What is a Philosophy Cafe?

This is a group conversation led by Useful Philosophy, designed to help you spot the weaknesses in your own certainties. It is low pressure, high clarity, and strictly "No Guru". We live in times of "winning" arguments, where we lose finding truth and understanding.

If you are tired of shouting matches and looking for a space to actually think out loud, join our Philosophy Cafe for an afternoon of philosophical conversations.

Bring in your questions to philosophize with the group! We put them to vote and select the most popular question to discuss in the session.

We are ditching spiritual cliches and shallow mantras to dive into the dilemmas of modern life. Whether you are curious about why you believe what you believe or just want to enjoy an afternoon of interesting conversations over coffee, this is your ‘third space’ for clarity.

This isn't a book club. You don't need to have read a

single page of Plato to join. As a group, we will use Socratic questioning to peel back the layers of the topic at hand.

What we won't do: 

❌ Listen to long rambles

❌ Debate for the sake of "winning" 

❌ Speak in academic jargon

What we will do: 

✅ Ask good questions

✅ Challenge the "obvious" 

✅ Drink good coffee

What's new:

+ Theme for this session: Love

Example Qs: 

• What is the purpose or value of love? 
• How is love different from attachment, desire, friendship, or care?
• Is it possible to love all or is it impossible to love some more than others?
• What does it mean to love someone "unconditionally" and is it even truly possible? 

+ An intro to the theme and facilitation by Reema Bhagia

+ Early RSVP open for members on the Whatsapp broadcast list to prioritize spots for regulars

https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hh51xbA9vMbEkSoY9QwjCm

+ No walk-ins. Please RSVP in advance.

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About the facilitator: Reema Bhagia is strategy & communications professional with a longstanding curiosity about human behaviour, consciousness, meaning & the myriad ways we all try to make sense of being human. She enjoys exploring questions at the intersection of philosophy, psychology & everyday life - especially the places where neat theories collide with messy lived experience. She is particularly interested in taking abstract philosophical ideas & asking what they might look like when actually lived.

About the organizer: Basit Manham is a philosophical consultant and runs Useful Philosophy. We rescue useful ideas from philosophy books and make them accessible to all.