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- Meredith
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Hello all
About ten years ago I bought an iPod and started listening to various podcasts including philosophy. Now I find it's my favorite topic.
It seems philosophy underlies just about every aspect of humanity. Unfortunately philosophy gets a very bad wrap in contemporary society. It's difficult to remain open-minded and detached.
There is a philosophical society here but all they seem to be geared to is running classes which doesn't really appeal.
I was delighted to find a Philosopher's Cafe group advertised where I live. I went to the various cafes but nobody seemed to know anything about it. I suspect it was just some sort of marketing scheme. It does publish some interesting newsletters every now and then but I was more interested in a more existential experience if you know what I mean.
Anyhow, this forum seems to have amassed quite a gathering. Looking forward to interesting times ahead.
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As well as talking here, for that "existential experience" you could try setting up your own local face-to-face philosophy discussion group. I did it myself in my local area several years ago using the Meetup.com website. I also found another philosophy discussion group about an hour's drive away using that website. The group I set up is still going, but I rarely go these days and it hasn't met for quite a while because face-to-face discussions are out of fashion at the moment, thanks to covid 19. We used to meet once a month in a local pub and talk over a drink. Sometimes we also had to talk over live music. Hopefully pubs and live music haven't been permanently consigned to the history books!I was delighted to find a Philosopher's Cafe group advertised where I live. I went to the various cafes but nobody seemed to know anything about it. I suspect it was just some sort of marketing scheme. It does publish some interesting newsletters every now and then but I was more interested in a more existential experience if you know what I mean.
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