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SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will begin a discussion of the book\, Philosophy in the Flesh: the Embodied Mind & Its Challenge to Western Thought (1999)\, by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. \nFor the 9th we have a little different reading assignment: Read as much as you can of Part I\, but at least the first four chapters. This is a big book and we’d like to get through as much as we can before people start wanting to go on to something different. \nThe book can be purchased for $7\, including shipping\, from Abe Books.The authors\, both cognitive linguists\, examine recent research on cognition and claim that many of the major conclusions of classical philosophers are based on assumptions that are wrong\, which probably include some of our own. But here’s an assumption you can bank on: If you attend our meetings\, you will be able to engage in stimulating conversations. You can’t assume\, however\, that we have all the answers. But we do have some of them. And I assume that some of those might even be right.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-45/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220202T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220202T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20220111T191504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T044843Z
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SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will start a new book: Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence (2015) by Karen Armstrong. A new paperback of the book is around $17 and an ebook is $14. For the 2nd we will read Part I. \nArmstrong has won numerous awards for her books and is regarded as one of today’s best authors on religion. This book examines the traditions of the major world religions and how they may or may not have contributed to the many occurrences of warfare and other violence that has erupted over the millennia. It is not a spoiler to say that she comes down on the side of religion. So in order to keep things balanced\, we are looking for people who come down on the side of violence. But even if you don’t favor violence\, we would love to have you attend. \n  \n 
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-41/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:History
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220122T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220122T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20220104T183248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T045710Z
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SUMMARY:Historic Layers: Russian Alaska
DESCRIPTION:Are Asia and America connected? This geographic question occupied Russian explorers\, entrepreneurs\, and tsars in the 17th century. The answer led them to probe the American coast\, trade for furs\, and map the land. Alaska remained part of the Russian empire until it was sold to the U.S. Learn about this unique history as it shapes Alaskan culture to this day. \nCarol Veldman Rudie is coordinator of outreach education at the Museum of Russian Art. She has been lead docent there since 2005 and developed its docent training programs. Her special interest involves forming and educating groups to tour Russia. Her Ph.D. work at the U of MN includes a minor in Art History.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/historic-layers-russian-alaska/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220112T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20211215T223148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T221408Z
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will finish discussing David Hume’s classic\, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. In the second half of the book Hume talks about free will and critiques miracles\, among other topics. These things are still quite controversial and often ruffle feathers even 300 years later. And we intend to do just that. At least we will if we so choose. \n 
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-44/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220105T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220105T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20211208T001001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T222248Z
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SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will finish our discussion of History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History by Dana Lindaman and Kyle Ward. You may also be concerned with how historians around the world will portray the MISF History Study Group. Just to be sure it’s sufficiently acclamatory\, you need to show up prepared to participate in our usual thoughtful and articulate discussions.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-40/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:History
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211208T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20211116T045214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T181748Z
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We are tackling one of the classics for this meeting: David Hume and his An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. Published in 1748\, it has profoundly influenced epistemological studies to this day. For the eighth\, we’ll discuss the first half\, through Section VII. \nSince it is a classic and no longer in copyright\, it can be downloaded for free from the internet from several sites\, both in print and as an audio book. This includes Project Gutenberg\, where it is available in several formats. If you do wish to purchase your own copy\, you can find it for anywhere from a few dollars to almost fifty\, depending on how much extra commentary you would like. Or you can wait until our meeting and we’ll commentary you until you can’t stand it anymore. \n 
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-43/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211201T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211201T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20211109T013230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T182340Z
UID:387-1638385200-1638392400@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:There has been much talk recently of “political bubbles\,” where people reinforce their own biases by talking only with those who agree with them\, increasing the polarization we already have in this country. But there is another kind of bubble that is usually ignored: one that starts with what we are taught in school and reaches into the very stories we tell about ourselves as Americans. \nOur next book will address this kind of bubble. It is History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History (2006) by Dana Lindaman and Kyle Ward. A new paperback version of this book is about $20 and an ebook runs $11 – $15. For the first meeting we will read Parts I – IV. The promotional materials for this book use words like “hilarious” and “sobering.” That’s us
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-39/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:History
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211120T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211120T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210828T155747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T190753Z
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SUMMARY:Racial Paradox of the Twin Cities
