Addiction and Trauma

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Pursue the philosophical foundations of addiction in a series hosted by John T. Maier, psychotherapist and philosopher. This is the 3rd session in the philosophy of addiction series, and will focus…

$20.00

Choose Your Own Reality with Renee diResta and Jonathan Askonas

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In this SuperSalon, Renée diResta and Jonathan Askonas—both experts in (mis)information in our digital age—will join researcher Nastasia Griffioen to discuss questions like as "What does 'reality' mean nowadays?" and "Can everyone choose their own?" Following years of discussion of disinformation, advances in AI technology can make splits in perceived reality wider—with it growing faster and…

$20.00

Science vs. Skepticism: Are Objectivity and Knowledge Possible?

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Join philosophy student Arkadiusz Synowczyk to explore the topic of objectivity of scientific knowledge, skepticism, and relativism! This salon is the first episode in a series on the nature of science – its power, limits, and the potential dangers it poses. Debates about the possibility of objective knowledge are relevant not only to the ivory tower. Societies…

Bards & Heretics: Shakespeare and the Psychology of Secular Belief

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Join American journalist and critic Elizabeth Winkler (Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies) and novelist A. Natasha Joukovsky (The Portrait of a Mirror) for a salon exploring the secular religiosity behind literature's biggest taboo: the Shakespeare authorship question.  In celebration of the paperback publication of Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, we will dive into…

$10.00