Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category
h+ Tucson Meeting - Simone and Justin go to BIL
Sunday, March 9th, 2008h+ Tucson Meeting - Transhumanism: The Philosophy
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
http://hplusclub.com/tucson/meeting20080222
Transhumanism: The Philosophy
Date and Time: Friday, February 22, 2008 from 4:00pm until 6:00pm MST
Location: Tubac Room, 4th Floor, Student Union Memorial Center, 1303 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ, USA 85721-0017 | Google Maps
Description: Transhumanism is described as both a social movement and a philosophy. We will look closer at transhumanism as a philosophy, with an exploration of the philosophy's roots, its important thinkers, and its relevant tenets.
Immortality Institute Chat: Dr. Calvin Mercer
Saturday, February 16th, 2008http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=20385
Immortality Institute Chat: Sunday Night Chat with Dr. Calvin Mercer, 4:00 pm CST, Religion and Extreme Life Extension
Date and Time: Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 3:00pm MST
Location: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/immortality-update
Description: Chat will be preceded at 2:00pm MST by an Immortality Instituate Board of Directors meeting, live and public on Ustream.
Join the Immortality Institute for the Sunday Night Chat February 17th with religious scholar Dr. Calvin Mercer.
4:00pm Central, 22:00 GMT (another chat at a reasonable time for all of our European members)
More details about Dr. Mercer can be found here.
QUOTE
Dr. Mercer is one of the few scholars considering the religious implications of radical life extension, a term that refers to science and technology that could provide extreme (perhaps indefinite) longevity of healthy human life.This Sunday Night Chat will once again be streamed live and recorded on Ustream. The Immortality Institute stream can be found here. There is a text chat box available at the Imminst Ustream channel so you can ask questions and debate religion's place in extreme life extension while the chat is occurring.
Sun February 17th
2:00 Pacific
3:00 Mountain
4:00 Central
5:00 Eastern
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The Edges of Life Lecture Series - Michael Gill
Monday, January 7th, 2008- The Edges of Life Lecture Series - Michael Gill, Associate Professor, Philosophy
- "Life's Human Edge: Changing Perspectives on the End of Life"
- Centennial Hall, 1020 E University Blvd, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA | Google Maps | Campus Map
- Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 7:00pm (free to public)
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Description:
As science and technology advance, fundamental issues central to the concept of life become harder to answer. Today, perspectives are changing on a wide range of issues including the origins of life, how life differentiates itself from its surroundings, what role self-awareness plays in maintaining life, and the discoveries regarding life that will emerge in the near future. UA's College of Science is proud to present six lectures that will probe these edges of life. Bringing together perspectives that include biology, communications, medicine, technology, and philosophy, these six speakers will help us engage and understand the limits of life, and what might lie beyond.