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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180801T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180801T210000
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will discuss chapters 4 – 8 of the book\, Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery by Rupert Sheldrake. Sheldrake had no defenders in our first session on this book\, but we still had a good discussion. Imagine what might happen if someone agrees with him.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-7/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180718T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180718T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240512T184806Z
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SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will start reading Midnight’s Furies: the Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition (2015) by Nisid Hajari. This book\, selected as one of the books of the year by NPR\, is available in paperback for less than $15 (Amazon has it listed for $6.50) and as an ebook for $10. We will discuss the first half of the book (through chapter 5) on the 18th. While reading it will probably not put one in a good mood\, it should shed some light on Pakistan today and the current difficulties the U.S. has in dealing with it. Should be some fun reading. Bonne lecture.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-7/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180712T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180712T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180622T124050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T030218Z
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SUMMARY:Women of Mystery and History  
DESCRIPTION:Docent Bob Brusic will lead a tour of a dozen or so paintings featuring women\, either as subject or artist\, in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.  The tour will begin on the museum’s first floor at 7 pm and will last about an hour.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/women-of-mystery-and-history/
LOCATION:Minneapolis Institute of Art\, 2400 3rd Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55404
CATEGORIES:Program
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180711T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180711T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180618T120254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T030813Z
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We are starting a new book\, Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery (2013)\, by Rupert Sheldrake. This book was originally published in Great Britain in 2012 under the title\, The Science Delusion. For the 11th we’ll read through chapter 3. It can be had for under $15 in paperback and for about $12 as an ebook. \nSheldrake has a bit of a reputation as a maverick\, and here he attempts to redirect how the scientific community thinks of reality\, freeing them\, he claims\, from a stifling materialist approach to something more broad and open. Is the scientific community stifled? Is materialism moribund\, as he says? The MISF Philosophy Study Group is certainly not\, and we plan on doing some very unmoribundy things as we discuss this book.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-6/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180623T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180623T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180103T035836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T204824Z
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SUMMARY:Connections and Corrections:  Women in the Criminal Justice System and their Families
DESCRIPTION:This presentation is a review of a qualitative study of eighteen women who were in a women’s residential correctional facility. Bowen family systems theory was used as the theoretical base for designing interviews of the women. Bowen family systems theory views the family as an emotional unit and uses systems theory to describe its complex interactions. Family and personal information gathered at the time of the initial interviews was reviewed ten years later to look for similarities/differences in functioning between those with and without subsequent legal charges. The results were reported in ‘Family Systems Forum\,’ a publication of the Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family in Houston\, Texas. \nRuth Campbell is a retired clinical social worker with an MSW from the University of Iowa. She did postgraduate training in Bowen family systems theory and therapy from the Minnesota Institute of Family Dynamics (which closed in 1995) and The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Washington\, D.C. (thebowencenter.org). She spent 32 years doing individual\, couple\, and family therapy in a private psychiatric practice and in the counseling department of Catholic Charities in Des Moines\, Iowa and moved to Minneapolis in 2014.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/connections-and-corrections-women-in-the-criminal-justice-system-and-their-families/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180620T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180620T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180521T013923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T034421Z
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SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will have our concluding session on God’s Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicolson. This will be considered the making of the discussion of the making of the King James Bible by the MISF History Study Group event. This sounds important. You should come.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-6/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180620T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180620T173000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180517T023828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T035046Z
UID:187-1529510400-1529515800@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:MISF Members Welcome!
