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Planned 2008 Encounters
May
Parmenides & Greek
Philosophy. Venue: Elea
La
Fisica moderna e le sue implicazioni filosofiche
rivoluzionarie. Venue: Elea
June
Nicola
Abbanagno: Salerno's existentialist philosopher
of the first order. Venue: Salerno
Soren
Kiekergaard: The father of existentialism. Venue:
Elea
Nov/Dec
Olive
picking and some talks on Thales. Venue: under
some olive trees near Elea |
The
2008 Wish List
Free Will: Epiphenomenalism's
greatest trick?
Consciousness: What
is it, and is it a good thing?
Friendship & Money: Like
water & oil
2+2=4: Does it really,
and why? |
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Delights of Philosophy

Well, this is the serious page. Not everyone makes it here, but of those who do they soon realise that philosophy, far from being the stuffy, difficult and quotidianly irrelevant pursuit it is commonly held to be, is in fact inspiring, uplifting and extremely liberating.
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Philosophical
Pursuits 2008
Knowledge. Nature.
Cuisine - Philosophy in The Cilento
is probably a good idea. |
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| Primordial Existential Question |
| "Why
does something exist rather than nothing?" If this has ever bothered you, as it did Parmenides and also Leibniz, then we'd
like to meet you. The Challenge |
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