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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Next Meeting -- September 27

Our fourth meeting, for Fall 2019, we will be at the Eastside Branch of the Lexington Public Library, 9:45am-11:45am, September 27, 2019.  The place is on Palumbo!


Our topic this week will be from the list:

 -- Philosophical epiphanies from the interim
 -- Environmentalism
 -- Ageism

 -- Wealth Distribution 

You are implored to make suggestions, and when you want to add to the list, please write me -- jimmonomoy@gmail.com


Monday, September 16, 2019

Fall 2019 OLLI Philosopy SIG

Our third meeting, for Fall 2019, we will be at the Eastside Branch of the Lexington Public Library, 9:45am-11:45am, September 20, 2019.  The place is on Palumbo!

Our topic this week will be
 -- What is philosophical well-being?

Future topics may include
 -- Patricia Churchland
 -- Daniel Dennett
 -- Douglas Hofstadter
 -- Philosophical epephanies from the interim
 -- Environmentalism
 -- Ageism
 -- Wealth Distribution 

You are implored to make suggestions, and when you want to add to the list, please write me -- jimmonomoy@gmail.com


Friday, September 13, 2019

Edward Tufte

https://www.google.com/search?q=edward+tufte+books&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS866&oq=Edward+Tufte&aqs=chrome.2.0j35i39j0l4.12176j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

See You at the Top

https://www.amazon.com/SEE-YOU-AT-TOP-Anniversary-ebook/dp/B0047T78TQ

A Land Remembered

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Land_Remembered

Andrea Wulf

https://www.andreawulf.com/about-the-invention-of-nature.html

And Ladies of the Club

https://www.amazon.com/Ladies-Club-Helen-Hooven-Santmyer/dp/0425174409

Sophie's World

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie%27s_World

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn

An Introduction to Modern Philosophy

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/336444.Introduction_to_Modern_Philosophy

Sharon Blackie

https://books.google.com/books/about/If_Women_Rose_Rooted.html?id=YH8_vgAACAAJ&source=kp_author_description

The Celts by Cunliffe

https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwiU8uSrhM7kAhWPwmQKHWjCAHQYABABGgJwag&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESEeD2ucv5Vis_loT6m7x3ViCI&sig=AOD64_3JD96_8I21kX-BxKzdJMv4yCqZ8g&ctype=5&q=&ved=0ahUKEwim7turhM7kAhUBrZ4KHe7GBYUQ9aACCPQB&adurl=

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12609.The_Spirit_Catches_You_and_You_Fall_Down

An Almanac of the Soul

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21572272-an-almanac-for-the-soul

Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet

https://www.carrothers.com/rilke_main.htm

Thursday, September 12, 2019

Meeting, September 13

Our second meeting, for Fall 2019, we will be at the Eastside Branch of the Lexington Public Library, 9:45am-11:45am, September 13, 2019.  The place is on Palumbo!

Our topic this week will be
-- Biblio therapy.  Share with us a book or two that have had an effect on you and your philosophical well-being.

Future weeks:
-- Philosophical epiphanies from the interim.
        -- What is philosophical well-being?

You are implored to make suggestions, and when you want to add to the list, please write me -- jimmonomoy@gmail.com

Friday, September 6, 2019

First Meeting -- Fall 2019

Our first meeting, for Fall 2019, we will be at the Eastside Branch of the Lexington Public Library, 9:45am-11:45am, September 6, 2019.  The place is on Palumbo!

Our topic this week will be
-- Science?  Concrete thing or abstract thought? (continued from Summer)

If you have suggestions, or if you want to add to the list, please write me -- jimmonomoy@gmail.com

Check our web page -- https://reasonockhammencken.blogspot.com