Reading Ulysses: A Philosophical Discussion Group

At this meeting we'll continue with a complete reading of the third chapter; i.e., a continuous reading, without stopping to comment on the details, in order to establish the immediate literal sense of the text. We left off last time at line 437 of the Gabler; i.e., He lay back at full stretch...
We'll discuss the philosophical content when we have finished reading the entire chapter. Prior to the meeting, everyone should read as much of the third chapter as possible.

This group is reading Joyce's Ulysses from a philosophical perspective; i.e., concentrating on the philosophical themes, whether latent or explicit, identifying the philosophical references and allusions, and discussing the significance and value the philosophy has for the novel. This will be a live reading of the novel, but everyone is encouraged to read the read ahead in preparation for the meetings. It is not necessary to be at all familiar with Joyce's work, but having had some experience of the best known philosophy in the Western tradition would be good, because we won't be reading texts other than Ulysses. In short, having a few philosophically minded Joyceans in the group would be great, but anyone with an interest is welcome. We'll discuss our approach to the novel in detail at the beginning of the meeting.

The edition we'll be using is available free online here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4300/4300-h/4300-h.htm
Gifford's Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses is available here: https://annas-archive.org/md5/e3e2c4c6a06e326d464327979bfb02c0