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/board-meeting-6/
LOCATION:Merriam Park Library\, M1831 Marshall Ave\, St Paul\, MN 55104 (Meeting Room B in basement)
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180613T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180613T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180529T122619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T033426Z
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will finish our book Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark. The last chapters include analyses of goals and consciousness and their relation to artificial intelligence. So\, how many rights are we going to give artificial intelligence – or maybe vice-versa? I suggest that you set a goal to consciously direct yourself to Currans on the 13th. Nothing artificial about that.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-5/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180526T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180526T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180103T035147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T205503Z
UID:161-1527328800-1527334200@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Annual Virginia Hansen Poetry Day
DESCRIPTION:The annual Virginia Hansen poetry day at MISF will begin with a brief introduction on the use of metaphor by poet and teaching artist\, Evelyn Klein. It will be followed by readings of featured poets\, Joe Amato\, Emilio DeGracia\, and Lee Landau. They will read from their recent publications. An open reading and book signing will follow. All are welcome.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/annual-virginia-hansen-poetry-day/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180524T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180524T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180502T214802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T040301Z
UID:184-1527188400-1527195600@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:(Note the Thursday meeting this time.) We are still working on our book\, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark. We will continue our examination of the promise and threat of artificial intelligence by reading chapters 5 and 6. Read carefully. Humanity could depend on you.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-4/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180516T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180516T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180430T121827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T040912Z
UID:183-1526497200-1526504400@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will be starting the book God’s Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible (2005) by Adam Nicolson. This book is available new in paperback or as an ebook for around $12 – $13\, although it seems it can be found for as little as $5. For the 16th we will read the first six chapters. \nWe expect a discussion that could only be called divinely inspired. Or at least it will seem that way.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-5/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180516T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180516T173000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180509T130748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T035712Z
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SUMMARY:Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:MISF Members welcome!
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/board-meeting-5/
LOCATION:Highland Park Library\, 1974 Ford Pkwy\, St Paul\, MN 55116
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180430T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180430T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180407T194736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T143109Z
UID:178-1525114800-1525122000@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will read chapters 3 and 4 of Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark. For this meeting we are going to try something different. In keeping with the spirit of the book\, rather than having an intelligent conversation\, we are going to attempt to SIMULATE an intelligent conversation. \nCome and participate in this bold experiment.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-3/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180428T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180428T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180103T034300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T022356Z
UID:160-1524909600-1524915000@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Minnesota Muslims-Up Close
DESCRIPTION:Muslims have been part of Minnesota since the 19th Century so why are we just noticing them now? Examine the diversity and the unity of the Muslim experience in the Land of a Thousand Lakes. \nThe speaker\, Tamim Saidi\, has been active in describing Islam and the Muslim’s culture and way of life. This is your chance to hear what being a Muslim is like in the land of Lutherans and how Minnesota Nice plays out with an increasingly visible religious group. \nThis is also a chance to ask questions about one of the largest of the world’s religions. You can even be politically incorrect. Tamim Saidi (pronounced Ta-meem Sa-ee-dee) has worked with Islamic Resource Group\, is on the advisory board to CAIR-MN\, and is President of a mosque in Plymouth. He is a Doctor of Pharmacy and works as a Consultative Pharmacist. He is the father of four children\, a son\, a husband\, and a brother.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/minnesota-muslims-up-close/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180425T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180425T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180330T010345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T143921Z
UID:177-1524682800-1524690000@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will finish the book Washington’s Farewell: The Founding Father’s Warning to Future Generations by John Avlon. This book goes into the details of Washington’s socio-political views and how his life experiences helped to shape them. \nIf you come we promise to help shape some of your historico-discussionary views.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-4/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180425T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180425T173000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180411T193809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T142523Z
UID:179-1524672000-1524677400@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:MISF members welcome
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/board-meeting-4/
LOCATION:Highland Park Library\, 1974 Ford Pkwy\, St Paul\, MN 55116
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180404T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180404T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180320T004516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T144329Z
UID:176-1522868400-1522875600@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:Our new book is Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2017) by Max Tegmark. This book can be purchased new for around $16 in paperback and for about the same price as an ebook and hardback. How AI will affect us individually and socially is one of the great questions for our time.\nThis book should at least help to clarify the issues. For the 4th\, we’ll read the prelude and the first two chapters. You are welcome to come even if your intelligence is other than human. As a matter of fact\, if that is the case we would especially like you to come. \n 
