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Vote result for this Sunday's Philosophy Now Meetup! (Nov 11 at 2 PM, Community Room of the Yahoo! Center, Santa Monica)
| From: | Brian |
| Sent on: | Friday, November 9, 2007 4:58 PM |
Hello Philosophy Fans!
This is a reminder that our monthly Meetup ( http://philosophynow.meetup.com/30/ AND http://philosophy-in-LA.tribe.net ) is happening this Sunday, November 11, 2:00pm - 4:45pm! See below for the topic! Please bring a printout of this email with you. We'll be at our usual venue, the Community Room of the Yahoo! center, 2500 Broadway, between Cloverfield & 26th, Santa Monica, 90404, 310-453-0333. Detailed driving directions are at the end of this email. . For more info, or to be on our regular emailing list, email me at [address removed]
For those who'd like to join us, we'll kick back after the meeting at the nearby and good "Earth, Wind and Flour" restaurant. They're about half a mile away at 2222 Wilshire blvd (on the south side), between 22nd & 23rd streets, Santa Monica 90403 (310-829-7829). To get there from the Yahoo Center, take Broadway north 1 block, go left on 26th, in 3 blocks go left on Wilshire. They have good food, treat us well every month, and are only a few, short blocks away from our meeting site. They have free, valet parking.
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What are we talking about this Sunday? The winning topic of this month's email vote is?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE IRRATIONAL? When you get the impression that someone is acting or being ?irrational,? what exactly do you mean? What are the different meanings of ?irrational?? What are the different categories of ?being or acting irrationally??
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OPTIONAL READINGS: note that our discussion focuses on the topic rather than specifically on the readings. However, if you'd like to read something to inspire and stimulate your interest or thinking on the matter, or clarify the ideas and debates involved, I have two good articles for you. Read or skim either of the following articles, or both if you're really motivated.
1. "Rational Irrationality"-- in TMP online, The Philosophers' Magazine, is a very short article on a few categories of irrationality. It's at http://www.philosophersnet.com/magazine/article.php?id=735
2. "Practical Reason"-- from our usual source, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, is a good but longer article that's written in an academic, technical style. It isn't precisely on the issue of the various of types of irrationality, but it goes deeply into a number of kinds of irrationality as it talks about theories of how it is that we reason about the actions we do or might engage in. You can find it here, http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/practical-reason/
As always, feel free to read or skim the above articles, or not, or anything else on the matter you find. Most importantly, come to our discussion with your own ideas, musings, questions, and paper on which to jot down your thoughts! Make a list for yourself of the different meanings of being or acting irrationally!
OUR WEBSITE-- you can post your own ideas on the matter to the discussion board of our website, both before and after Sunday's meeting, at http://philosophy-in-LA.tribe.net
You can also find excerpts of the optional readings at the same place. Click on the discussion board topic at the top called, "What does it mean to be IRRATIONAL?" If you can't bear to click more than once to find anything, try the direct link, http://philosophy-in-la.tribe.net/thread/d605a8e4-7b8b-4aae-ac15-3ed2c6547272
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For those interested, here are the full vote-by-email results:
1) What Does It Mean To Be Irrational? (27.5 Votes)
2) Is Science Converging Upon The Truth, (22.0 Votes)
3) Is It Possible To Be Rationally Persuaded To Convert To A Religion? (16.5 Votes)
4) What Does Psychoanalysis Have To Say About A Rational Approach To Ethics?: (16.25 Votes)
5) Are Deaf Parents Morally Obliged To Cure Their Deaf Children With Cochlear Implants? (8.0 Votes)
(You may have noticed that the votes do not come in whole numbers. This is not because fractions of a person turn in votes, but because you receive one vote for your top choice, a half vote for your 2nd choice (if you had one), a quarter vote for your 3rd choice, and so on.)
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DIRECTIONS to the Yahoo! Center (formerly the Colorado Center) Community Room: 2500 Broadway, at 25th st, between Cloverfield & 26th, Santa Monica, 90404-3065, 310-453-0333. From the 405 fwy, take the I-10 fwy toward Santa Monica - go 2.2 mi. Take the CLOVERFIELD BLVD exit, turn Right on CLOVERFIELD BLVD. Go a half mile, turn Right on BROADWAY, go a quarter mile, park near 25th st. Parking is free on Sundays on Broadway & nearby streets, but most of 25th st is off limits; they will ticket you!
The Community Room is directly on Broadway at 25th st, at the corner of the building, a few feet from the "HBO Symantec" sign, right across the street from the LA Art Institute and a bicycle shop. The room is not labeled, but you will notice its glass doors and plenty of windows with blinds on them. If you have trouble finding parking on the street, ample free parking is available in the parking garage beneath the building. The garage entrance is on the other side of the Colorado Center, so take Broadway to 26th st, turn right, take your first right (Colorado ave); the garage entrance is at 2401 Colorado, on your right, just before Cloverfield. When you enter the garage, go straight as far as you can, turn right, go as far as you can and park near the 2500 building, where the "HBO" sign is. Walk up the stairs or take the elevator to "G" (the ground level), exit the building, take the short pathway until you can take a left (tennis courts will be in front of you), stop when you reach Broadway. The Community Room is a few feet to your left. If you input your address & "2500 Broadway" at http://www.mapquest.com or http://maps.yahoo.com/, a map and driving directions will magically appear.
