Art and Ideas) organises http://www.howthelightgetsin.org/ - the world's largest philosophy festival! Most of the videos from the previous years are available on the website to watch for free.The talks cover all the most cutting-edge philosophical subjects and debates an...

Can do better than that tbieter! Many of the debates and talks from our past festivals (both HowTheLightGetsIn: the philsophy festival, and Crunch: the art and music festival) are up on http://iai.tv to watch for free! Its a brilliant resource - if you have any favourite speakers of philsophers you ...

Hi everybody!

I recently watched this fascinating talk by philosopher Mary Warnock on morality in contemporary societies.

http://iai.tv/video/mary-warnock-rescuing-morality

I think it's a good contribution to the reflection,

Emily.

Hi everyone!

I recently watched a very interesting talk about happiness:

http://iai.tv/video/happiness.

The discussion is framed into the context of recent suggestions of using happiness as an alternative to socio-economic indicators such as the GDP.
Let me know what's your take on it!

Emily.

Hi everybody!

I recently watched a fantastic talk, 'Mazes of the Mind', on the contrasting contributions of neuroscience and philosophy to account for consciousness. I think it might be really insightful for the present debate.

http://iai.tv/video/mazes-of-the-mind

Enjoy!

Emily.

Hello everybody! What about art as an alternative method of inquiry into the nature of reality? I recently watched this video regarding the potential of art to uncover the ineffable: http://iai.tv/video/maps-of-mystery I think it offers a insightful perspective on the definition of art. Hope you enj...

hey guys!

There are a few fascinating talks on art and aesthetics on The Institute of Art and Ideas website, amongst which 'The New Beautiful' that specifically charts today's new aesthetics:

http://iai.tv/video/the-new-beautiful

I hope you will enjoy it!

Raissa,

Hi all,

I'm looking forward to having a read of some of the great debates going on here, currently brainstorming for exciting new ideas to use in our programme at this summer's http://www.howthelightgetsin.org/ - the world's largest philosophy festival!

Emily x