Royal Institute of Philosophy Branch

The Royal Institute of Philosophy (RIP) supports a range of philosophical activities at the University of Stirling and in the surrounding region. We are currently preparing a new programme after changes caused by the pandemic. Past events include the following:

Public lectures and debates on:

• Human enhancement (Liviu Babitz of Cyborg Nest, with Alisa Mandrigin and Mike Wheeler, held at Stirling University)
• BBC impartiality (Jonathan Coffey, BBC Panorama Programme, with Rowan Cruft, held at Stirling University). Jonathan Coffey later produced a Radio 4 programme on this theme.
• A series of Cafés Philosophiques at Blackwell’s Bookshop (Edinburgh): these events were originally funded by the Knowledge Beyond Natural Sciences project, and the RIP supported us in extending the series.
• Cyborg minds in designer worlds (Andy Clark, as part of The Extended Mind exhibition closing event, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh)

Upcoming events include an online launch workshop on Fay Niker and Aveek Bhattacharya, Political Philosophy in a Pandemic (Bloomsbury forthcoming).

Watch this space for more events as we prepare our post-pandemic programme!

Listen again to the Royal Institute of Philosophy-supported lecture 'Whatever we Know, there is More: the Cyborg Enhancement of Human Experience'. The lecture was delivered at the University of Stirling by Liviu Babitz of Cyborg Nest, Dr Alisa Mandrigin and Professor Mike Wheeler.