DESCRIPTION:Why has our famously liberal political culture been at the same time so brutally hard on minorities? Looking at wealth gaps\, incarceration\, life expectancy etc. we vie with Mississippi\, How to explain how the land of Humphry\, Mondale\, Wellstone\, Gene McCarthy has turned out to treat dark skinned people the way it has? \nAnswers date back to pre-Civil war days and have much to do with Swedes\, Germans and Irish immigrants as well as Indian removal and the “great migration” of Black people from the South. \nJames Brewer Stewart is a Professor of History Emeritus  at Macalester College\, author of books on abolitionists\, slavery\, and racism\, and Founder of Historians Against Slavery.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/racial-paradox-of-the-twin-cities/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211110T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211110T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20211025T024937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T183444Z
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will conclude our discussion of the book Beauty: A Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton. In the last half of this book\, the author examines what is sometimes termed “serious art.” This is quite fitting for us\, since our meetings always involve what is sometimes termed “serious perlustration\,” sometimes with dialectic excurses.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-42/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211103T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211103T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20211025T023851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T184019Z
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SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We are going to conclude our discussion of the book\, In the Time of Madness: Indonesia on the Edge of Chaos\, by journalist Richard Lloyd Parry. This is a book about the struggles of a third world country of hundreds of ethnic groups and languages spread over thousands of islands in an area on the globe of more than three million square miles\, trying to transition from a harsh dictatorship to a representative democracy. \nIn one corner of that vast country is East Timor\, a former Portuguese colony\, and it was here that the fear and violence the author talks about reached their peak. This is not a pleasant story for those of us in our comfortable homes and our well-established republic\, but it happened and we should not look away. But we will have the pleasant faces of the History Study Group for you to look at on the 3rd\, and that is more than reasonable compensation.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-38/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211023T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211023T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210828T135746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T191408Z
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SUMMARY:Copyright and Sherlock Holmes
DESCRIPTION:How long does copyright protection for fictional characters last? Why are people still suing about Sherlock Holmes whose last appearance in an Arthur Conan Doyle story was in 1927. What is in the public domain and free to all and what can land you in court? Join us for an excursion into the wonderful world of intellectual property and the laws that seek to protect and control it. \nNancy Sims is the Copyright Program Librarian at the University of Minnesota and a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/copyright-and-sherlock-holmes/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211013T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211013T000000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210913T020630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T184716Z
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:For this meeting we are going to have a discussion about aesthetics. We will be using the book Beauty: A Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton. One can find a new paperback version of this starting at around $12 and an ebook starting around $7. For the first meeting we will read the first four chapters. \nThere are a couple of things that you should be aware of before embarking on this. First\, you do not need to be beautiful in order to attend this meeting. We put in this rule to make sure that someone shows up. Secondly\, coming to the meeting will not make you beautiful. Sorry.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-41/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211006T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211006T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210908T224111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T185150Z
UID:381-1633546800-1633554000@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will begin the book In the Time of Madness: Indonesia on the Edge of Chaos (2005) by Richard Lloyd Parry. A new paperback can be found for as little as $10\, and an ebook is $8 – $11. For this meeting we will read the first two chapters\, up to page 175. \nThe author says that this is a book about violence and fear. Do not let this put you off\, however. You will find a safe haven in the caring arms of the MISF History Study Group. \n 
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-37/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210925T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210925T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210707T210233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T194417Z
UID:367-1632564000-1632571200@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Resources of the Minnesota State Law Library
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Erica Nutzman will give a brief overview of the history of the library as well as describe the unique resource collections available for research at the Minnesota State Law Library. \nIn particular\, there are a number of different resources about court personnel\, particularly oral history resources and other materials about specific judges. There are many historical sources as well\, such as legal briefs\, lawyer roll books\, books on court history\, and other unique resources. \nErica Nutzman has been a librarian for over twenty years. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota and a Masters in Library Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has experience working in nearly every type of library and position\, starting in public libraries\, spending many years as an academic librarian and for the last six years has been Head of Technical Services at the Minnesota State Law Library\, where she oversees the collection\, including the rare books and the archives.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/resources-of-the-minnesota-state-law-library/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210908T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210908T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210824T190754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T191912Z
UID:374-1631127600-1631134800@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:Another epistemological classic is on the agenda for this meeting – the first and one that philosophers have had to address in one way or another for twenty-four centuries: Plato’s dialogue Theaetetus. You may already have this in your library. If not\, it is readily available for free online. Try gutenberg.org for several formatting options. \nThe MISF Philosophy Study Group itself has been around for more than a third of a century\, so we should have no trouble with this.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-40/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210901T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210901T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210828T211736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T185739Z
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SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will finish discussing the book From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt against the West and the Remaking of Asia (2015) by Pankaj Mishra. This will conclude our reading of two books in a row by people with a strong non-Western perspective\, the sort of books which provide the equivalent of a cold splash of water to one’s outlook. \nHowever\, we do not wish to shut out our jingoist friends; so\, if you are so inclined\, you might want to come by to help us select our next reading
