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The purpose of the
Philosophy Club is to engage students and faculty in discussion
of philosophical, psychological, and religious ideas. Its goal
is to aid in expanding the consciousness of participants in not
only understanding their individual lives, but also the world
around them and their abilities and opportunities to contribute
to society. Members participate in the critical thinking and
reasoning of profound concepts centering on the purpose of life
and other notions related to one’s state of being.
Each week, the faculty
facilitator, or a student, will pose to the group a question to
ponder. Some of these questions may be: “What is one’s role in
society?” “Is each person born with a clean slate?” “Why do we
exist in this place at this time?” The 30 minute, weekly
session will be conducted as an open forum resembling the
Socratic Method. Both students and faculty may participate,
contributing freely to the discussion or just listening to ideas
being presented. At the end of each session, students will be
asked to contemplate that question for the following week and to
bring examples that further the thought into the next meeting.
These examples may be in the form of literature, movies,
personal experiences, conversations, etc. The next week’s
session will devote five minutes to last week’s question, and a
new question will be posed.
The mission of the club is
to:
- foster creative and
critical thinking
- introduce students
to a variety of beliefs
- aid students in
developing reasoning abilities
- expand the
consciousness of students
- acquaint the
students in the art of argumentation
- encourage research
of ideas in different mediums
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