Philosophy Club Discussion: “Field Trip” to the Chapel Art Center “A Figural Presence”
David Banach @ October 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
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”. [...]
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Genius and Insanity
David Banach @ September 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
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. Facebook Event
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Discussion of Quantum Mechanics with Professor Durham
David Banach @ April 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009 Time: 3:45pm – 5:00pm Location: Bradley House Lounge An Informal Discussion with Professor Ian Durham of the Physics Department on the state of recent research in Quantum Mechanics. An Introduction to some of the issues can be found here: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=was-einstein-wrong-about-relativity&print=true
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Discussion with Gordon College: Is God’s Truth always Mediated?
David Banach @ March 31, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Trip to Gordon College, April 4 Whether, and to what extent, the Truth of God (including, but not limited to, revealed truth) permits–or even in some instances requires– mediation through human language, images, concepts, acts of interpretation, philosophical reflection, etc. In other words, in this life do we ever have immediate access to Divine Truth, [...]
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Global Warming: objective fact or scientific paradigm?
David Banach @ March 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Discussion of issues involving Global Warming and Climate Control Bradley House Lounge 2:45 Friday, March 27 IPCC: Graphics Presentations & Speeches Some figures from the most recent report of the IPCC Climate change Source: muller.lbl.gov Climate Change Chapter from Physics for Future Presidents Salon.com Books | Our rosy future, according to Freeman Dyson [...]
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Darwin’s Legacy: Science and Religion
David Banach @ February 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Philosophy Club Discussion on the relationship between Science and Religion in celebration of Darwin’s 200th Birthday on Feb. 12! Date: Friday, February 13, 2009 Time: 2:45pm – 4:15pm Location: 3rd Floor Bradley House Darwin Day page “Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament” An article by Thomas Nagel
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Inclusiveness at Saint Anselm College
David Banach @ January 21, 2009 # One Comment
Inclusiveness at Saint Anselm College an Open Discussion Friday 1/23 2:30PM Bradley House Lounge Here is some background information courtesy of Prof. Latona Item #1: Inclusiveness Initiative Information This a link to the website for Inclusiveness at Saint Anselm College Item #2: Recent Items in the Manchester Union Leader This is the Union Leader’s story [...]
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Discussion on Free Will
David Banach @ September 10, 2008 # No Comment Yet
There will be a meeting held in the Bradley House lounge this Thursday at 4PM. This week’s topic/problem: Given God’s omniscience, can one truly claim to have free will? Invite your friends. This should be a good discussion!
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Ethics and Revenge
David Banach @ April 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Ethics and Revenge!!! Join the Philosophy Club this Friday and discuss the reasons and permissibility (or impermissibility) of venegence in our modern society and pop culture. 2:30 Bradley House Lounge “The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed [...]
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Discussion: What is the Role of Sex in Love
David Banach @ February 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Discussion: What is the Role of Sex in Love “What’s Sex got to do with it?” What role does Sex play in love? Bradley House Lounge Friday, 2:30 PM Feb 22.
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