Are you authentic?

================= Group: Second Philosophy Discussion leader: Sojourna Alexandre / Kathryn Koromilas Where: Open Habitat, Second Life When: Sunday, 28 September, 2008 Time: 9pm GMT / 1pm SLT ================= ================= So you think you are authentic? ================= I challenge you to prove to the discussion crowd just how authentic you are! We are human beings who [...]

Artificial Intelligence / Consciousness

*Discussion in Second Life Sunday, Sept 21 @ 13:00 SLT / 21:00 GMT, Moderated by: Maria Hume / Marya Blaisdale* *Transcript of the discussion* “The best reason for believing that robots might some day become conscious is that we human beings are conscious, and we are a sort of robot ourselves. That is, we are [...]

Wittgenstein’s beetle – further notes and questions

Further to my initial thoughts for Sunday’s (14 Sept) discussion: ================= Group: Second Philosophy Discussion leader: Sojourna Alexandre / Kathryn Koromilas Where: Open Habitat, Second Life When: Sunday, 14 September, 2008 Time: 9pm GMT / 1pm SLT ================= =============== Wittgenstein’s Beetle – Philosophical Investigations, Sec. 293 =============== If I say of myself that it is [...]

Wittgenstein’s beetle or how to have a good philosophical argument.

*Discussion in Second Life, Sunday 14 Sept, 9pm GMT, 1pm SLT, to be led by Sojourna Alexandre (aka Kathryn Koromilas)* I’ve just been thinking about Wittgenstein’s beetle analogy and the way we hold philosophical discussions. Do you ever find that a philosophical debate goes in circles with no consensus even on the main points of [...]

The Enlightenment Project Is It Or Should It Be Under Threat?

The Enlightenment Project Is It Or Should It Be Under Threat? Discussion to be led by Keith Parker (Oswy Gothly in SL) on Sunday 7 Sept, 9pm GMT, on Open Habitat in Second Life. Let us continue our debate which began with the issue of fame and has now moved to an analysis of the [...]

Fame: A Dangerous Obsession?

*This discussion will take place in Second Life on the Open Habitat sim on Sunday, 31 August, at 9pm GMT* ***The transcript of this discussion is now available here: fame_transcript_310808*** The discussion will be led by Keith Parker (aka Oswy Gothly in SL) READING: fame_markrowlands_summary Fame: A Dangerous Obsession? Introduction We seem to be living [...]