Sydney’s Philosophy in the Café - Philo Agora

Every Second Tuesday at 7:30 pm, Fair Trade Coffee Company, 33 Glebe Point Road, Glebe.

This Tuesday, April 27  A Debate. Ian Bryce vs Peter Bowden :  "Atheism will never win the battle with religion"
The debate will ask whether religion or atheism will prevail in capturing everybody's beliefs in the long term.

Ian,  Sydney's well known proselytizer for atheism  and a regular PhiloAgora attendee will  lock words  with Peter Bowden, a solid Huxley agnostic,  tending to Dawkins,  about whether the rational arguments for the non  existence of God will ever  convince the bulk of ordinary every day  people to give up religion. Ian says that common sense and intelligence must win. Bowden says it never will - religion is wired into us. A toss of the coin will decide the first speaker.

The cost for the evening is $3. Coffe and tea at your expense. We have the bottom half of the cafe to ourselves from 7pm with last orders for the kitchen at 7:30. Come early from 6pm and join the regulars for dinner.

Future talks include:

May 11  Jonathan McKeown:  Philosophy in Everyday Life
Jonathan presently runs Status Flow Plumbing based in Ashbury. He will talk about some philosophical approaches and practices he has found most beneficial for living everyday life.  

May 25  Skye Cleary:  Sartre on romantic loving relationships
Jean Paul Sartre had some wonderfully controversial things to say on the topic; like that it is doomed to sadism and masochism.

June 8  Ken Macnab:  Religion, Peace and War during the Last Millennium:  Europe and Beyond
Both the causes and conduct of war, and the creation and maintenance of peace, are essentially political issues, reflecting the character of the political decision-makers involved and the economic, social, cultural and religious character of the people and state involved.

We look forward to seeing you on the night.

Regards,

Peter, Hazel & Sam.