In May, Professor Peter Hacker, from the Department of Philosophy, will be speaking at ‘How the Light Gets In‘, the world’s largest philosophy and music festival, bringing together world-leading philosophers, scientists, musicians, and politicians for debates, talks and social events. This year’s programme examines the elements of reality that might turn out to be illusions, with speakers including Roger Penrose, Natalie Bennett, Paul Krugman, Fiona Shaw, Mike Skinner, Polly Toynbee, Lianne La Havas, Tariq Ali, Martin Creed and John Searle.
Peter Hacker will be joining Roger Penrose and Aubrey de Grey to debate ‘Life, the Universe and Everything’, as well as asking whether reason or emotion offers us ‘The Road to the Good Life’ with Mark Rowlands.
The festival will take place from 21-31 May 2015 at Hay-on-Wye and Kent staff and students can receive a 10% discount on event tickets, until midnight on 24 April, with an discount code. Please email secl@kent.ac.uk to obtain the code.
Further information about this year’s festival, including booking details, is available at: www.howthelightgetsin.org