About

Philosopher on Tap is a vehicle for expressing ideas and thoughts and is a showcase for original creative material and ideas.

The birthplace and spiritual home of the Philosopher On Tap movement is the Morning Star on Greetwell Gate in Lincoln. The concept was dreamt up one evening by the fireside in the pub with Tel.

The original plan was to apply for an Arts Council Grant so that I could fund sitting in the pub talking about issues philosophical. Seemed like a good thing for the Arts Council to be spending my tax money on.

I did intend to spend most of the funding with a PR Agency to publicise the activity but the first Agency I approached couldn’t see the newsworthiness of the project. Where were my philosophic credentials? Who would want to listen? 

They didn’t quite understand the beauty of the concept. That it actually didn’t matter whether I was a real expert in philosophy or not. The concept to me was a work of art, whether I had a queue of people wanting to talk or nobody.

I sacked the PR Agency and in the end didn’t get round to applying for the funding either. Seemed too much like hard work filling out forms. The alternative is this website.

The Morning Star is a traditional beer drinking pub. No restaurant or frills. You go there to talk and drink. It is just off the beaten path of the Bailgate so it doesn’t get filled with tourists.  It and pubs like it hold Philosopher On Tap sessions every day of the year. There are probably more members of the worldwide Philosopher On Tap movement than there are in many major religions.

Anyone can post to the website – please contact me via email at admin at philosopherontap dot com. Comments just need a name and valid email address. There are no constraints on what can be published except I reserve the right to withdraw any material considered to be illegal or cause offence or is just not in keeping with the  ethos of the website. This is not a defined ethos. It is what seems right at the time.

By posting on the website you will be granting Philosopher On Tap permission to use the content free of charge. Your own ownership of the material remains unaffected.

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