Lifelong Philosophy -- A SIG at OLLI

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Patience

It is understandable to be impatient with organizations such as the American Cancer Society, since they have been talking about getting rid of a disease for over half a century.

It is understandable to be impatient with institutions such as the Pentagon or the United Nations for they have claimed a goal of peace, for seven decades in the latter case, for a quarter of a millennium in the former case.

But it is not understandable to be impatient with any one of your freely chosen 1-to-1 associations. It is only through cosmically scaled improbability that one even knows the other. How can the one presume to be the other’s keeper?

Why philosophers should hang out at the humanists' parties

https://aeon.co/ideas/why-philosophers-should-hang-out-at-the-humanists-parties

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Crestwood Christian Church -- Dec 1 Meeting Place

Happy Thanksgiving, Philosophy SIG members. Since the Library is closed December 1, we will meet instead at the Crestwood Christian Church, 1882 Bellefonte Drive, Lexington. A map can be found at this link. Teresa Hager's attached memo contains more info on the room itself.

We have yet to determine a topic (except that we will hear about poetry as a holdover from the last meeting). Other possible topics could be:

What is your favorite poem and what are its philosophical attributes?
Animals and Philosophy
Ending Poverty
Racism in Western Philosophy
When Robots Act Like Humans
Clever Machines
Your Recommended Topic(s)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Hager, Teresa <teresa.hager@uky.edu>

Good morning Jim,

I have you scheduled at Crestwood Christian Church on Friday, December 1 from 9:45-11:45am in room MC-4. Once you go through the doors by the gym, the room will be the fourth classroom on the left.

Have a great day!

No Meeting November 24, 2017

Greetings to members in the Lifelong Philosophy SIG -- OLLI at UK. In annual observation of Black Friday, we will NOT meet on November 24. We will reconvene December 1 (more later)