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Psychonaut wrote:I suspect that Yorkshire may have more philosophically inclined people than some seem to think.

Well, it has you and IWonderer so that's at least two. I don't know if I count any more.

IWonderer wrote:How about about the "Yorkshire Circle" but everyone outside London is invited??

It's a good idea, except there aren't enough people in Yorkshire interested in philosophy to make a circle.

It almost makes you glad you're not cool, doesn't it? I'm not cool either, I'm one of those people who gets flushed and awkward and spills their tea when they want to appear self-possessed and in control. However, I always suspected that that pose of poised yet cynical detachment was just a way of g...

Derek Jarman's Wittgenstein is available in its entirety here, I've just found.

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Well done Liverpool for having a philosophy in pubs organisation I bet they're really coherent and rational after 11 pints. :lol: Socrates was famous for being able to keep philosophising after a night of heavy drinking. He was held up as an example to philosophers for centuries. They are obviously...

Ooh that's a very negative post now I read it again. I didn't want to be influenced by Koyaanisqatsi's anti-North post but I was. Well done Liverpool for having a philosophy in pubs organisation, I wish there was something like that here. But I think different areas have different philosophical cult...

I think the shitness lies in philosophers being a bit thin on the ground overall. Sheffield is good if you want green fields and nice surrounding countryside but not if you want deep thinkers. Perhaps Liverpool has more of these.

It's a bit far for a discussion group though. Especially a discussion group with only two members. Perhaps Koyaanisqatsi was right about the north. It's a bit piss for some things.

I'm in Sheffield. It's not the North West but it seems to be the nearest to you so far.

I've posted two messages this evening so I thought I'd better say hello formally, although I'll probably never post again. I used to get Philosophy Now ages ago, and then I did an OU degree with a high philosophy content. Unfortunately, since then I've forgotten just about all the philosophy I ever ...