Philosophy Revitalised

We had a very successful planning meeting just before Christmas for our fortnightly program in the year 2010.

We have a new web site which will be used to keep local people and the world beyond aware of what we are doing.

Two of our meetings this year have examined why we do Philosophy or as we prefer to express it "Exploring the World of ideas".

We concluded that Philosophy was not so much a subject with answers, but a process with loads of questions.

Outside, at the end of one of the meetings, one of our group moved us onto the place for action.

"Too many liberals are accused of philosophising . . . .and doing nothing."

We concluded that action was an important part of the process.

To me a very important part that helps sort our thoughts out!

Process:

1. We examine our emotions and decide what is important to us.

2. Based on these premises we use logic and reason to evaluate what follows from these beliefs.

3. We take action based on these beliefs and check how we feel emotionally about these actions.

4. We then go back and examine our emotions and decide what is important to us as in 1. above - and so on!