About us
Hello everyone!
Welcome to Philosophy pot :)
If you are someone like me - who likes to ask and chase questions and doesn't know when to stop. Then this might be the right place for you.
The idea of this nascent group is to meet once in a while in a cafe/bookshop/park, and take part in an open, tolerant dialogue centered on questions around topics that interest us all. The questions may be historical, religious, ethical, cultural, psychological, existential, etc., in nature. Pointed with precision, allowing to be pecked with discourse, or broad in their perspective, leading to scattered speculation. "Is my reality separate from yours?", "What does understanding entail?", "What are the uses of Philosophy?", "Why do we do science?", "What is 'love', after all?", "What is self-knowledge?"
Philosophy pot is an attempt to use the universal seed of curiosity to bring together people with diverse beliefs and backgrounds. After all, different lives create unique perspectives!
We will meet at a cafe in Lund/Malmö. Events will be posted at least a week in advance and will usually point to a source such as an article/documentary to streamline and direct the discussions. Feel free to suggest topics and we can host the event together!
Logistics:
Being the organiser, it is my responsibility to gauge and maintain an open welcoming space for its members. If I see someone disrespecting others in the group, crossing their personal borders, or displaying aggression. They will be asked to exit the group. Unfortunately, there is a limit to tolerance. Which can be discussed, of course. But only in a congenial discourse :p
Upcoming events
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Thinking about thinking
Espresso House, Stortorget 5, Lund, SEHey everyone!
In this meetup, we will chat about something we do all the time, but rarely explicitly critique - the process of thinking.
Since it is intimately related to one's psyche, the process in itself might be completely unique for each of us. This makes it an interesting setting to collectively ruminate upon our own method, and learn about others as well.
We will use the following questions as a rough guide:
0. What words would you choose to describe thought in-itself, separate from the process of thinking.
1. Do you think your thoughts are separate from the self?
2. How does thinking "feel" like? Is it free of emotion?
3. Is thinking different from memory (recall)?
4. Do you think fast, or slow? Both? Can you switch between the two states at will?
5. Is it possible for you to stop thinking entirely, being free of thoughts?
6. Would you say that it is valuable? Does it have any harms?
Some sources to help us "think" :p
Thought and the thinker: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hoPaDVGfvVL8yAaQoWE-CA02V30W5nlP/view?usp=sharingRandom quote:
"The most thought-provoking thing about our
thought-provoking age is that we are still not thinking." - Heidegger9 attendees
Past events
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