Philosophy Club Discussion: “Field Trip” to the Chapel Art Center “A Figural Presence”

Philosophy Club Discussion: “Field Trip” to the Chapel Art Center ”A Figural Presence”

Date:

Friday, October 16, 2009

Time:

2:45pm – 5:15pm

Location:

Meet at Bradley Lounge

Meet at the Bradley Lounge, 2:45, then we’ll take a walk over to the Alva deMars Megan Chapel Art Center to check out their exquisite exhibition, “A Figural Presence”. A discussion will follow on the representation [...]

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Genius and Insanity

Friday, October 2, 2009

3:00pm – 5:30pm

Bradley House

Come discuss the correlation between genius and insanity: the relationship between mental illness and imbalance and all forms of genius–artistic, scientific, and so on.
 
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What do you want to be?

Philosophy Club Discussion “What do you want to be?”
The limits of self-transformation
Everyone wants to be better, but what are the limits to the ways we can transform ourselves? Gene Therapy? Drugs? Behavioral Conditioning? Body Alterations or Prosthetics? What are the limits of our nature and our identity?
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2:45PM Friday, September 11th
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Philosophical Issues in Avatar

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Philosophy Club Discussion

Philosophical Issues in Avatar

What philosophical Issues are raised by Avatar?

How are we affected by the form of our embodiment?
What would be the implications of the ability to share our thoughts directly through a ponytail link?
What type of immortality would be achieved by a tree that could store memories?
What kind of religion is the spirituality of Pandora? Are the recent charges of pantheism well founded?
What makes us what we are: the character of our species or of our spirit?
What are the ethical issues involved in the economic exploitation of native peoples?
And any other questions the film made you think about.

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David Banach @ January 18, 2010

Discussion with Gordon College: What is Belief in God?

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What exactly do we believe in when we believe in (or love) God, given our conception of him is always mediated?

A discussion with students and faculty of Gordon College

So the whole existence of the human race is rounded off completely like a sphere, and the ethical is at once its limit and its content. God becomes an invisible vanishing point, a powerless thought

Saturday November 14 at 10:30 Am in Dana Conference Room

Readings:

Selection from Fear and Trembling

Reading on Belief

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David Banach @ October 29, 2009