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See you there!
Brian
This is a reminder that our monthly Meetup ( http://philosophynow.meetup.com/30/ AND http://philosophy-in-LA.tribe.net ) is happening this Sunday, November 11, 2:00pm - 4:45pm! See below for the topic! Please bring a printout of this email with you. We'll be at our usual venue, the Community Room of the Yahoo! center, 2500 Broadway, between Cloverfield & 26th, Santa Monica, 90404, 310-453-0333. Detailed driving directions are at the end of this email. . For more info, or to be on our regular emailing list, email me at [address removed]
For those who'd like to join us, we'll kick back after the meeting at the nearby and good "Earth, Wind and Flour" restaurant. They're about half a mile away at 2222 Wilshire blvd (on the south side), between 22nd & 23rd streets, Santa Monica 90403 (310-829-7829). To get there from the Yahoo Center, take Broadway north 1 block, go left on 26th, in 3 blocks go left on Wilshire. They have good food, treat us well every month, and are only a few, short blocks away from our meeting site. They have free, valet parking.
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What are we talking about this Sunday? The winning topic of this month's email vote is?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE IRRATIONAL? When you get the impression that someone is acting or being ?irrational,? what exactly do you mean? What are the different meanings of ?irrational?? What are the different categories of ?being or acting irrationally??
----------------
OPTIONAL READINGS: note that our discussion focuses on the topic rather than specifically on the readings. However, if you'd like to read something to inspire and stimulate your interest or thinking on the matter, or clarify the ideas and debates involved, I have two good articles for you. Read or skim either of the following articles, or both if you're really motivated.
1. "Rational Irrationality"-- in TMP online, The Philosophers' Magazine, is a very short article on a few categories of irrationality. It's at http://www.philosophersnet.com/magazine/article.php?id=735
2. "Practical Reason"-- from our usual source, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, is a good but longer article that's written in an academic, technical style. It isn't precisely on the issue of the various of types of irrationality, but it goes deeply into a number of kinds of irrationality as it talks about theories of how it is that we reason about the actions we do or might engage in. You can find it here, http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/practical-reason/
As always, feel free to read or skim the above articles, or not, or anything else on the matter you find. Most importantly, come to our discussion with your own ideas, musings, questions, and paper on which to jot down your thoughts! Make a list for yourself of the different meanings of being or acting irrationally!
OUR WEBSITE-- you can post your own ideas on the matter to the discussion board of our website, both before and after Sunday's meeting, at http://philosophy-in-LA.tribe.net
You can also find excerpts of the optional readings at the same place. Click on the discussion board topic at the top called, "What does it mean to be IRRATIONAL?" If you can't bear to click more than once to find anything, try the direct link, http://philosophy-in-la.tribe.net/thread/d605a8e4-7b8b-4aae-ac15-3ed2c6547272
----------------
For those interested, here are the full vote-by-email results:
1) What Does It Mean To Be Irrational? (27.5 Votes)
2) Is Science Converging Upon The Truth, (22.0 Votes)
3) Is It Possible To Be Rationally Persuaded To Convert To A Religion? (16.5 Votes)
4) What Does Psychoanalysis Have To Say About A Rational Approach To Ethics?: (16.25 Votes)
5) Are Deaf Parents Morally Obliged To Cure Their Deaf Children With Cochlear Implants? (8.0 Votes)
(You may have noticed that the votes do not come in whole numbers. This is not because fractions of a person turn in votes, but because you receive one vote for your top choice, a half vote for your 2nd choice (if you had one), a quarter vote for your 3rd choice, and so on.)
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DIRECTIONS to the Yahoo! Center (formerly the Colorado Center) Community Room: 2500 Broadway, at 25th st, between Cloverfield & 26th, Santa Monica, 90404-3065, 310-453-0333. From the 405 fwy, take the I-10 fwy toward Santa Monica - go 2.2 mi. Take the CLOVERFIELD BLVD exit, turn Right on CLOVERFIELD BLVD. Go a half mile, turn Right on BROADWAY, go a quarter mile, park near 25th st. Parking is free on Sundays on Broadway & nearby streets, but most of 25th st is off limits; they will ticket you!
The Community Room is directly on Broadway at 25th st, at the corner of the building, a few feet from the "HBO Symantec" sign, right across the street from the LA Art Institute and a bicycle shop. The room is not labeled, but you will notice its glass doors and plenty of windows with blinds on them. If you have trouble finding parking on the street, ample free parking is available in the parking garage beneath the building. The garage entrance is on the other side of the Colorado Center, so take Broadway to 26th st, turn right, take your first right (Colorado ave); the garage entrance is at 2401 Colorado, on your right, just before Cloverfield. When you enter the garage, go straight as far as you can, turn right, go as far as you can and park near the 2500 building, where the "HBO" sign is. Walk up the stairs or take the elevator to "G" (the ground level), exit the building, take the short pathway until you can take a left (tennis courts will be in front of you), stop when you reach Broadway. The Community Room is a few feet to your left. If you input your address & "2500 Broadway" at http://www.mapquest.com or http://maps.yahoo.com/, a map and driving directions will magically appear.
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See you there!
Brian
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