Philosophy
This is a new group.
Bill has offered to lead. Here is more information from him
The first meeting will be at 2pm on Wednesday 7th Feb at Rokewood Court Retirement Home
Subsequent meetings will be first Wednesday of the month - venue to be decided.
Bill says his plan is to probably do most of the talking, but only in the first meeting. After that, he thinks the u3a model of everyone contributing as much as they wish will suit nicely. Each subject will, of necessity, be brief, but the initial meeting structure will probably be along these lines:
1 Philosophy = the love of wisdom. Ancient Greek origin
2 Three pillars of western philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Value Theory
3 Rather than a strictly chronological line – pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, etc, etc – I favour taking a subject, say Beauty, or perhaps Truth, and looking at how it has been tackled over the years.
4 Resources. What to read / watch / listen to? Original sources, or their interpreters? Novels? Biographies? All of the above?
And then discuss a topic, or approach for next time.
If you are interested, please contact Bill B for more details.