TheGreatDebate.org.uk
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The Great Debate: Home Page
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About The Great Debate
The Great Debate is an umbrella title for a series of courses and public discussions on a variety of topics organised by Caspar Hewett, Dave O'Toole, Mo Lovatt and Jon Bryan. Our aim is to facilitate lively, open debate on scientific and social issues. We are committed to public participation and to facilitating topical discussions through which we hope to encourage critical thinking and a willingness to challenge current orthodoxies. We engage with the general public in the broadest sense and aim to develop a deeper shared understanding of science and society. We hope that you will find our website to be a useful resource for information on a range of subjects.
Since its inception in 1998, The Great Debate has organised a programme of courses, day schools, public discussions and workshops on a range of topics including Darwinism, theories of human nature, the human mind, consciousness, Evolutionary Psychology, internet freedom, biodiversity, development, sustainability and environmentalism (see Previous Events).
Last year, events hosted by The Great Debate attracted over 350 attendees. We have a core subscription mailing list of 200 people who attend our events. We have convened events at a number of venues in the North East including Newcastle and Gateshead Civic Centres, Newcastle University, The International Centre for Life and Newcastle Playhouse. We have engaged with prominent speakers from Europe and the UK who have spoken at our events and provided ongoing contributions to the debates on our website. These speakers have included journalists, best-selling authors and academics from the Universities of Newcastle, Northumbria, Durham, Sunderland, Wageningen, Lancaster, Manchester and the London School of Economics (see Previous Contributors).
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