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-36/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210828T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210828T133000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210813T164817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T192722Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Picnic
DESCRIPTION:This is our annual summer picnic\, resumed after a year off because of the pandemic. MISF will provide the drinks\, plasticware\, and grills\, and St. Paul Parks & Rec will provide the electricity and more grills. You provide your own food\, as sharing amongst the group is discouraged at this point in time\, but that doesn’t extend to your best topics for good conversations ; and\, as the event is outdoors\, mask-wearing is optional.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/annual-picnic/
LOCATION:Cherokee Park Picnic Shelter\, Chippewa and Winona Streets\, St. Paul\, MN
CATEGORIES:Social
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210811T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210811T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210722T010652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T193328Z
UID:371-1628708400-1628715600@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:Zoom Link \nFor this meeting we will spend our time discussing Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous by George Berkeley. First published in 1713\, it has become a part of the traditional epistemological oeuvre. \nIt is no longer in copyright and is readily available\, both as a new book (usually with commentary) or used or for free online. With respect to the latter\, your best bet is probably Gutenberg.org where it is available in several formats. This book is relatively short and not difficult to read\, so we will only spend one session on it. \nThis book is the good Bishop Berkeley’s response to what he saw as the materialism of empiricists like John Locke. While no other philosopher ever endorsed his position\, he is admired for his logical and coherent arguments which have made the book a classic. We will have our own dialogue about Berkeley’s Dialogues and hope to be as logical and coherent as he was. Unfortunately\, in spite of repeated attempts\, we were unable to reach either Hylas or Philonous\, so neither will be in attendance.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-39/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210804T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210804T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210720T021250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T193817Z
UID:369-1628103600-1628110800@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:The book we are tackling this time is From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt against the West and the Remaking of Asia (2012) by Indian author Pankaj Mishra. A new paperback version of the book lists for $20\, but can be found for less. An ebook is $13. This meeting will cover the first three chapters. \nThis is a book about some of the seminal thinkers who helped shape today’s Asian world. It was named a book of the year or an editor’s choice by the New York Times\, The Economist\, and the Financial Times. And if they had known about us\, we would have been named the best History Study Group in Minnesota.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-35/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210714T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210714T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210617T023453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240428T195014Z
UID:365-1626289200-1626296400@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will conclude our book\, Knowledge: A Very Short Introduction \, by Jennifer Nagel. The last part of the book covers some of the major issues that are currently being debated in epistemology. Please come. With enough people and a little effort we should be able to take care of these problems in a couple of hours.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-38/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210707T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210707T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210610T020721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T023036Z
UID:364-1625684400-1625691600@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:This meeting will cover the last chapters of the book\, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes\, by Tamim Ansary. The author brings his story of Islam up to the present day. If you have an opinion about the Islamic world and the U.S.\, and the reason things are the way they are and what ought to be done about it\, then you might be interested in this meeting. \nf you don’t have an opinion\, you clearly haven’t been paying attention.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-34/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210626T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210626T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210518T161545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T024742Z
UID:361-1624701600-1624707000@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Cass Gilbert's White Bear Cottages
DESCRIPTION:Well-known Minnesota architect Cass Gilbert spent much of his early career designing homes and other buildings around the White Bear area.  Rheanna O’Brien of the White Bear Lake Area Hustorical Society will present an illustrated program as we discuss his early work. Some of those buildings still stand\, while others have either not survived or were never built. \nRheanna O’Brien is the Associate Director of the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society. She has conducted extensive research on Cass Gilbert and his local connections\, including a fascinating trip to the Library of Congress where a collection of Gilbert manuscripts are held. Her prior experience as an educator make her presentations engaging and informative.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/cass-gilberts-white-bear-cottages/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210609T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210609T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210522T143356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T024012Z
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We are starting a new book\, Knowledge: A Very Short Introduction (2014)\, by Jennifer Nagel. This book is a part of the Very Short Introduction series by Oxford University. A paperback costs about $12 and an ebook is around $7. For this meeting we will read the first three chapters\, which cover the history of epistemology into the 20th century. \nPeople have been challenging each other on why they know something for millenia. We will do the same. And by totally eliminating food fights\, meeting on Zoom is actually more safe to do this. \n 
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-37/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210602T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210602T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210511T210928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T025454Z
UID:359-1622628000-1622635200@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will continue our discussion of the book\, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes\, by Tamim Ansary. For this meeting we will cover chapters 8 through 11\, which chronicle the ending of the Islamic Golden Age. \nFortunately for you\, the MISF History Study Group’s Golden Age is continuing. Getting Goldener even.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-33/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:History
