What is a hallucination?
A hallucination can seem immediate, vivid, and real, which makes it philosophically slippery. This week’s Scoundrels discussion turns toward perception, experience, and the uneasy line between what is there, what is imagined, and what the mind can generate on its own.
What makes a question worth asking?
Not every question opens something up. Some clarify, some distract, some unsettle, and some reshape how we see the world. This week at Scoundrels, we’ll consider what gives a question its force and why certain questions stay with us longer than others.
What is “the State” for?
We talk about “the State” constantly, usually with strong feelings and blurry definitions. This Scoundrels conversation asks what the state is supposed to be for in the first place: protection, order, freedom, welfare, power, or something else entirely.
Why do people hold on to zombie ideas?
Some ideas should have collapsed by now, yet they keep shambling through public life, private belief, and everyday habit. This week at Scoundrels, we’ll explore why certain notions refuse to die, even after they’ve been challenged, disproven, or outgrown.
What is community?
Scoundrels is a weekly group philosophy conversations. Each week a new topic. Every week a chance to wonder together.
How accurate can language be?
Scoundrels is a weekly group philosophy conversations. Each week a new topic. Every week a chance to wonder together.
Is there a heirarchy to morality?
Scoundrels is a weekly group philosophy conversations. Each week a new topic. Every week a chance to wonder together.
Can music express truth?
Scoundrels is a weekly group philosophy conversations. Each week a new topic. Every week a chance to wonder together.
What exactly is death?
Scoundrels is a weekly group philosophy conversations. Each week a new topic. Every week a chance to wonder together.
Scoundrels
Scoundrels is a weekly group philosophy conversations. Each week a new topic. Every week a chance to wonder together.
Scoundrels
Scoundrels is a weekly group philosophy conversations. Each week a new topic. Every week a chance to wonder together.
What is the relationship between comedy and philosophy?
What’s the relationship between comedy and philosophy?
Where is the healthy balance between openness and restriction of information in society?
Where is the healthy balance between openness and restriction of information in society?
What can costumes teach us?
Scoundrels Discussion Group
Kickoff by: Gad Perez Tichenor
The questions keeping you up at night are worth exploring with others who wonder too. Each session starts with a kickoff introducing one meaningful question, then a philosopher thinks alongside you—not lecturing, just exploring together where curiosity leads. Neighbors of all ages gather to think carefully about what matters. No arguments to win. No credentials required. Just the satisfaction of ideas taken seriously and the connection that comes from thinking deeply with people who actually listen. Free and open to all. Try one session. Most people tell us it's the intellectual companionship they didn't know they were missing.
Is thinking about utopia worthwhile?
Scoundrels Discussion Group
Kickoff by: Seth Tichenor
The questions keeping you up at night are worth exploring with others who wonder too. Each session starts with a kickoff introducing one meaningful question, then a philosopher thinks alongside you—not lecturing, just exploring together where curiosity leads. Neighbors of all ages gather to think carefully about what matters. No arguments to win. No credentials required. Just the satisfaction of ideas taken seriously and the connection that comes from thinking deeply with people who actually listen. Free and open to all. Try one session. Most people tell us it's the intellectual companionship they didn't know they were missing.
What is technology for?
Scoundrels Discussion Group
Kickoff by: Seth Tichenor
Questions keeping you up at night are worth exploring with neighbors of all ages who wonder too. Scoundrels is a free philosophical discussion group where a trained philosopher thinks alongside you—no lectures, no debates. Just careful exploration where ideas get taken seriously. No background needed. What participants say: "The intellectual companionship I was missing." in Clatsop County. Come once. See why you'll return.