Our Next Events: Sep 2026 - Feb 2027
Our Next Events:
Sep 2026 - Feb 2027
Tuesday, 29 Sep 2026
The Epistemology of Testimony:
How Can We Rely On What Others Tell Us
Dr Jurgen Gatt
Valletta Design Cluster
18:30–20:00
How should we decide what to believe, when trust is justified, and what makes a source credible ?
Join Dr Jurgen Gatt for this thought-provoking talk, beginning with the classic debate between David Hume and Thomas Reid and then applying these ideas within three contemporary contexts: witnesses in legal settings, the role of patients in medical encounters, and interaction with large language models. Through these examples, you will appreciate the continued relevance of classical philosophical ideas about testimony.
Thursdays: 1, 8 & 22 Oct 2026
Jung and the Architecture of the Soul:
A 3-part Journey into the Unconscious
Gail Debono
Valletta Design Cluster
18:30–20:30
What lies beneath the surface of who we think we are?
Join psychologist Gail Debono for a three-session course to explore Carl Jung's major ideas, beginning with his dramatic break from Sigmund Freud and his revolutionary understanding of the unconscious—not simply as a storehouse of repressed desires, but as a mysterious and powerful dimension of human experience.
First Session: Thursday, 1 October 2026
Dreams, Symbols and the Unconscious
Second Session: Thursday 8, October 2026
The Hidden Self
Third Session: Thursday, 22 October 2026
Myth, Meaning and Modern Life
Thursday, 26 Nov 2026
Habermas on the Discourse Principle
Dr Keith Pisani
Valletta Design Cluster
18:30–20:30
Is Habermas really an unrealistic philosopher of consensus?
Dr Keith Pisani revisits one of the most influential ideas of Habermas - the discourse principle - and shows how it emerges from the very conditions of rational communication and argumentation.
Friday, 11 Dec 2026
The Philosophy of Money
Paul V. Azzopardi
Valletta Design Cluster
18:00–20:00
We use money every day, earning it, spending it, saving it, borrowing it — and often spend our lives pursuing it. But why do we trust pieces of paper, or numbers on a screen, to represent something of real value?
Join Paul V. Azzopardi, who draws on his many years of experience in the financial sector to take us beneath the surface of money and explore what it really means, why we trust it, and the role it plays in our lives.
Thursday, 21 Jan 2027
Pink Floyd’s Animals at 50: Power, Hierarchy and Human Nature
Ian Rizzo
Valletta Design Cluster
18:30–20:30
When you listen to Pink Floyd’s Animals, Roger Waters asks you a simple question: are you a Pig, a Dog or a Sheep? Fifty years after its release, the album raises deeper questions about whether hierarchy and the concentration of power are inevitable features of society — and, if so, how we can prevent them from becoming oppressive.
Join Ian Rizzo for a discussion of one of Pink Floyd’s best concept albums.
Friday, 12 Feb 2027
Annual Philosophy Lecture
Autonomy, Personhood and Women's Rights:
Kantian Parallels in First-Wave Feminist Thought
Prof Özlem Duva Kaya
Grand Hotel Excelsior, Floriana
18:30–20:30
Can Kant’s philosophy support women’s rights?
Join Prof. Özlem Duva Kaya from Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey as she explores the relationship between Kant’s moral philosophy and first-wave feminist thought, revealing how the ideals of autonomy, personhood, and equality continue to shape contemporary debates.
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