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See all- Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations Week 7Pier 57, New York, NY
How do we come to learn the meaning of words in a language? Is language up to the task of asking and answering philosophical questions? How do we communicate about our personal experiences to someone who has completely different experiences than our own? If you are curious about how language and meaning are related then join us in exploring one of the most influential works of 20th-century philosophy: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations. In this day and age where we seem to have such a hard time agreeing about facts, a careful study of language should help us to understand our miscommunications and perhaps even suggest a solution.
The book is written as a series of numbered paragraphs which more or less follow each other in theme. You should take note of particular paragraphs of interest to focus our discussion together since we will not be able to discuss each paragraph individually. I will be reading from this version of the text and you can find a free copy here. For the seventh week we will read the entirety of Part 2: Philosophy of Psychology-A Fragment in sections 1-367 (p. 183-244).
Participants should read the entire reading before attending this in person meeting. For questions please send me a message or post to meetup.
Best,
Brian
- The Meaning of Anxiety- Rollo May (Book Discussion) -week 3Pier 57, New York, NY
The first modern book on anxiety following Freud and Kierkegaard―psychologist Rollo May brings order and lucidity to the subject of anxiety. May challenges the idea that "mental health is living without anxiety," believing it is essential to being human. He explores how it can relieve boredom, sharpen sensibilities, and produce the tension necessary to preserve human existence. May sees a link extending from anxiety to intelligence, creativity, and originality, and guides the reader away from destructive ways to positive ways of dealing with anxiety. He convincingly proposes that anxiety can impel personal change, as it is only by confronting and coping with it that self-realization can occur.
Join us to discuss this classic book over the course of 5-weeks!
Week 3 Sat 7/19 12:30-2:30pm Oyster Room @ Pier 57
Reading for Week 3
Read to the end of Part one.
*For the latest edition (blue cover) this will be chapters 6 & 7 "Anxiety Interpreted Culturally" and "Summary and Synthesis of Theories of Anxiety"
*For earlier editions this will just be chapter 6 "Summary and Synthesis of Theories of Anxiety"* here is a new link to download the latest edition of the book from Anna's Archive in epub format. Unfortunately if you want pdf the only version available is an earlier edition below.
Physical copy I'll be reading available here
Free online version available here *note this version is missing Part 3 so will not have the reading for the final week*
Free pdf download from Annas-Archives here *click on the first "slow downloads" option* *also available in epub or modi format for kindle. Just search the title and find the format you wantWe follow a mindful conversation approach, details on this along with a general FAQ on how we run the meetup can be found here.
Reading is required to participate in the discussion, but not required to attend.Can't wait discuss these ideas with all of you!
-Zach - Simulacra and Simulation (Baudrillard)Fort Greene Park Prison Ship Martyrs’s Monument , Brooklyn , NY
Join us at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn to discuss French theorist Jean Baudrillard's 1981 treatise on reality, symbols, and society.
Reading for this meeting: "Simulacra and Science Fiction" to the end of the book (pg. 121–164 in UMich Press edition)
Full text PDF here.
We will plan on meeting in the shady area just southwest of the giant column in the middle of the park. Check this page for location updates and comment if you can't find us!
- Nietzsche at Night - An Antiday Reading of The AntichristTalea Brewery, Kings County, NY
Hi folks!
After our first Nietzsche at Night narrowly avoided disastrous power-outages and last minute venue-changes, ultimately blossoming thereafter into a night of honky-tonking, wet books, and confused check splitting, it is apparent to all that this series must go on.
We'll be continuing with Nietzsche's 1888 (published 1895) text The Antichrist and reading the damn thing in its entirety. So, depending on your copy and translation, it should be around 80ish pages. Maybe the shortest text I've ever coordinated a group around - cherish it.
I'll be reading the Penguin Classics edition, translated by R. J. Hollingdale, available here.
It's also available here as a free PDF.As always, if you're unable to complete the book prior to our meeting, no worries - we're just happy to have you and welcome whatever insights, critiques, questions, etc., you may have based on what you were able to read.
We will be meeting at TALEA Beer Co.'s Taproom in Williamsburg (87 Richardson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 - next to McCarren Park). This will be my first (actualized) event here but there are plenty of picnic-style tables that should work well for our purposes. There's also food, coffee, etc. I'll let everyone know where to find us on the day of the discussion.
As always, this group is open to newcomers to Nietzsche, novices of philosophy, ragamuffins, ne'er-do-wells, urchins of all sorts, etc. However, given that this is at a brewery, it must be said - be cool and respectful. Please and thanks.
Alright, looking forward to it and reach out to me with any questions in the meantime.
See y'all then!