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210522T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210522T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210302T122652Z
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SUMMARY:Ginny Hanson Poetry Day: The Poetry of  Philip Bryant
DESCRIPTION:Ellingtonia\, The Great Migration and The Promised Land \nThis presentation will focus around two poems in my book\, “The Promised Land.” I will start with a short reading of the title poem of the book\, “The Promised Land” and also read the poem\, “Ellingtonia.” I will then briefly discuss how I think the poems interface and converse with each other in terms of how they address the issue of race\, culture\, and citizenship in the United States. \nI will offer the idea of a migratory sense of American identity\, an identity that is constantly on the move and migrating toward that ideal place where it could feel most like itself in all it’s colors\, shades\, and hues. I would like to pose the question that in a so-called plural\, representative democracy as ours is there still a “Promised Land” left in our democracy for a multiracial and multiethnic American identity to migrate to?  Can we still find an Ellingtonia anywhere in the America landscape today? \nPhilip Bryant is Professor of English at Gustavus Adolphus College and past radio-essayist for Minnesota Public Radio\, a prize winning poet\, who has been published in various publications\, is author of four collections of poetry\, the last titled The Promised Land\, treating African American themes\, receiving the Benjamin Franklin Award\, Silver Winner from IBPA in 2019.This presentation will focus around two poems in my book\, “The Promised Land.” \n 
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/ginny-hanson-poetry-day-the-poetry-of-philip-bryant/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210512T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210512T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210511T205350Z
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UID:357-1620847800-1620853200@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will be discussing a book by Victor Frankl\, a Holocaust survivor and author of the noted book\, Man’s Search for Meaning. This new book\, Say Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything (2020)\, is based on a series of lectures that Frankl gave less than a year after being liberated from a German concentration camp. \nHe then condensed the lectures into a book in 1946\, but it was not published in English until recently. Still\, it is easy to find and not expensive\, costing around $12 in paperback and $10 as an ebook. Since it is short and easy to read\, we will cover the entire book for our meeting on the 12th. If you do attend you can also say Yes to the MISF Philosophy Study Group\, in spite of everything we do in trying to tell you your ideas are dead wrong and ours are right.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-36/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210505T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210505T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210415T024738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240503T003903Z
UID:353-1620241200-1620248400@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:For this meeting we will be beginning a new book\, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes (2010) by Tamim Ansary. This book can be had new in paperback for $15 – $19\, and as an ebook for around $12. For the 5th\, we’ll read through chapter 7. \nTo most people in the West\, the world is properly marching toward a universal state of democratic capitalism. If you feel this way\, this book is one you should read. Written by someone who was brought up in a Muslim society\, but who has spent most of his life in the U.S.\, this book will not tell us which way to go\, but illuminate how a whole significant other part of the world sees and values things differently than the West. (Actually\, there’s also quite a few people in the West who think that we’re marching toward hell in a handbasket. And my guess is that’s probably matched by a proportional number of people in the Muslim world.) \n 
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-32/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:History
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210424T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210424T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210415T032136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T031131Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Earth Month – Learn\, Do\, Make an Impact!
DESCRIPTION:Earth Day\, 51 years old this year\, has grown into an entire month of events encouraging us to recognize the importance of our impact on the planet. Our April speaker\, Brenn Fromm\, self-proclaimed Master Recycler and advocate for Planet Earth is going to energize us through an informative and interactive session. \nThis will be a one of a kind event\, with a unique prize being up for grabs\, an event very appropriate for the Minnesota Independent Scholars Forum to host! \nBrenn (Brenda) Fromm is a long-time supporter of environmental initiatives\, having started her career in the recycling and waste management field.  She spent 7 years working on environmental programs for Anoka and Dakota Counties\, and earned her Certificate in Solid Waste Management at the University of Minnesota. \nWhen she started a family\, she transitioned to a career as an Executive Assistant\, but never lost her passion for reducing\, reusing and recycling.  She has coordinated environmental education grants for her children’s schools\, and incorporated the 3 R’s into many other areas of her work and home life. She is also passionate about fishing and the outdoors\, and spent several years coordinating kids’ fishing programs with the non-profit Fishing for Life.  As her day job\, she spent 5 years working on the Community Relations team at Target Corporation\, and recently celebrated her sixth anniversary at Allianz Life supporting the sales training team. \nBrenn is the proud mom of two boys who are 18 and 20\, and currently lives in Eden Prairie
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/celebrating-earth-month-learn-do-make-an-impact/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210414T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210414T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210318T012432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240503T004607Z
UID:350-1618426800-1618434000@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:  \nWe will conclude our discussion of the book\, The Perennial Philosophy\, by Aldous Huxley. At this meeting we will be looking for immanent arguments and comments\, the sort that can transcend the beings offering them and become theses that anchor themselves absolutely in the ground of elucidation.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-35/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210407T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210407T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T070721
CREATED:20210310T153725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240503T005025Z
UID:349-1617822000-1617829200@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will conclude our discussion of the book 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created\, by Charles Mann. The last parts of the book return to the subject of the conquest of the Americas by the conquistadors (including Balboa’s discovery of the Pacific Ocean; clearly\, the natives never knew it was there)\, as well as a discussion of sugar. \nThe stories here are – and I won’t sugarcoat this – not all complimentary to our European ancestors. But they make great reading. \n  \n 
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-31/
LOCATION:via Zoom
CATEGORIES:History
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