What we’re about
A group for those with open minds who are interested in reading, discussing, and applying works of philosophy.
This group would meet to discuss works of philosophy, but just as importantly would assist each other in working through passages. We would help each other read philosophical texts, in the process becoming more adept readers and thinkers.
Discussion would focus on the texts but also equally on application of the ideas. In other words, doing philosophy in addition to consuming it. Philosophy is a practice.
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Tractatus Logico-PhilosophicusPanera Bread, Raleigh, NC
Discussion of Ludwig Wittgenstein's (1921) Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (C.K. Ogden Translation).
Conversation about Wittgenstein's critique of the function of logic and mystical examination of the nature of language, reality and, ultimately, our inability to know things about it through language.
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- Emotion and Intelligence (Martha Nussbaum)Panera Bread, Raleigh, NC
Martha Nussbaum's Upheavals of Thought (Part I: Needs and Recognition)
Conversation about the cognitive and intellectual content of emotion. Nussbaum argues that the experience of emotion is not a lapse of reason but is instead a critical part of how we think, identify objects of value, and orient ourselves toward socially-grounded ideas of morality. Engaging with and understanding emotion is also a critical part of flourishing (eudaimonia) that comes from the contemplation and cultivation of ethical action.
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