Tag: Philosophers Cafe
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Philosopher’s Cafe: The Road to Utopia scheduled for Oct. 18
Join UW-Green Bay Professor Cliff Ganyard, History & Humanities for the first Philosophers’ Café of the year! Prof. Ganyard will be leading a discussion on “The Road to Utopia” on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at St. Brendan’s Inn (The Waterford Room) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Philosophers’ Cafes are free and informal discussion on important and timely…
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Reminder: Philosophers’ Café event this Wednesday
The rise and speed with which globalization has spread across the world have increasingly brought different ethnic and cultural groups into greater contact than ever before. Wars, famine, and climate change have also increased the numbers of refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers which, in turn, has led to increased cultural conflict as well as renewed…
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Philosophers’ Cafe: Arguing by Analogy, Feb. 10, 7 p.m.
The next Philosophers’ Cafe: Arguing by Analogy is Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in a virtual environment via TEAMS. “Please join us for some fun discussion regarding arguments from analogy! Our discussion will be moderated by Dr. Michael Wreen (Philosophy, Marquette University). A very common form of argument uses an analogy…
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Philosopher’s Café event to delve into Anti-Realism in Science on Wednesday, Nov. 11
Come join us Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. for some fun conversation on the nature and aims of science with CAHSS and Effect! Ever since Isaac Newton’s counter-intuitive yet powerfully predictive theory of universal gravitation, scientists have had to grapple with the possibility that their theories may not explain the world,…
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Philosophers’ Café: Do Electrons Exist: Anti-Realism in Science, Nov. 11
Join the conversation, Nov. 11, 2020 at 7 p.m. on the nature and aims of science. “Ever since Isaac Newton’s counter-intuitive yet powerfully predictive theory of universal gravitation, scientists have had to grapple with the possibility that their theories may not explain the world, but only help us to make predictions about its future. Anti-Realism,…
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Reminder: You are invited to Philosopher’s Cafe, Feb. 12, 7 to 9 p.m.
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences invites you to the Philosopher’s Café Series. The series begins on Feb. 12, 2020 from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Brendan’s Inn (Downtown Green Bay) with a discussion on Racial Ethics. A student of philosophy, critical race theory and black theology, Domonique Turnipseed, recently moved from the…
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You are invited to Philosopher’s Cafe, Feb. 12, 7 to 9 p.m.
The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences invites you to the Philosopher’s Café Series. The series begins on Feb. 12, 2020 from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Brendan’s Inn (Downtown Green Bay) with a discussion on Racial Ethics. A student of philosophy, critical race theory and black theology, Domonique Turnipseed, recently moved from…
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Next Philosopher’s Cafe on Wednesday, May 8
The next Philosopher’s Cafe (as well as Death Cafe) will be taking place on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at St. Brendan’s Inn in Green Bay. The seventeenth-century philosopher La Rouchefoucauld claimed that one can no more look steadily at death than he can the sun. And yet, people do die, and…
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Next Philosophers’ Café is Wednesday, April 10
The next Philosophers’ Café, “Road Trip! Finding Democracy and the American Dream on the Road,” will be taking place on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 7 p.m. at St. Brendan’s Inn in Green Bay. Associate Prof. Eric Morgan (Democracy and Justice Studies) will be acting as the moderator. The event is always free and open…
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Reminder: Philosopher’s Cafe is this Wednesday (March 13)
The next Philosopher’s Cafe will be taking place on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2019 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at St. Brendan’s Inn in Green Bay. The discussion will be featuring the topic “Language as a means for identity construction.” The moderator will be UW-Green Bay Assistant Prof. Lorena Sainz-Maza Lecanda (Humanities, Spanish). Participants in this Philosopher’s Cafe…