3rd Transcontinental Meet ‘n Greet – Part 2 – This coming June 4 2023. – How Karl Popper Has Made a Difference in Our Lives

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You are cordially invited to join and participate in Part II the third Transcontinental Meet-‘n-Greet to celebrate and promote the philosophy of Karl Popper and critical rationalism.

It will take place on Sunday, June 4th starting at 10am BST (London, UK, time zone). The ZOOM room will open at 9:30am BST, and the facilitated discussion and conversations will begin at 10am BST. It is a free event, and everyone is welcome. The entire event will be recorded. If you would like to opt-out, turn off your camera and change your ZOOM name.

Finalized program:

The Meet ‘n Greet will consist of seven facilitated conversations/discussions. All times are BST (British summer time). More details for each event can be found HERE.

10am: Welcome and general introductions
11am: Remembering Ian Jarvie (1937-2023) who passed away only a couple of days ago, on Tuesday May 16 2023.
noon: A conversation with Alex Naraniecki about how he decided to do a Ph.D on Popper’s philosophy
1pm: Remembering Joseph Agassi (1927-2023), together with his friends, colleagues, students and other people touched by him and his writings.
3pm: A conversation with Denis & Ray Noble about their latest book, Understanding Living Systems that will become available in July 2023. It is a critique of neo-Darwinism and gene-centric reasoning. The Noble brothers will also comment on Popper’s Medawar’s speech and his so-called active Darwinism. The conversation is hosted by Sadia Naeem.
6pm: A conversation with Jeremy Shearmur about his book, The Political Thought of Karl Popper, hosted by Luc Castelein (admin of the Karl Popper Facebook page).
8pm: Remembering Frank Lovell, together with his friends from the Critical Rationalism Facebook group.
9pm: A conversation about Sheldon Richmond latest book, Restoring our Humanity. Six Essays, hosted by Elyse Hargreaves. Sheldon is a student of Joseph Agassi.
9:45pm: Closing comments

Format:

All conversations/discussions will take place in the MAIN ROOM. Breakout rooms are available for further discussions, and one-on-one discussions.

**Have you joined the ourkarlpopper Google group yet:**

The Google group was launched during the Jan 2023 Meet ‘n Greet. It exists for the purpose of sharing skills and expertise to advance the philosophy of Karl Popper and the practical attitude of critical rationalism. That is, to request and offer skills and expertise — web design, database programming, social media etc. — to help one another with one’s individual critical rationalism projects. Further details can be found in the Google-group description itself.

Other details:

The Annual Transcontinental Karl-Popper Meet ‘n Greets are organized by the friends of ourkarlpopper.net and they are intended as informal gatherings to say hello to new and old friends & colleagues. There is no need to prepare anything. The only thing that is expected from you is to click on the ZOOM link and be ready to join the conversation.

People can drop by any time at their convenience. It is not necessary to RSVP, but it is strongly encouraged to help the organizing team plan better. Current ZOOM capacity is 100 and can be increased as needed. For those with a Facebook account, there is an event page where one can RSVP. Feel free to forward this invitation to anyone that you believe might be interested in attending this event.

If that works better for you, there is an option to call in. The phone numbers are listed on the Facebook event page. Or send email to ourkarlpopper[at]gmail[dot]com to get the list.