October's topic, "Questioning the Constitution: Did the Framers Get It Right?," will focus on the following: With the Supreme Court in flux, questions of...
I'm pleased to announce the first meeting of the Cambridge Saloon Salon (CSS) 6:30-8:30 pm on Oct 24 at Redline, 59 JFK St. in Harvard Square, with Jeff...
(For other upcoming philosophical events sponsored by the CFN, see http://www.naturalism.org/events.htm.) The Problem of Pain: Does it Have to Hurt So Much? ...
Greetings, Below are a few readings for the December 20 Davis Square Philosophy Cafe on "Controlling Consciousness: Is There a Right to Altered States?,"...
Greetings, Below are some readings for our January 17 cafe, "No good answer: confronting moral conflict." For time and place, see here. DSPC folks might also...
Thanks, Tom. The readings I'd recommend are two chapters from James' "Pluralistic Universe"--"Concerning Fechner" and "The Compounding of Consciousness."...
Greetings, Below are some online readings for our next philo cafe, "Neuroethics and the Law: Who's Responsible for Self-Control?" along with the topic...
Greetings, Below are a couple of readings and notes for the upcoming DSPC, about which see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Davis_Sq_Philosophy_Cafe/ and...
For what it's worth, based on the quotes here, I don't think either Rushdie or Cupitt have much (if any) idea of what Rorty meant by "foundationalism." I...
Hello, If anyone wants an invite to zaadz.com, send me a note offline. It seems to be a myspace.com for people who think :) and I see a lot of the names and...
Thought some of you might be interested... http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/07/10/psychedelic.research.ap/index.html Mystic mushrooms spawn magic event Findings...
Thanks Ron, interesting stuff. See msgs 109 and 110 for the cafe we did on the control of consciousness, which raised the issue of whether the use of...
... This provides a very nice segue to remind people that PKD's A SCANNER DARKLY is now out on a limited number of screens. It's at the Kendall, Coolidge and...
McIntyre & Moore Booksellers hosts Embryos and Abortion: When Does Personhood Begin? September's topic of the Davis Square Philosophy Café moderated by Tom...
A few readings below for our 9/19 topic on "Embryos and Abortion: When Does Personhood Begin?" Also, a reminder of our upcoming Cafe Scientfique, September 12...
Greetings, Below are the topic description and readings for the next Davis Square Philosophy Café, 7:30 pm, Tuesday November 21. The meeting details are at...
