Portland Free Philosophy Lectures and Discussions
We're a community that practices and discusses philosophy, being free and open to all levels and backgrounds. We offer seminars, a variety of discussion formats, and the occasional lecture / guest speaker.
Many meetings will have fewer RSVPs than people who actually attend. This is because overtime people stop making use of Meetup.com and instead communicate with their groups via Discord, Slack, Zoom, E-mail, or similar You can think of the list of events hosted on this Meetup as advertisements for groups seeking new participants.
Our philosophy offerings are organized and facilitated by volunteers. If you have a philosophy offering - or an offering that compliments the study of philosophy, such as in literature, the sciences, and so on - that you'd like to advertise through this Meetup, please contact the organizer. We're grateful to those who want to enrich Portland with study and discussion!
Participants must speak, write, and act in a considerate, professional, and respectful manner, and be prepared for the meetings that they attend, having reviewed the materials to the degree necessary to participate. If you haven't reviewed the materials but still wish to attend an event, please consult the event facilitator regarding the best manner for you to be present.
We look forward to studying philosophy together!
Organized events
Past
- Premise Open House, Book Exchange & Holiday Gathering (all are welcome!) ·
- Analytic Metaphysics: "On What Grounds What," Jonathan Schaffer III ·
- Analytic Metaphysics: "On What Grounds What," Jonathan Schaffer II ·
- Analytic Metaphysics: "On What Grounds What," Jonathan Schaffer ·
- {In Person} What is home? (Joan Didion, Angelou, Wendell Berry) ·
- Analytic Metaphysics: “If We Postulated Fictional Objects ..." Amie Thomasson ·
- {In Person} Is Thinking All It's Cracked Up To Be? Notes from Underground- ·
- Lacan: "Remarks on Lagache's 'Psychoanalysis and Personality Structure'" ·
- Philosopher's Party: Andrew W. K. Edition ·
- {Online} Is Thinking All It's Cracked Up To Be? Notes from Underground- ·
- Analytic Metaphysics: “Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake?" by Stephen Yablo ·