Greetings, The next meeting of the Davis Square Philosophy Cafe is Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30, McIntyre & Moore Booksellers, 255 Elm St. in Davis Square,...
Re our upcoming topic on consciousness, Pfizer's exhibit on the brain is coming to the Boston Science Museum on May 28. On their site, they say the following:...
Greetings, Many thanks to Jason Webster for hosting a great discussion for our April meeting. If you have a topic you'd like to present, please be in touch. ...
Here's the press release for the next cafe, and at the end is a link to an excellent article which explores the questions raised in the topic description. For...
Greetings, Here's the press release for the September DSPC, with some links for readings posted at the end. The debate over teaching intelligent design is of...
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...
