OLLI SIG Lifelong Philosophy 2/21

Our next meeting, for Spring 2020, we will be at the Eastside Branch of the Lexington Public Library, 9:45am-11:45am, February 21, 2020.  The place is on Palumbo!

This week we will try something new.  Each of us will make a short list of things that have changed in our longterm experience.  For instance, reality television!  Then we will take turns sharing and discussing.

Our topic(s) in future weeks will continue from the list:

 -- Environmentalism

 -- Innumeracy

 -- Emotional Maturity

 -- Ageism

 -- Wealth Distribution

 -- Philosophical epiphanies from the day-to-day

 -- Patricia Churchland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Churchland

 -- Daniel Dennett https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dennett

 -- David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest   http://www.davidfosterwallacebooks.com/

Your suggestions are most welcomed, and when you want to add to the list, please write me -- jimmonomoy@gmail.com

Formal Systems

Relying on words to lead you to the truth is like relying on an incomplete formal system to lead you to the truth. A formal system will give you some truths, but as we shall soon see, a formal system, no matter how powerful—cannot lead to all truths.

 -- Douglas Hofstadter
Godel, Escher, Bach
Chapter 9: "Mumon and Gödel"

a new topic

 -- How has life changed?

The Real Valentine

https://www.history.com/news/real-st-valentine-medieval

Meeting for Valentine's Day

Our next meeting, for Spring 2020, we will be at the Eastside Branch of the Lexington Public Library, 9:45am-11:45am, February 14, 2020 (Happy Valentine's Day).  The place is on Palumbo!

Our topic(s) in future weeks will continue from the list:
 -- Environmentalism
 -- Innumeracy
 -- Emotional Maturity
 -- Ageism
 -- Wealth Distribution
 -- Philosophical epiphanies from the day-to-day
 -- Patricia Churchland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Churchland
 -- Daniel Dennett https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dennett
 -- Douglas Hofstadter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter
 -- David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest   http://www.davidfosterwallacebooks.com/

Your suggestions are most welcomed, and when you want to add to the list, please write me -- jimmonomoy@gmail.com

Sorry for the cancellation last week.  Life is complicated, for sure.

Visit our SIG WWW Page at reasonockhammencken.blogspot.com

Best regards
Jim Carigan

Meeting for February 7

Our next meeting, for Spring 2020, we will be at the Eastside Branch of the Lexington Public Library, 9:45am-11:45am, February 7, 2020.  The place is on Palumbo!

Our topic(s) in future weeks will continue from the list:
 -- Environmentalism
 -- Innumeracy
 -- Emotional Maturity
 -- Ageism
 -- Wealth Distribution
 -- Philosophical epiphanies from the day-to-day
 -- Patricia Churchland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Churchland
 -- Daniel Dennett https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dennett
 -- Douglas Hofstadter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter
 -- David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest   http://www.davidfosterwallacebooks.com/

Your suggestions are most welcomed, and when you want to add to the list, please write me -- jimmonomoy@gmail.com

Visit our SIG WWW Page at reasonockhammencken.blogspot.com