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-2/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180324T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180324T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180103T033533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T025455Z
UID:159-1521885600-1521891000@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:The Weight of Silence: Unwed Mothers at the Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital in Midcentury Minnesota (or\, History\, My Mother\, and Me)
DESCRIPTION:In February 1959\, the Minneapolis Morning Tribune published a series of articles about the ailing American family\, pointing to the “crisis of the unwed mother” as a factor in the institution’s decline. In October of that year\, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch chimed in on the matter with its series on “Girls in Trouble.” In 1960\, WCCO television broadcast a Peabody Award-winning program about unwed mothers living at the Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital in St. Paul. Sex and the single girl seemed to be on everyone’s mind in midcentury Minnesota. \nDespite this public attention to unwed motherhood as a social issue\, however\, silence still surrounded the actual experience of premarital sex and pregnancy for the young mothers-to-be. Parents\, teachers\, and friends broached the subject of sex indirectly and through innuendo\, if at all. Once pregnant\, many single white women hid themselves in maternity homes such as Booth under the cover of stories that they had gone to visit family or taken a job out of state. Partly in an attempt to maintain this façade of sexual propriety\, approximately 70% of unwed mothers at Booth in the early 1960s relinquished their children for adoption\, often remaining silent about these life-changing events for decades. \nDr. Kim Heikkila’s mother was one of these women: she delivered her first daughter\, Heikkila’s half-sister\, at Booth in 1961\, surrendered her for adoption\, and kept the whole experience a secret for 33 years\, until that daughter found her long-lost birth mother. In this talk\, Dr. Heikkila will explore the weight of silence born by her mother and seven former “Booth girls” with whom she conducted oral history interviews. \nPresenter Bio: Kim Heikkila has a doctorate in American Studies\, with a minor in Feminist Studies\, from the University of Minnesota. She has written about Booth Memorial Hospital for Ramsey County History and Minnesota History\, and has published several personal essays about her mother’s experiences as a birth mother and her own as an adoptive mother. She recently completed an oral history project with former Booth residents\, staff\, and related personnel\, the second of two research projects on Booth sponsored by the Minnesota Independent Scholars Forum with funding from Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage grants. Her first book\, Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam (Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2011)\, was a finalist for a 2012 Minnesota Book Award. She taught U.S. and women’s history at local colleges and universities for more than 10 years before leaving academia to open her own oral history consulting business\, Spotlight Oral History.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/the-weight-of-silence-unwed-mothers-at-the-salvation-army-booth-memorial-hospital-in-midcentury-minnesota-or-history-my-mother-and-me/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180323T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180323T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180124T052937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T172618Z
UID:169-1521795600-1521824400@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:"Minnesota History Whatever" Conference
DESCRIPTION:Another “Whatever” coming your way! \nCo-sponsored by the American Swedish Institute\, the Minnesota Historical Society\, and the Minnesota Independent Scholars’ Forum \nPost on Facebook ideas\, suggestions what you’d like to have talked about. Some ideas already: How to write local history (a workshop); underused archival collections\, making and marketing history\, history as emotional work\, museums as neutral locations\, who owns the past. If you like — or don’t like — these topics\, suggest other ones. \nThis seems to be a crowd-sourced gathering\, so be part of the crowd! Add your thoughts.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/minnesota-history-whatever-conference/
LOCATION:American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Ave\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota 55407
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180321T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180321T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180219T031151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T150022Z
UID:173-1521658800-1521658800@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We are beginning a new book. Washington’s Farewell: The Founding Father’s Warning to Future Generations (2017) by John Avlon is more than a book about Washington’s farewell address. It is a book about the United States in Washington’s time and his perception of the problems and needs of the new democracy. \nThe book is available in paperback for around $12 and the ebook only costs $4. For the 21st we will read Part I and the first two chapters of Part II (up to Fiscal Discipline). \nThis is a book that you ought to read. You are\, after all\, a future generation. \n 
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-3/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180321T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180321T173000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180226T030235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T145551Z
UID:174-1521648000-1521653400@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:MISF members welcome
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/board-meeting-3/
LOCATION:Highland Park Library\, 1974 Ford Pkwy\, St Paul\, MN 55116
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180314T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180314T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180227T195053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T145027Z
UID:175-1521054000-1521061200@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will finish our reading of The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. Note that there is only one session this time. And while any topic from the book on philosophy of science will be entertained. we will focus on the last two chapters\, which are on quantum theory and corroboration. \nIf thinking about the former makes you break out in hives and start to cry\, please know that you will be in good company.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180224T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180224T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180103T030017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T031226Z
UID:158-1519466400-1519471800@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:From Winnipeg to New Orleans: the route of the Jefferson Highway in Minnesota.
