The inaugural meeting which took place on 5 Nov. '98 was a report given by Victor Suchar, the convenor, about the 20th. World Congress of Philosophy held in Boston earlier in August at which he read a paper on the philosophy of science. The group meets regularly on the first Tuesday of each month, August excepted. The sessions cover all aspects of philosophy: from analytical philosophy, philosophy of science, political and social thought, aesthetics, and history of philosophy. Past programmes included talks on The Pre- Socratics, Plato, Marc- Aurelius, Hindu and Buddhist philosophies, Spinoza, Adam Smith, Mill, Nietzsche, Dilthey, Bosanquet, Whitehead, Macmurray, Wittgenstein, Carnap, Popper, B.F. Skinner, Heidegger, Foucault, Deleuze, Lefebvre, Blanchot, Rorty, Determinism and Free- Will, Critical theory, Postmodernism, Positivism, Environmental Philosophy, among others. Summaries of all talks can be found on our site. The format of our meetings consists of one hour presentation followed by one hour discussion. Typically, there of the 11 papers given each year, , 4 or 5 are by invited speakers and the balance by BRLSI members who agree to research a particular topic. The programme is established in the June for the January to December of the following year. Attendance is open both to members of the Institution and to visitors, and average 25- 30 people. We are inviting or people interested in philosophy to attend, and particularly those interested in the in- depth research of a particular topic for presentation.

Victor Suchar, Convenor
June 2003