Altadena Socrates Cafe January Meetup

Happy New Year to all Socrates Café goers in the Coffee Gallery in Altadena California, this month, we would be meeting again on the 18th.

In December, we philosophized "death". We all knew what death was until we started asking questions like "How do you know if someone dies?", "What is the cause of death?", "What is a good death, or a bad death?", "Can we look forward to death?", "What is life after death?", "What do Christians, or atheists think about death?". We used the Socratic Method and challenged one another in our assumptions, because of this, the word "death" seemed at the end to warrant another three hours of discussion. However, we decided to kill death and come up with topics of interest for this month. Here is the list:

Universe vs Multiverse, Theism vs Atheism, Fanaticism, Deconstructionism, What makes life worth living and the role of productive work in life?

We would decide on the topic when we meet again on the 18th, see you all there.

P.S, The Socrates Café is a movement started by Socrates, of course, but its popularization goes back to the book Socrates Café by Christopher Phillips. Chris started the first Socrates Café ten years ago and started the nonprofit organization the Society for Philosophical Inquiry to assist the growth of the now 400 communities of inquiry around the world. To learn more about the Socrates Café movement, visit http://www.philosophe... , there is also a survey you can take about your experience attending the Cafés.

Mike Li