by Socrates | Feb 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Wesley Milligan will introduce the topic for his new book: All Is One – in which he seeks to deconstruct the ways Christian theology underpins much of human thinking about Life, Death, the Universe and about Time itself. Our next meeting is on 19th March...
by Socrates | Jan 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
Just as Alfred North Whitehead once said that all philosophy was “footnotes to Plato”, much of post-Cartesian philosophy has been a response to Descartes’ bold claims. So what are Descartes’ ‘bold claims’? The next meeting of the Philosophy Club is on Tuesday 20th...
by Socrates | Dec 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Scientists are learning more and more about how brain activity controls behaviour and how neural circuits weigh alternatives and initiate actions. As we probe ever deeper into the mechanics of decision making, many conclude that agency—or free will—is an illusion....
by Socrates | Nov 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Beliefs that determine behaviour are based on core survival instincts, received knowledge, and experience/observation. Sometimes this foundation is considered proof and sometimes prejudice. Philosophers from Cicero to the present time have suggested how to determine...
by Socrates | Nov 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Heidegger’s perspective on truth is complex and deeply philosophical, and his writings on the topic have been influential in existential philosophy and hermeneutics, shaping discussions about truth and reality in the 20th century and beyond. Filosofen: Martin...
