Welcome to the Philosophy Workshop. Philosophy Workshop is the place for exploring problems of philosophy in a cooperative manner, usually focused on a very specific subject. The goal (and the hope) is to utilize our combined knowledge and experience to understand ideas that are at times difficult and perhaps even entirely new to some participants. The  format of our meetings is as follows: 1. Introduction (20-30 min. overview of the subject matter) 2. Clarification of ideas/arguments 3. General …

A democratic inquiry group that elects questions from a participant generated list. Also check out our main website at socratescafepdx.wordpress.com

This is a group where democrats, progressives and green party affiliates can get together, have some fun, mingle, laugh, and be creative. This group is open to singles, married, and people with children. OK, so, democrats won this last election, but where are they? Let’s come out of hiding and get to know each other. Too many of us have hidden in the comfort of our safe homes, ducking and diving away from any activity which could put us, or our children, in the midst of a radical right-wing ext …