The purpose of this group is to create a forum for critical thinking and discussion on ways of promoting efficiency, honesty and accountability in government. For each meeting, I will present a topic for discussion related to one of these three area …

Socrates Cafe is a movement to bring philosophy outside the academic setting. It started in Montclair, NJ about 12 years ago to help those of us who are not professional philosophers develop our critical thinking skills by interacting respectfully a …

The Ethical Culture Society of Rockland County is a humanistic and naturalistic fellowship. We focus on human lives and relationships, our connection to all of nature - and explore what it means to live ethically as individuals, family members, and p …

In the spirit of the French Salons of the 18th century, Salon des philosophes (parlor of the philosophers) offers informal lectures followed by free ranging discussion on a wide range of topics related to philosophy, spirituality, metaphysics and ps …

The 19th century brought a time of great experimentation in religious expression in the Western world. The Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries had permanently changed the intellectual landscape. If miracles were being performed, it was the n …

NYC Film & Philosophy is run in parallel with the Philosophical Reading Meetup [ http://www.meetup.com/philosophical ]. Where Philosophical Reading is for focused readings & dialog on particular texts, this group accommodates a looser, more general d …

The group will discuss macro trends, ( as often used in scenario planning ), in a friendly, low-pressure environment. Macro trends are longer lasting trends that have the potential to radically change the status quo. Examples of macro trends are: the …

New York Philosophy brings the idea of the salon to Manhattan. Each month, NY Phi members of all ages, backgrounds, and outlooks assemble "either to please or to educate" [Horace]. Members engage in reasoned, yet passionate, discussions while enj …

This meetup consists of different groups of people reading certain material to different degrees of depth and intensity. Books we've read in the past are Descartes' 'Meditations', Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding', Kant's '1st Critique' …

Psychoanalysis is a body of ideas developed by Austrian Physician Sigmund Freud and his followers, which is devoted to the study of human psychological functioning and behavior. Psychoanalysis has three applications: a method of investigation of …