Philosophy
The Group Leader is Roger Sparkman
The Philosophy Group meets on a Thursday every 2 weeks at 10.30 a.m. in Friars Green Independent Methodist Church, 37 Cairo Street, Warrington, WA1 1EH.
The first meeting is on Thursday 14th September 2023. Further dates are: Sept 28; Oct 12,26; Nov 9,23; Dec 7,21; Jan 2024 4,18; Feb 1, 15 , 29; Mar 14, 28; Apr 11, 25; May 9,23; June 6, 20.
The format is as follows. A member of the group, and occasionally a guest speaker, roduces a paper on a subject of his/her choice which is e mailed in advance to members, then presented to the group at the meeting. Members discuss the paper as we go through it. It is a friendly group, and everyone’s view is listened to. You do not need to contribute to the discussion if you do not want to. Just listening is perfectly acceptable, and writing a paper is entirely voluntary.
The topics we cover are wide ranging. Issues currently in the news may be discussed in relation to philosophical considerations, or important philosophers from the classical Greek era to the present day might be our subject. There is no timetable as such.
We start in September with a paper on ‘AI and humans’, reminding ourselves of the current situation and concerns, and discussing such issues as the nature of ‘intelligence’, how it affects our lives, what it is to be human, and so on. We have a list of further topics to work through, nd it looks like being an interesting year.
Roger Sparkman