A friend of mine just got back from a conference on animal cruelty. Among scientific data and philosophical arguments against it, the audience was also offered a short "visit" to a factory farm, in virtual reality. From their comfortable seats in a Berlin University, using a phone-based VR headset, participants were transported into an exceptionally cruel environment, with the Continue Reading …
November Not School Groups
Here are the Not School group activities for the month of November for PEL Citizens. Intro Readings in Philosophy: Finally! We have a Nietzsche discussion in Not School. They will be reading the On the Genealogy of Morals. Join up and reduce to sour grapes all of your precious finger wagging. See Hillary Szydlowski's plug here. Philosophy of Mind: We are beginning our Continue Reading …
More October Not School Groups: Zizek, Heidegger, Metzinger, Octavia Butler
Now that the government of the United States has finally shut down, the time is ripe for some revolutionary ideology. October's Not School activities offer at least two reading groups that should aid in that concern. One is a brand new group which will be reading The Year of Dreaming Dangerously by none other than that superstar philosopher whose nose hairs tickle him oh so Continue Reading …