CAFÉ PHILOSOPHY is participatory public philosophy in Victoria, BC, Canada. These weekly dialogues went on for over 12 years, and more than over 500 sessions.
CAFÉ PHILOSOPHY ended July 15, 2009. Author and moderator, Michael Picard, is taking up a new position teaching philosophy at Douglas College in Vancouver. For more details, and for future updates, see the News box below.
Thanks for the memories. So long, Victoria.
Follow the argument where ever it leads!
Topics at Cafe Philosophy are determined by popular vote. Eventually it will be possible for participants to vote on topics online from this location.
In November 2007, we completed the vote for topics for Spring 2008. You can find the new topics online by clicking on Upcoming Topics on the front page.
You can suggest new topics for our weekly dialogues anytime online. Just click on "suggest a topic" from the main page. Please note that our topics these days take the form of a two concepts in opposition, a duality. We call them yin-yang topics. You can also formulate questions pertaining to you suggested duality.