Big Ideas

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Big Ideas is an ongoing series of events, a blog and most recently a podcast. It’s mostly run by these two:

Nathan Charlton

Nathan (email) is interested in philosophical aspects of history, politics and culture, among other things.

Rich Cochrane

Rich (email) is primarily interested in applications of mathematics within philosophy. He also has interests in epistemology, the aesthetics of music (in which he has a PhD) and in paradoxes and puzzles in general.

If you have any questions about Big Ideas events, or anything you read about on this blog, or you want to get involved, feel free to drop either of us a line.

The text of our latest media release can be found here.

Big Ideas is a series of events held in pubs across London. Anyone is welcome to turn up.

Sessions generally start with a question. Someone who has some relevant expertise gives a very brief, informal talk. After that a discussion develops in a free and unstructured manner. It's not a lecture, and it's not a debate; it's a pub argument, but unlike any you've had before.

Our central venue is normally upstairs at The Wheatsheaf, just off Oxford Street and 5 minutes' walk from Tottenham Court Road tube station, and we have a new event starting in Hammersmith at The Dartmouth Castle.

In case you were worried, Big Ideas isn't affiliated with any political, religious or other organisation, and we don't have any particular agenda.

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