What we’re about
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.
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 (1)
See all- Why to philosophise?Espresso house , lund
Hi everyone!
We start the discussions with a simple question :)
Why do we philosophise? Are there any uses of philosophy?
After all, the world is full of suffering and turmoil. There is so much to do. To fix, to see, to understand, to experience, to overcome. Then why should we set time aside to think about questions, that have been demonstrated to have no satisfactory answers time and again.
Was philosophy just a part-time pleasure of a privileged class? That sat comfortably in their plush leather sofas by the heated fireplace and smoked cigars in their salons while gossiping not about their neighbors, but the state of the world? Has it been reduced to being confined inside university halls and lecture rooms? Or can it add value to the lives of working class people?
We will discuss these questions and a few more from the following article:
"On the uses of philosophy" by Will Durant (Link to pdf).More concrete questions will be posted here later.
