What we’re about
The Greater Philadelphia Thinking Society is a Meetup group that brings together thoughtful people for stimulating and civically minded conversations.
We meet in a relaxed setting on almost every Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 AM and occasionally in the evening. Most of our events aim for a small group ambiance with about 10-12 participants. Sometimes we use larger spaces with different group dynamics and formats.
Almost all our events engage participants in a group conversation to explore a wide range of topics including society & culture, philosophy & religion, design, science & technology, psychology, politics, economics, and current events.
We organize a safe, facilitated forum of inquiry and exploration.
Our interactive format engages participants to speak up and be heard, to explore our assumptions, to listen and hear others, and to find and build meanings.
We value topics that matter, diverse points of view and ways of knowing, sensitive listening, and your contributions to our explorations.
In addition to ideas and resources posed by the event host(s), our conversations are informed by participants exchanging experiences, interpretations, understandings, beliefs, feelings, values, thoughts, and ways of thinking.
Through discourse and consideration these ideas can reveal a web of relationships which participants can form into meaningful insights and new possibilities.
We start the conversation so come participate and accept your own genius.
We are always looking for new discussion leaders and other volunteers to bring new and interesting topics and perspectives to our group. Please see https://www.meetup.com/thinkingsociety/pages/14433542/Discussion_Leader_Guidelines/ if you are interested.
For more information about our group including our list of Frequently Asked Questions, please visit About the Greater Philadelphia Thinking Society.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Comprehensivist Wednesdays: GREG SADLER EVENT POSTPONEDLink visible for attendees
The meetup is postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. We’ll announce the rescheduled date as soon as it’s confirmed.
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Join us for a special online conversation with Greg Sadler on the life and work of Alasdair MacIntyre, one of the most influential philosophers of the past century.MacIntyre’s contributions to virtue ethics, moral philosophy, and the role of traditions in shaping moral reasoning continue to influence how we understand the good life, community, and moral practice. His works, including "Plain Persons and Moral Philosophy" and "After Virtue", have inspired scholars, educators, and practitioners across many fields.
Greg Sadler, who studied with MacIntyre as a Faculty Fellow at Notre Dame’s Erasmus Institute, brings both scholarly insight and personal reflections on MacIntyre’s thought and character. This session will explore MacIntyre’s lasting contributions to philosophy and offer an opportunity to reflect on his enduring legacy.
About Greg Sadler:
Greg Sadler is the President and Co-Founder of ReasonIO, where he works to make philosophy accessible through public speaking, content creation, consulting, and one-on-one tutorials. He also runs a popular YouTube channel with over 163,000 subscribers and more than 16.3 million views, and teaches through the Study With Sadler Academy, serving students and clients worldwide.********************************************************************************
Welcome to the "Comprehensivist Wednesdays" series hosted by 52 Living Ideas and the Greater Philadelphia Thinking Society. Transdisciplinarity, Renaissance humanism, homo universalis, and Polymathy are some of the ways of describing this approach, which Buckminster Fuller called Comprehensivity and described as “macro-comprehensive and micro-incisive.”See the calendar at https://www.meetup.com/52LivingIdeas/events/calendar/
A Meetup Every Day, Every Week, For Everyone!
Every Weekday at 8 pm or 9 pm ET
We record all our Meetups and post them on YouTube. Feel free to keep your video on or off as you prefer. Watch Past Meetups here.
Not open - Comprehensivist Wednesdays: Metamodernism by Hunter Glenn!Link visible for attendees
Humanity’s ability to solve problems has always depended on how we think, share, and refine ideas together. But for most of history, this process has unfolded unconsciously. Through trial and error, moments of brilliance, and slow progress shaped more by chance than intention.
What if we could change that?
This series explores how we can become more aware of the way we think and collaborate. We aim to transform insight from something we stumble upon to something we intentionally cultivate. As we face overlapping global challenges ecological, technological, social, and spiritual we need new ways of integrating knowledge and generating solutions at scale.
Hosted by 52LivingIdeas and the Greater Philadelphia Thinking Society, Hunter Glenn will lead a Comprehensivist Wednesday one discussion on metamodernism every month. This ongoing series is an open invitation to thinkers, seekers, designers, and anyone curious about the journey from fragmentation to coherence—and from crisis to transformation.
