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SUMMARY:Aristotelian Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Aristotelian Reading Group\nLed by Sebastian Hayden\nA line-by-line reading of selected sections of the Nicomachean Ethics. No previous study of Aristotle needed\, and reading prior to the seminar is not required. A light breakfast will be provided. \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/aristotelian-reading-group-9/
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SUMMARY:Witherspoon Forum: Genetic Engineering and Human Freedom (Session 3)
DESCRIPTION:“Are My Genes Too Tight?” An Exploration of Genetic Engineering and Human Freedom\nLed by Dr. Janet Madigan\nThis event is a part of the Witherspoon Forum\, a program which provides a space for high school students who are serious about their studies to discuss foundational questions of human existence and contemporary cultural issues in dialogue with their peers and Witherspoon’s seminar leaders. To attend\, students should apply here.
URL:https://winst.org/event/witherspoon-forum-genetic-engineering-and-human-nature-session-3/
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar on Pragmatism
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar on Pragmatism\nLed by Brandon Van Dyck\nThis seminar will explore the most important philosophical tradition of American origin: pragmatism. We will discuss how our perceptions and language relate to objective reality\, how ignorant we are of objective reality\, and how we should reason and behave in light of our ignorance. We will refer to the ideas of and read selections from\, William James\, Charles Sanders Peirce\, John Dewey\, Richard Rorty\, Hilary Putnam\, and Donald Hoffman. \nReading prior to the seminar is not required. Dinner is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton graduate students are warmly invited. \n 
URL:https://winst.org/event/graduate-seminar-on-pragmatism/
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SUMMARY:Philosophy in Stone: On Architecture and Public Space
DESCRIPTION:Philosophy in Stone: On Architecture and Public Space\n\nLed by R.J. Snell\n\nMaterial culture\, including architecture and public space\, is neither simply adornment or brute utility but an expression of value: what we think people are\, what we think people are for\, and how we think people live and work together. In this seminar we explore architecture and urban planning\, drawing on the thought of Roger Scruton\, Philip Bess\, and Léon Krier (among others). \nReading prior to seminar is not required. Lunch is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/philosophy-in-stone-on-architecture-and-public-space/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T081500
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SUMMARY:Aristotelian Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Aristotelian Reading Group\nLed by Sebastian Hayden\nA line-by-line reading of selected sections of the Nicomachean Ethics. No previous study of Aristotle needed\, and reading prior to the seminar is not required. A light breakfast will be provided. \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/aristotelian-reading-group-10/
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SUMMARY:Philosophy in Stone: On Architecture and Public Space
DESCRIPTION:Philosophy in Stone: On Architecture and Public Space\n\nLed by R.J. Snell\n\nMaterial culture\, including architecture and public space\, is neither simply adornment or brute utility but an expression of value: what we think people are\, what we think people are for\, and how we think people live and work together. In this seminar we explore architecture and urban planning\, drawing on the thought of Roger Scruton\, Philip Bess\, and Léon Krier (among others). \nReading prior to seminar is not required. Lunch is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/philosophy-in-stone-on-architecture-and-public-space-2/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/architectureseminar.jpg
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SUMMARY:Aristotelian Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Aristotelian Reading Group\nLed by Sebastian Hayden\nA line-by-line reading of selected sections of the Nicomachean Ethics. No previous study of Aristotle needed\, and reading prior to the seminar is not required. A light breakfast will be provided. \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/aristotelian-reading-group-11/
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SUMMARY:Witherspoon Forum: The Surveillance State and Society (Session 1)
DESCRIPTION:THE SURVEILLANCE STATE AND SOCIETY\nLed by Dr. Luke Foster\nThis event is a part of the Witherspoon Forum\, a program which provides a space for high school students who are serious about their studies to discuss foundational questions of human existence and contemporary cultural issues in dialogue with their peers and Witherspoon’s seminar leaders. To attend\, students should apply here. \nHow do we retain our humanity in the Information Age? What practices and institutions from the pre-computing world can guide us when social media proposes to replace socializing? All three of our authors in this series—Vonnegut\, Hayek\, and Lewis—lived through the civilizational cataclysm of World War II\, and all of them took seriously the possibility that vast computing power would be used in an attempt to rationally organize entire societies. Today their worries seem to have been realized by the capacity of Big Tech to aggregate the data of billions of people\, in collaboration with governments. Drawing on these texts\, we will discuss how to master our tools rather than be mastered by them.
URL:https://winst.org/event/witherspoon-forum-the-surveillance-state-and-society-session-1/
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ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SurveillanceState-e1737140311883.jpg
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar on Pragmatism
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar on Pragmatism\nLed by Brandon Van Dyck\nThis seminar will explore the most important philosophical tradition of American origin: pragmatism. We will discuss how our perceptions and language relate to objective reality\, how ignorant we are of objective reality\, and how we should reason and behave in light of our ignorance. We will refer to the ideas of and read selections from\, William James\, Charles Sanders Peirce\, John Dewey\, Richard Rorty\, Hilary Putnam\, and Donald Hoffman. \nReading prior to the seminar is not required. Dinner is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/graduate-seminar-on-pragmatism-2/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/pragmatism.jpg
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SUMMARY:Aristotelian Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Aristotelian Reading Group\nLed by Sebastian Hayden\nA line-by-line reading of selected sections of the Nicomachean Ethics. No previous study of Aristotle needed\, and reading prior to the seminar is not required. A light breakfast will be provided. \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/aristotelian-reading-group-12/
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SUMMARY:Witherspoon Forum: The Surveillance State and Society (Session 2)
DESCRIPTION:THE SURVEILLANCE STATE AND SOCIETY\nLed by Dr. Luke Foster\nThis event is a part of the Witherspoon Forum\, a program which provides a space for high school students who are serious about their studies to discuss foundational questions of human existence and contemporary cultural issues in dialogue with their peers and Witherspoon’s seminar leaders. To attend\, students should apply here. \nHow do we retain our humanity in the Information Age? What practices and institutions from the pre-computing world can guide us when social media proposes to replace socializing? All three of our authors in this series—Vonnegut\, Hayek\, and Lewis—lived through the civilizational cataclysm of World War II\, and all of them took seriously the possibility that vast computing power would be used in an attempt to rationally organize entire societies. Today their worries seem to have been realized by the capacity of Big Tech to aggregate the data of billions of people\, in collaboration with governments. Drawing on these texts\, we will discuss how to master our tools rather than be mastered by them.
URL:https://winst.org/event/witherspoon-forum-the-surveillance-state-and-society-session-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SurveillanceState-e1737140311883.jpg
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SUMMARY:Philosophy in Stone: On Architecture and Public Space
DESCRIPTION:Philosophy in Stone: On Architecture and Public Space\n\nLed by R.J. Snell\n\nMaterial culture\, including architecture and public space\, is neither simply adornment or brute utility but an expression of value: what we think people are\, what we think people are for\, and how we think people live and work together. In this seminar we explore architecture and urban planning\, drawing on the thought of Roger Scruton\, Philip Bess\, and Léon Krier (among others). \nReading prior to seminar is not required. Lunch is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/philosophy-in-stone-on-architecture-and-public-space-3/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/architectureseminar.jpg
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