The Department of Philosophy recently ran another successful Philosophy Reading Weekend on 23-24 February, with papers and discussions converging on the topics of medicine, emotions and ethics. The walk to the coast came complete with enlightening discussions and splendid weather.

Maddie Smith presented on anger and political emotion, Hugh Robertson-Ritchie presented on chronic fatigue syndrome and phenomenology, Alyx Robinson presented on optimism and transhumanism, and Michael Wilde was working the epistemological angles, having recruited a dozen new members for the Centre for Reliabilism. The idea of a murder mystery event was discussed for next year.

Following the event, Head of Department, Todd Mei commented: “Philosophy happens in many different ways, and one of the most memorable and significant of those can be outside the lecture hall or seminar room and in an informal space shared by inquisitive and open minds. The Philosophy Reading Weekend has never failed to deliver on that front!”

Seen on the Department of Philosophy’s Facebook group: “Thanks to everyone who came to the Reading Weekend this weekend. We had a great time, incredible weather, and those cakes, as always, were A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!”