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Join us for dinner, the movie and a discussion of it afterwards.
‘Gattaca,’ The Dystopian Science Fiction Film Whose Time Has Come 20 years on, we’re just now catching up to Ethan Hawke & Uma Thurman’s prescient sci-fi noir. https://outtake.tribecashortlist.com/gattaca-the-dystopian-science-fiction-film-whose-time-has-come-9ede1bd35c5b
The last 20 years have seen a boom in philosophical work on proving God’s existence, and the progress has accelerated further in recent years. Dr. Koons will describe four of these new proofs briefly: the argument for a supernatural cause of the universe based on the possibility of empirical knowledge, the “Grim Reaper” paradox as a proof of the beginning of time, the analysis of the fine-tuning of the universe for life and scientific discovery, and Plantinga’s evolutionary argument against naturalism.
Dr. Koons is a philosophy professor at UT, specializing in metaphysics, logic, and philosophy of religion. His works include:
Paradoxes of Belief and Strategic Rationality (Cambridge Univ., 1997),
Realism Regained (Oxford Univ., 2000),
Metaphysics: The Fundamentals (Wiley-Blackwell,2016),
and The Atlas of Reality (Wiley-Blackwell, 2018).
Dinner starts at 6, and Dr. Koons will begin his talk at 7. This event is free and open to all. Do join us.
One of the greatest films you have NEVER seen! A film born, literally, of words and the paradoxical. This incredible true story highlights the captivating and tragic friendship between two brilliant men. Where words become a code of friendship and the thin line between beauty and madness.Based on the 1998 book `The Surgeon of Crowthorne' by Simon Winchester, the life of Professor James Murray is portrayed as he begins work on compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid-19th century. As he led the overseeing committee, the professor received over 10,000 entries from one source in particular - a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr William Minor.
Join us for dinner, the movie and a discussion of it afterwards!
Join us for a pizza lunch as we read and discuss a dialogue between the 5th century BC Greek philosopher Socrates and our Lord. Read this week's Featured Article for Discussion
What would happen if Socrates--yes, the Socrates of ancient Athens--suddenly showed up on the campus of a major university and enrolled in its divinity school? What would he think of human progress since his day? How would he react to our values? To our culture? And what would he think of Jesus? Peter Kreeft, Christian philosopher and longtime admirer of the historic Socrates, imagines the result. In this drama Socrates meets such fellow students as Bertha Broadmind, Thomas Keptic and Molly Mooney. Throughout, Kreeft weaves an intriguing web as he brings Socrates closer and closer to a meeting with Jesus.
