Paisley Philosophical Institution

Thanks to @uniwestscotland.bsky.social for hosting us.

A reminder of our forthcoming talk @uniwestscotland.bsky.social on Wednesday 8th October at 5.30 for 6. Please note this is open to all and free to attend.

A reminder of our forthcoming talk @uniwestscotland.bsky.social on Wednesday 8th October at 5.30 for 6. Please note this is open to all and free to attend.

Paisley Philosophical Institution

We are pleased to announce that our first talk for 25/6 on 8 October 2025 at 17:30 for 18:00 in room D133 at @uniwestscotland.bsky.social, Paisley. The speaker is David Hasson, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering and Computing, University of Lancashire. paisleyphilosophical.org/upcoming-talks

The proposed dates for the session are: 2025
Sept 24, Oct 8, Oct 22, Nov 5, Nov 19, Dec 3.
2026 Jan 21, Feb 4, Feb 18, March 4, March 18.
More information will be sent as soon as we receive it, and will also be posted on our website and Social Media accounts. 2/2

We continue to work with @uniwestscotland.bsky.social and are actively in touch with proposed speakers. Please note we are moving the meeting days to Wednesdays at 5.30 for a 6pm start. 1/2

The Educated Man in 1984 Dr Jacob Bronowski, 22nd October 1957

We continue to work towards resuming talks in September and hope to have a programme finalised by mid-August. In the meantime we have updated our website with information about a talk from Jacob Bronowski, delivered in 1957.
paisleyphilosophical.org/history-blog...

Thanks to Kingsley Omeihe for an interesting talk on Why Institutions Matter and Why They Fail in Developing Countries. Also some excellent questions at the end.
We are planning to resume our full series of talks in September.

Paisley Philosophical Institution Founded 1808

More details paisleyphilosophical.org/upcoming-talks

Paisley Philosophical Institution Founded 1808

Our next meeting is on Wednesday 23 April at 5.30 for 6 in Room D133 @uniwestscotland.bsky.social Paisley Campus. The speaker is Kingsley Omeihe on 'Beyond Faster Horses: Why Institutions Matter and Why They Fail in Developing Countries'. The meeting is free and open to all

More details will follow shortly.

The talk will be open to all.

This is a taster as we work towards resuming a regular programme from September.

We are pleased to announce that we are going to have a talk on 23rd April at 5.30 for 6.
The speaker will be Dr. Kingsley Omeihe from the @uniwestscotland.bsky.social. The talk title will be Beyond Faster Horses: Why Institutions Matter and Why They Fail in Developing Countries.

We continue to work towards re-establishing our programme and hope to be able to provide more information soon. If you would like to be added to our mailing list please email us at paisley.philosophy@gmail.com.

See the history around you!

Paisley High Street during the 1880's. This image shows Thomas Graham's shop at No 21 (where No 31 is today), High Street with Thomas standing at the front door and presumably a staff member behind him.

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Paisley Philosophical Institution Founded 1808

Paisley Philosophical Institution was founded in 1808. It has been in abeyance for the last year but we are now preparing to restart the Institution later this year. We will post updates here as we have them. our website is at paisleyphilosophical.org and is slowly being developed.