About us
The Austin Philosophy Discussion Group (APDG) offers many opportunities for discussions of philosophy and philosophical issues. No advance preparation or knowledge is required, unless stated in the meeting description. All our meetings are free of charge.
Click on "Events" just under the picture, above, to see details about upcoming meetups. The types of meetups that we have are:
- Weekly Lecture/Discussion groups, which offer free DVD lectures and discussions covering a wide range of philosophical topics.
- Special Events and Lectures covering topics of interest to our membership.
We are always open to new ideas, so come and share your thoughts at one of our meetings.
This group is a member of the Virtual Philosophy Network, a consortium of philosophy groups like ours in the U.S. and Canada. Now that Meetup events are virtual, we can discuss ideas with folks from all over the world, and we have a broader range of topics to choose from. Go to https://sites.google.com/view/virtualphilosophynetwork to see all the Meetup groups in the network,
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Our web site also features lively discussions, within a culture that values civil discourse.
Here's what civil discourse is:  Conversation intended to enhance understanding. It employs language of dispassionate objectivity. Civil discourse requires mutual respect of the participants. It neither diminishes the other's moral worth, nor questions their good judgment; it avoids hostility and direct antagonism. It requires an appreciation for the other participants' experiences.
Featured event
Understanding Cognitive Biases 4 We Love It Because We Built It
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/594932535
Private message me over meetup to get the password.
The attendee limit is 10 to allow easier discussion.
Understanding Cognitive Biases
"Understand how your brain’s efficiency shortcuts can leave you with a biased view of the world and learn how to combat these tendencies in your everyday life."
At each meeting, we watch / listen to a lecture together and then discuss it together.
Typically, we cover one lecture per week. See the event’s title for what lecture is for that event.
Here is the full list of lectures for the course:
1 Why We're Blind to Our Own Biases
2 Things We Want to Be True: Confirmation Bias
3 We See People In and Behind Everything
4 We Love It Because We Built It
5 Why We Think Differently in Groups
6 Learn Better with Cognitive Biases
7 Expectations Change Results: Observer Bias
8 Bias Boot Camp for Better Decisions
9 We Think Others' Behaviors Are Their Fault
10 How Memory Is Biased toward Misinformation
11 How Fast Thinking Leads to a Great Fall
12 I Knew It All Along: Hindsight Bias
13 Even Random Outcomes Lead to Bias
14 How Con Artists Exploit Our Biases
15 Stereotypes: See the Person, Not the Group
16 Biases from Knowing Too Much or Too Little
17 Is That Memory Mine or Someone Else's?
18 I Believe, Therefore I Think: Belief Bias
19 Why Emotional Peaks and Endings Matter
20 We Lie to Be Socially Desirable
21 Why Emotional Gaps Cause Trouble
22 Only Survivors Tell the Story
23 Reactance: You Can't Watch This Lecture!
24 Status Quo: The More Things Change …
Upcoming events
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The Living Tool – Aristotle’s Politics
·OnlineOnlineNov. 8 – We will read Politics I.4. So the complete household [1] has both freemen and slaves, [2] comprises of three distinct relationships (master-slave, husband-wife, and parent-child), and [3] requires four branches of craft-knowledge for household management {oikonomia}, the fourth of which is the art of gaining wealth.
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The first relationship will read next is that of master-slave.
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We are live-reading Aristotle's Politics, the treatise on the practical governance of the city-state for the sake of enabling and promoting its citizens individually to flourish.
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The prerequisite to this treatise is a familiarity with Aristotelian ethics—whether that be Nicomachean ethics, Eudemian Ethics, or Magna Moralia.
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The project's cloud drive is here, at which you'll find the reading texts, notes, and slideshows.1 attendee
Egora Academy: writing, publishing, presenting, and implementing your philosophy
·OnlineOnlineAbout Egora Academy:
This event is a continuing series of workshops based around using the Egora networking platform to write, publish, present, improve, and implement your political, economic, social, and existential philosophy. During this event the participants will have the opportunity to present one or more of their ideas previously written and published in Egora. Then we will analyze each idea for its merits and flaws, and against other ideas, possibly leading to the development of new and better ideas. If an idea succeeds in gaining support from other philosophers in Egora, it might ultimately become implemented through our governing structures.I most highly recommend that before your first event you take some time to learn about Egora, register for it, and begin developing your Ideological Profile in Egora with at least a few different ideas (original or copied). If you do not have an Ideological Profile in Egora, then this event will mostly be preparation for the next event.
This is my Ideological Profile:
http://egora-ilp.org/philosopher/Cezary_Jurewicz
Everyone is invited to examine it to prepare themself regarding my positions on different issues.Levels of participation:
My preference is to do 1-on-1 events in front of an audience because this allows the two participants to thoroughly develop their positions on very complex topics. This is also to the benefit of the audience because each audience member is encouraged to come back to be the speaking participant next time (everyone is also encouraged to host their own events, and i would love to come to listen). For this reason, you can RSVP to be the main participant for this event through my Calendly, which is available in my Ideological Profile in Egora.If no one RSVPs as the main participant, we will just have a group session.
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Past events
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