Come help shape the next phase of human thinking. Let it be by design rather than by accident.
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Hunter will lead a discussion on Metamodernism on the third Wednesday of each month.Welcome to the series "Comprehensivist Wednesdays." Transdisciplinarity, Renaissance humanism, homo universalis, and Polymathy are some of the ways of describing this approach, which Buckminster Fuller called Comprehensivity and described as “macro-comprehensive and micro-incisive.”
See the calendar at https://www.meetup.com/52LivingIdeas/events/calendar/
A Meetup Every Day, Every Week, For Everyone!
Every Weekday at 8 pm or 9 pm ET
We record all our Meetups and post them on YouTube. Feel free to keep your video on or off as you prefer. Watch Past Meetups here.
- Comprehensivist Wednesdays: Metamodernism by Hunter Glenn!Link visible for attendees
Humanity’s ability to solve problems has always depended on how we think, share, and refine ideas together. But for most of history, this process has unfolded unconsciously. Through trial and error, moments of brilliance, and slow progress shaped more by chance than intention.
What if we could change that?
This series explores how we can become more aware of the way we think and collaborate. We aim to transform insight from something we stumble upon to something we intentionally cultivate. As we face overlapping global challenges ecological, technological, social, and spiritual we need new ways of integrating knowledge and generating solutions at scale.
Hosted by 52LivingIdeas and the Greater Philadelphia Thinking Society, Hunter Glenn will lead a Comprehensivist Wednesday one discussion on metamodernism every month. This ongoing series is an open invitation to thinkers, seekers, designers, and anyone curious about the journey from fragmentation to coherence—and from crisis to transformation.
Come help shape the next phase of human thinking. Let it be by design rather than by accident.
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Hunter will lead a discussion on Metamodernism on the third Wednesday of each month.Welcome to the series "Comprehensivist Wednesdays." Transdisciplinarity, Renaissance humanism, homo universalis, and Polymathy are some of the ways of describing this approach, which Buckminster Fuller called Comprehensivity and described as “macro-comprehensive and micro-incisive.”
See the calendar at https://www.meetup.com/52LivingIdeas/events/calendar/
A Meetup Every Day, Every Week, For Everyone!
Every Weekday at 8 pm or 9 pm ET
We record all our Meetups and post them on YouTube. Feel free to keep your video on or off as you prefer. Watch Past Meetups here.
- Comprehensivist Wednesdays: Metamodernism by Hunter Glenn!Link visible for attendees
Humanity’s ability to solve problems has always depended on how we think, share, and refine ideas together. But for most of history, this process has unfolded unconsciously. Through trial and error, moments of brilliance, and slow progress shaped more by chance than intention.
What if we could change that?
This series explores how we can become more aware of the way we think and collaborate. We aim to transform insight from something we stumble upon to something we intentionally cultivate. As we face overlapping global challenges ecological, technological, social, and spiritual we need new ways of integrating knowledge and generating solutions at scale.
Hosted by 52LivingIdeas and the Greater Philadelphia Thinking Society, Hunter Glenn will lead a Comprehensivist Wednesday one discussion on metamodernism every month. This ongoing series is an open invitation to thinkers, seekers, designers, and anyone curious about the journey from fragmentation to coherence—and from crisis to transformation.
Come help shape the next phase of human thinking. Let it be by design rather than by accident.
************************************************************
Hunter will lead a discussion on Metamodernism on the third Wednesday of each month.Welcome to the series "Comprehensivist Wednesdays." Transdisciplinarity, Renaissance humanism, homo universalis, and Polymathy are some of the ways of describing this approach, which Buckminster Fuller called Comprehensivity and described as “macro-comprehensive and micro-incisive.”
See the calendar at https://www.meetup.com/52LivingIdeas/events/calendar/
A Meetup Every Day, Every Week, For Everyone!
Every Weekday at 8 pm or 9 pm ET
We record all our Meetups and post them on YouTube. Feel free to keep your video on or off as you prefer. Watch Past Meetups here.
