| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 3rd Monday of the month |
| Venue: | The Wilsons Arms |
We are a philosophy group which started in 2024, comprising u3a members who were new, or newish, to philosophy. We don't follow a formal training course and we are not led by a tutor: topics are chosen by the members. We've completed Hank Green's Crash Course Philosophy and are now continuing "a journey of enquiry into our worlds" and asking the question; "how do I know if I'm right?" We are revisiting topics in depth to understand how philosophy matters with respect to how we think and live.
Forthcoming Meetings
Past Meetings
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We didn’t agree with Vaughn’s suggestion that Eastern religions might “shock” us but we were “intrigued”.
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God and the universe, our brains and religion and whether prayer has a function
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Discussion about the existence of God and the problem of evil.
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Continuing our discussion about existentialism, with interpretations of Nietzsche and also John Paul Sartre's “Existence precedes Essence”.
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Our existence is absurd. Can we find a meaning and purpose in an indifferent universe?
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Chapter 3: Compassion and empathy, 3.6: Feminist Ethics.