Philosophy Talk is taking its show on the road at The Marsh. Philosophy Talk, a weekly, one-hour radio series led by two philosophy profs from Stanford is "The program that questions everything...except your intelligence." The hosts' down-to-earth and no-nonsense approach brings the richness of philosophic thought to everyday subjects. Topics are lofty (Truth, Beauty, Justice), arresting (Terrorism, Intelligent Design, Suicide), and engaging (Baseball, Love, Happiness).
This is not a lecture or a college course, it's philosophy in action! Philosophy Talk is a fun opportunity to explore issues of importance to your audience in a thoughtful, friendly fashion, where thinking is encouraged.
The second of two programs being recorded at The Marsh will focus on "Nihilism and Meaning" The ancients believed in an enchanted universe -- a universe suffused with meaning and purpose. But with the dawn of modernity, philosophy and science conspired together to disenchant the universe, to reveal it as entirely devoid of meaning and purpose. Must any rational and reflective person living in the 21st century accept such nihilism? Or is there a way to re-infuse the disenchanted universe with meaning and purpose? Hubert Dreyfus, author of the forthcoming Luring Back the Gods is the guest.
Hubert Dreyfus has a following beyond Berkeley where he has taught for 40 years> Check out: http://socrates.berke...
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We'll go next door after to discuss our impressions.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the theater or here: http://www.brownpaper....
tom merle (+14 guests)“ It was a delight to watch Ken and John engaging in "Philosophy Talk" The discussion afterward at a nearby Tapas restaurant, was marred somewhat by an overly loud room of diners. We should have plopped down at The Marsh's own café ”
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