| Year | Lecturer | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Dr A.N. Whitehead | |
| 1923 | Dr C.D. Broad | The border-line between physics and psychology |
| 1926 | Hon. Bertrand Russell | The analysis of matter |
| 1929 | Mr G.E. Moore | Knowledge direct and indirect |
| 1931 | Dr Tennant | The relations between the different departments of knowledge |
| 1935 | Mr A.D. Ritchie | The natural history of mind |
| 1938 | Sir Arthur Eddington | The philosophy of physical science |
| 1941 | Dr C.A. Mace | Causality and mind |
| 1946 | Mr R.B. Braithwaite | Laws of nature, probability, and scientific explanation |
| 1947 | Sir Edmund Whittaker | The concepts of physics |
| 1949 | Professor Woodger | Biology and language |
| 1953 | Professor G. Ryle | Cross purposes between theories |
| 1956 | Professor E. Schrödinger (read by Professor J. Wisdom) | The physical basis of consciousness |
| 1960 | Professor C.F.A. Pantin | The A sciences and the B sciences |
| 1962 | Mr H.A.C. Dobbs | The concept of time |
| 1965 | Professor H. Bondi | Assumption and myth in physical theory |
| 1967 | Professor G.H. von Wright | |
| 1970 | Dr G. Buchdahl | |
| 1975 | Professor W. Kneale | Grammar, logic, and arithmetic |
| 1978 | Professor M. Black | Models of rationality |
| 1982 | Professor E.O. Wilson | Socio-biology and comparative social theory |
| 1985 | Professor J.F. Dyson | Origins of life |
| 1988 | Sir Andrew Huxley | Matter, life, evolution |
| 1991 | Professor I. Hacking | Kinds of people and kinds of things |
| 1994 | Professor M. Redhead | From physics to metaphysics |
| 1996 | Professor M. Rudwick | Constructing geohistory in the age of revolution |
| 2000 | Professor S. Conway Morris | Footsteps to eternity: the implications of evolution |
| 2006 | Professor P. Galison | Images, Objects, and the Scientific Self |
| 2012 | Sir Geoffrey Lloyd | The Ideals of Inquiry: An Ancient History |
