Thomas Kuhn’s Philosophy of Science

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Hi, I am Arkadiusz Synowczyk. I am a philosophy student at Newcastle University (UK). My areas of specialization are epistemology (the theory of knowledge) and philosophy of science. You can find me on Twitter. Thomas Kuhn is one of the most influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century. His most famous book – The Structure…

$10.00

21st Century Monetary Policy | Part I: The Rise and Fall of Inflation

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Join Jared Davis—a software engineer in Cambridge, Massachusetts who enjoys studying mathematics and reads widely—for the first of a four-part discussion of 21st Century Monetary Policy. In this salon, we will discuss the first part of Ben Bernanke's book, 21st Century Monetary Policy. Bernanke is an economist, historian, and Chairperson of the US Federal Reserve…

$20.00

Sci-Fi Odyssey: A Tour Through the Great Works of Speculative Fiction – Orson Scott Card

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Come join David White for the next installment of a salon series dedicated to exploring the themes, ideas, and world-building of science fiction. We will start analyzing the world of Ender's Game and discuss the costs of war, the importance of empathy, and the logic of survival. Ender’s Game serves as an important meditation on the nature…

$20.00

Love, Death, and Existentialism: Man’s Search for Meaning in the Modern Age

Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

Hello! I'm Matt Neapolitan, a cinematographer in Los Angeles. You can find me on Twitter. This Sunday, we'll be discussing Viktor Frankl's beloved reflection on finding meaning in suffering and how his concentration camp experience shaped a new school of psychology. We'll touch on themes as relevant today as in his own time: compassion, free…

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Chapter 12: A Physicist’s History of Bad Philosophy – The Beginning of Infinity Reading Group (Members Only)

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Join members of the “Gödel, Escher, Bach” book club in reading through David Deutsch’s “The Beginning of Infinity.” Share the pleasure of wrestling with a challenging, thought-provoking book with the help of friendly peers’ additional eyes, hearts, minds, and experiences. Maybe you heard about it on Naval's podcast, or perhaps you follow the father of…

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Building Capacity to Lead Change in an Exponential World

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Join Jacob Huber, founder of Revolutionary Character, to discuss the methods and science behind starting at an individual level to address change. In an ever changing world filled with challenges from sustainability to inequality, we need more people capable of leading change in themselves, their communities, and their companies. If we can't change ourselves, though,…

$10.00

Host Office Hours: Your Next Salon Topic (hangout in the ii Café)

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Thought about hosting a salon sometime but you're not sure yet what it should be about? Join Interintellect producer Maria Górska-Piszek for a brainstorming session and let's find a topic that gets you excited to explore it further with the ii community. The best salon ideas are born right where you are, starting with whatever…

Becoming Fully Human: Paradoxes of Creativity, Transcendence, Rejection with Scott Barry Kaufman – SuperSalon

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Join cognitive scientist Scott Barry Kaufman and Interintellect host Ava as we discuss creativity, flourishing, and self-actualization. Creativity and flow states are an important part of how we find meaning and purpose. In a time where new models for monetizing creative work are rapidly emerging, more and more people are looking to explore how they…

$25.00

Baby Steps to Beowulf: Old English for Beginners

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In this series—Baby Steps to Beowulf: Old English for Beginners—linguist Colin Gorrie will teach you how to read Old English texts like Beowulf with the aid of a dictionary. Like every language, English has a past. More than many languages, English has changed dramatically over the years: the language as spoken just a thousand years ago would…

Taking a Step into the Infinite, Bringing it Back to the Finite – SuperSalon with Replit co-founders Amjad Masad and Haya Odeh

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Amjad Masad and Haya Odeh dream big, but also do. Replit’s mission is to bring the next billion software creators online. This power couple are on their way to make the infinite excursion of their imagination, knowledge, and courage into a reality in this tiny, finite, concrete timeline of ours. Join Violeta Kristóf in this SuperSalon…

$35.00

*Book Therapy* Returns – Collaborative Book Recommendation Party

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To continue this fun Interintellect tradition, we will gather again to share life stories and put together a personal list of 10 recommended books for each participant. Hosted by Interintellect founder Anna Gát. One thing that is better than a Great Book, is a book that is great for you. One of our favourite salon…

$15.00