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Wigan

Philosophy

Status:Active, open to new members
Leader:
David Griffiths
Group email: Philosophy group
When: Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:30 pm
2nd Tuesday of Month
Venue: Beech Hill Book Cycle

The Philosophy group will meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 2:30pm in the function room at the Beech Hill Book Cycle on Buckley St. West, starting 9th Sept.

Come along and join us as we discuss a wide range of issues covering many subject areas. A specific topic will be chosen in advance for each session, relating to general questions about reality, truth, morality, justice, governance, knowledge, language and religious belief.

You do not need to have read academic books on the subject – all you need is an open mind, a curiosity about human nature and the world we inhabit and an interest in understanding them better. The aim is to learn how to think more clearly and how to live better, taking cues from current and previous generations of thinkers who have written on these subjects.

When approached in the right way, philosophy is not only an engaging and rewarding discipline but in this ‘post-truth’ world driven by social media and artificial intelligence, an increasingly relevant and necessary one.

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