BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Palaner//palaner Single Event//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:meetup-70de3387e4@palaner.app DTSTAMP:20260802T150644Z DTSTART:20260806T233000Z DTEND:20260807T010000Z SUMMARY:Practical Philosophy Meetup - Toronto 🇨🇦 LOCATION:Madison Avenue Pub DESCRIPTION:Saved in Palaner as: saved\n\nPalaner match: 16% · why: lots of people going\n\nNO PHILOSOPHY EXPERTISE REQUIRED!\n\n🏛️ WHAT'S PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY ABOUT?\n\nPractical Philosophy is a weekly meet-up that brings critical thinkers together for an opportunity to dive deep on a topic\, pr actice communicating\, and building a community. All with no ‘official’ ph ilosophy knowledge required! 😎\n\nPractical Philosophy is based on the ide a that philosophy should be accessible to all\, and not something reserved only for academics. Each week we choose a topic\, and the goal is to use the conversation to develop our critical thinking and communication as we explore that topic.\nThe goal is to help develop our Critical Thinking\, C ommunication\, and Community 🙌\n\n📓 HOW DOES IT WORK?\n\nEach week\, we pi ck one topic and discuss it. The topic for the week is shared\, generally in the Whatsapp group\, along with jump-off points to get the conversation going.\n\nWhen groups get bigger than 7-8 people\, it’s important that we break into smaller groups. This way we are able to maintain a conversatio nal flow as opposed to having our meetups feel like a discourse or lecture .\n\nGeneral Meeting Agenda\n\nEach Practical Philosophy meet-up follows t his general timeline:\n\n19:30-19:45 - People arrive and chat\, get to kno w each other before the official start.\n19:45-19:55 - Meeting introductio n\, explanation of Practical Philosophy and the topic for the week\, read the guidelines and the overview so attendees know what to expect in terms of timelines.\n19:55-21:15 - Break into small groups - introduce yourselve s and general thoughts on the topic\, open discussion afterwards. At this point the group can review the ‘jump-off’ questions as needed\, but they a re just there to help guide the conversation. It’s not obligatory to answe r them.\n21:15-21:30 - Bring everyone back together to discuss conclusions of the topic - each group gives a short 1-minute summary. Organizer concl udes the meeting and everyone takes a group photo.\n21:30 - The official m eeting is over but it’s a great opportunity to get to know people in a non -structured environment\, so we often stick around\, chat\, and get to kno w each other.\n\n🧧PRICING?\n\nPractical Philosophy is operated entirely on voluntary donations! If we are meeting in a café\, buy a beverage! Donati ons are 100% voluntary\, but they help us to bring the gift of deep conver sation to people around the world. If you'd like to support\, you can dona te here!\n(Practical Philosophy is a registered Canadian charity)\n\n💛 WHA T PEOPLE SAY ABOUT PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY\n\n🗣 “I feel like Philosophy Club helps someone build their own belief system through a series of perspectiv es while not promoting what’s right and wrong” - Ekam\n\n🗣 “I got hooked f rom day 1 and felt it was the right place for me. I feel it is a place whe re people can go to learn and discuss new perspectives and increase critic al thinking and community by interacting with people who might challenge y our point of views but at the same time encourage you to have openness and mind flexibility.” - Daniel\n\n🤓 FAQ\n\n​What will we talk about? What's the topic?\n\n​The topic for the week is shared every Sunday in the Whatsa pp group. We try to add the topic to the comment section on this event pag e as well but if you don’t see it\, the topic and the jump-off points will be in our Whatsapp.\n\nDo I need to study or read anything to attend?\n\n No preparation is necessary. This isn’t a study of other thinkers. We want to know what you think about the topic\, not what an old philosopher thou ght. If you have a perspective from a religion or a school of thought to s hare\, throw it on the table and we’ll discuss it.\n\nIs there a specific philosophy that Practical Philosophy is focused on?\n\nThe goal of our mee t-ups is to not have dogmatic discussions\, and flex our critical thinking muscles. Because of this\, we want to hear from every realm of thought\, and don't study a particular school.\n\nIs it mostly men that attend?\n\nS urprisingly\, no! Although often\, philosophy is seen as a Candelabra affa ir in a dark room with a bunch of guys\, our Practical Philosophy meetups are generally 50/50 between genders\, and we don’t meet in any dark rooms. \n\nCan I come alone?\n\nOf course you can\, we encourage it :)\n\nCan I b e late?\n\nPlease don't be! We do have a 15 minute grace period where we a llow people to funnel in while we hang out\, but after that if you arrive too late\, it disrupts the flow of the conversation.\n\nWhere do you meet? \n\nThe location is posted in Meetup and our Whatsapp group for this locat ion. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you join the Whatsapp group! If you wan t to know what other cities have a Practical Philosophy Club\, you can see our chapters on our website.\n\n🤝POLICY\n\nTo respect our members privacy \, we ask that no one privately message a member without first getting exp licit consent. (This looks like speaking in person and being asked to mess age privately.) Contacting or texting other participants without prior con sent is not permitted and may result in removal from the group. Practical Philosophy reserves the right to enforce this policy at its discretion to maintain a safe and respectful environment.\n\nPRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY CLUB - Philosophy\, everywhere. ✨\n\nWe started in Practical Philosophy back in 2021 and there are now 50+ chapters in over 25 countries\, including Canad a\, Spain\, Japan\, Mexico and many more! 🗺️\n\n\\\nJoin our Toronto Whats app Group 👈\nFollow us on Instagram 👈\nOur website 👈 URL:https://www.meetup.com/practical-philosophy-club-ontario/events/3155968 65/ CATEGORIES:palaner,saved STATUS:TENTATIVE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR