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Philosophy Walk – Missoula
August 4, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm MDT
Free
Please join us for our evening philosophy walk on Sunday, August 4th from 5:30pm-8:30pm. Topic: Reconnecting with Nature. Special guest speakers/philosophers-on-trail — Ryan Aikin (Volunteer & Strategist, Merlin CCC, Grants Manager, Youth Homes & Humanitarian) & Henry Kramer (2019 Merlin Student Fellow & Philosopher, University of Montana Missoula).
This walk will be a casual, free-flowing conversation about our relationship with nature. We will explore a variety of questions including:
— Why reconnect with nature? Is this a good thing? What does it do for us? What does it do for nature?
— What insights can we draw from phenomenology (the study of consciousness and how we experience phenomena) and pragmatism to help us answer these questions?
— How do animism and language factor into the ways in which we see and experience the world?
—- Does technology (and the world of mass-produced things) disconnect us from nature? If so, how?
— What are some of the ethical implications of reconnecting (or not) with nature?
Meeting/Hike Location: Nine Mile Community Center (25620 Nine Mile Rd., approx. nine miles off interstate 90, Exit 82).
