You're invited to join our Socrates Cafe group here in Louisville. The short description of a Socrates Cafe is people getting together to ask philosophical questions with the purpose of (maybe) getting a better understanding of the topic, philosophical inquiry, and realizing our own preconceptions. The discussion begins by people proposing questions to discuss; we vote on which question to use and then simply talk about it. Some possible questions include: "what is evil", "what's the state o …

"Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence" - Carl Sagan There is a lot of nonsense in the world: pseudoscience, alternative medicine, conspiracy theories, paranormal phenomenon, and other oddities. Skepticism is a method of assessing any claim (particularly fringe claims) using science, reasoning, and critical thinking. We aren't cynics - we are methodological truth seekers. We are mythbusting science advocates who believe in good quality double-blind peer reviewed research. We protec …

Monthly Meetings Free and Open to the Public In Lexington on the First Saturday of the month In Louisville on the Fourth Saturday AMORC Members and sincere Spiritual Seekers are welcome! Gather to discuss spiritual topics of mutual interest, such as accessing your own inner wisdom, mysticism, metaphysics, and philosophy. The Rosicrucian Order is a worldwide philosophical and initiatic tradition providing time-tested techniques for rediscovering the wisdom, compassion, strength and inner …

HEY! LOUISVILLE? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT? The KPS invites you to talk about the subjects and ideas that matter to you and to listen to others do the same. The aim of this group is to encourage thoughtful, lively, face to face conversations on topics of interest and import to a wide variety of people. We would like to see groups form all over the Metro where people can feel comfortable discussing the ideas that matter to them and listening to the beliefs and ideas of others on those same t …

We are a meetup devoted to the study of radical political theory and cultural criticism - socialism(s), world systems, critical theory/media analysis, prefigurative politics, utopian projects, liberation theology, critical pedagogy, or dot-communism - whatever people want to discuss. We meet regularly, alternating between socializing and study. Ideally, we'd like to balance theory and praxis, exploring concepts and how to use them in daily life. Examining how media manufactures its audience, or …

An Effort to uphold the US Constitution in the interest of American Sovereignty & have a few brews while doing it.. This organization is all about Humanism, Civil Liberty & protecting all things Constitutional in America... oh yeah.. & BEER.. Whether Republican or Democrat, Occupier or Tea Partier; all are welcome to join our discussions & functions regardless of political affiliation.. The idea behind this group is to discuss major issues effecting our great nation and more specifically Commonw …

First, thanks for checking out the group! Now, I know what you're thinking...what could we possibly do with this group? Sit around and do math problems in absolute silence? Of course we could...but we won't be doing that most of the time. I envision the group to be a way to gather like-minded people to get out and visit local places, socialize, and generally have fun. We will definitely discuss mathematical topics during some meetups, but not anything too difficult. Maybe we can all look at a pr …

A lot of great literature, from Homer and Shakespeare to the lyrics of traditional folk ballads, is based (like the scriptures of all religions) on the traditional metaphysical worldview. Traditional metaphysics is not magic or occultism, but mystical philosophy, the kind written by Plato and Plotinus and Shankara and Meister Eckhart and Dante and Rumi and Ibn al-'Arabi. Whole societies the world over used to think this way and base all their art, their literature and the forms of their daily li …

We as a discussion group in Madison will mold the meetings into whatever topics are of local interest. Let's share our stories about religion in our lives, good books we've read, movies to watch, web sites to visit and whatever else is on your mind. Sponsored by the Center For Inquiry (CFI) of Indianapolis. - a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that encourages evidence based inquiry into science, pseudoscience, medicine and health, religion, ethics, and society. Through education, research, publi …