Week 1Tuesday 6th - Fancy Dress Pub CrawlBy Stephen Hunt. Probably SM2, maths dept. at 4:00. The talk will be followed by a question and answer
To kick off the first term of a new year we're having a fancy-dress pub crawl, spanning several of Bristol's finest drinking establishments. This is a social, so it's a great opportunity to get to know other society members and have some outrageous and robust discussion! The fancy dress theme is Gods & Goddesses, so there are plenty of costumes to choose from with scope for as much laziness or creativity as you fancy. Best costume wins a beer.
Week 2Tuesday 13th - Discussion, "What follows from atheism?"Our usual introductory discussion to help dispel the mists around what atheists do or don't believe, and allow society members to get to know one another's various opinions on the matter. Hopefully this year we can finally resolve this vexing matter. Week 3
Tuesday 20th - Discussion, "Pseudoscience and the supernatural"Homeopathy, Crystal Healing, The Secret - these are all big business, but how do they stand up from a skeptical point of view, and how can we explain their recent and significant rise in fame and fortune? Is "Dr" Gillian McKeith really the next step after The Enlightenment? All this, and more! Week 4
Tuesday 27th - Pub SocialAs we have a talk this week there will be an informal chat about anything you want in Micawbers on Tuesday Thursday 29th - Talk by Marianne Aisles: "Do the crusades have any relevance in a modern secular society?"Our first talk will be on Thursday 29th at 4pm in the Maths Department, Lecture theater SM2. The talk will be followed by a question and answer session and food and drink. Week 5
Tuesday 3rd - Discussion, "Right, Left, Old and New: Politics and Religion"A new discussion on the connection between politics and Religion. Comparing attitudes to religion and religious influences on politics in Britain and the rest of the world Week 6
Tuesday 10th - Pub SocialAs we have a talk this week there will be an informal chat about anything you want in Micawbers on Tuesday Thursday 12th - Talk by Dr Sean Watson: "Neuroscience and the idealist tradition"Most likely starting at 4pm in SM2, Maths department. Week 7
Tuesday 17th - Social: Murder Mystery PartyArmageddon in is full swing, the horsemen of the apocalypse are polishing their stirrups, the dead are rising again and you’ve been invited to a party by none other than David Hume. He’s assured you that he’ll have had a good shower by the time you’re due around (to throw off that recently dead whiff). The guest list includes Judas Iscariot, the devil, the emperor Nero, your host Hume, Nietzsche, Isis, the pope and the representative of the union of philosophers and thinking peoples. So it was of course impossible to turn down the invitation. After the main course and some milling around everyone is surprised to find that the most famous guest is absent. After a few preliminary investigations it becomes clear Jesus of Nazareth (a.k.a God) is dead, this time for good. All that remains is to find out Who? Why? How? and dessert. Put simply, a fancy dress evening of who-dunnit, it's kind of like cludo, only much, much better. All are welcome but there are only a limited number of characters up for grabs and these will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. So reply to me (dr7534@bristol.ac.uk) with "My name is [Insert name here] and I'd like to be in the Murder Mystery Party" in the subject of your email and I'll get back to you with your character for the evening. (8pm in Micawbers BTW) Thursday 19th - Talk by Dr Mark Lloyd Davies, "Should Religion Have a Role in Politics?"This talk is being run by BUCA and therefore we take
no responsibility for the running of this event. Here's their Blurb; Friday 20th - Talk by Simon Blackburn, "Hume and Militant Atheism"This talk is being run by the Philosophy society and therefore we take no responsibility for the running of this event. Here's their Blurb; Simon
Blackburn talking on 'Hume and Militant Atheism'. The
details of the talk are as follows: Week 8
Tuesday 24th: Talk by Havi Carel: "Philosophy and the concept of death"4:00 in room SM2 in the Maths department. Week 9
Monday 30th - Discussion, "Agnosticism?"I used to be agnostic, but now I'm not sure Week 10
Tuesday 8th - The Annual Winterton FestivalAASS rounds off the term with the traditional not Christmas celebration. Victoriana encouraged, although the kids these days probably call it "Steampunk" or similar. This year we've hired out the ground floor of the Mall, an excellent pub in Clifton where we will be having a meal as well as the usual AASS frivolity including the the dramatic return of Pin the soul on the brain and new and improved Mafia. The First Annual Winterton Festival is a celebration of the 19th Century factory owner and loan broker, Mr. Winterton. It is said that every year, Mr. Winterton is visited by the ghost of his former business associate Robert 'Bob' Marley and the TRINITY of winters past, present, and future, to beg for... Read more mercy. As Winterton feasts upon a small cockney street urchin (presumably named Pip, or Tiny Tim). This celebration of the Winterton Festival remembers the ressurection of Bob Marley every year to remind us that we should have mercy on those who have wronged us. We celebrate in the hope that one day the Trinity shall come again to judge us for our own wrongdoings, so that we too can live forever as non-physical immortal souls.
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