DESCRIPTION:Carol Ahlgren is both an architectural historian and historian in the Twin Cities. She received a 2017 Legacy Fellowship from the Minnesota Historical Society to study the highway’s history and route through Minnesota.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/from-winnipeg-to-new-orleans-the-route-of-the-jefferson-highway-in-minnesota/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180221T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180221T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180204T164707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T150447Z
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group (session 2)
DESCRIPTION:We will be reading chapter 8 of The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. This chapter goes into the details of his attempts to define what is meant by probability as it is used in science. It is a long chapter and includes some mathematics. Knowing that there are some who would prefer not to tackle this\, we are offering an alternative: another reading – of your choice – related to the book. This means that it should cover the same topics Popper seems most concerned about here. \nIn general\, these are: induction – a problem first raised by Hume and which Popper claims to have solved\, at least with respect to science; demarcation – how do you distinguish science from non-science\, pseudo-science\, and metaphysics; scientific method – is there one\, and if so\, what is it; and verification/falsification – how do scientists justify their conclusions\, the main theme of the book. \nAs usual the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy\, the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy\, and Wikipedia have numerous entries on these topics\, and more articles can be found elsewhere. Here are some suggestions: \nInterpretations of Probability\nKarl Popper (a general article on the SEP)\nKarl Popper: Philosophy of Science (a general article on the IEP)\nKarl Popper (a general article on Wikipedia)\nThe Problem of Induction\nConfirmation and Induction\nConfirmation\nDemarcation Problem\nScience and Pseudo-science\nSimplicity in the Philosophy of Science\nScientific Method\nScience as Falsification (from a talk by Popper)\nFalsifiability\nFalsification (from a talk by David Miller\, a supporter of Popper) \nWhen you get done reading all these you will be so ready to read chapter 8 that the excitement will keep you from doing anything else.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-session-2-4/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180221T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180221T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180118T030503Z
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SUMMARY:Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:MISF members welcome!
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/board-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Highland Park Library\, 1974 Ford Pkwy\, St Paul\, MN 55116
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180219T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180219T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180204T161510Z
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group (Session 1)
DESCRIPTION:We will be reading chapter 8 of The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. This chapter goes into the details of his attempts to define what is meant by probability as it is used in science. It is a long chapter and includes some mathematics. Knowing that there are some who would prefer not to tackle this\, we are offering an alternative: another reading – of your choice – related to the book. This means that it should cover the same topics Popper seems most concerned about here. \nIn general\, these are: induction – a problem first raised by Hume and which Popper claims to have solved\, at least with respect to science; demarcation – how do you distinguish science from non-science\, pseudo-science\, and metaphysics; scientific method – is there one\, and if so\, what is it; and verification/falsification – how do scientists justify their conclusions\, the main theme of the book. \nAs usual the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy\, the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy\, and Wikipedia have numerous entries on these topics\, and more articles can be found elsewhere. Here are some suggestions: \nInterpretations of Probability\nKarl Popper (a general article on the SEP)\nKarl Popper: Philosophy of Science (a general article on the IEP)\nKarl Popper (a general article on Wikipedia)\nThe Problem of Induction\nConfirmation and Induction\nConfirmation\nDemarcation Problem\nScience and Pseudo-science\nSimplicity in the Philosophy of Science\nScientific Method\nScience as Falsification (from a talk by Popper)\nFalsifiability\nFalsification (from a talk by David Miller\, a supporter of Popper) \nWhen you get done reading all these you will be so ready to read chapter 8 that the excitement will keep you from doing anything else.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-session-1-4/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180215T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180215T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180126T051746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T171450Z
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SUMMARY:History Study Group
DESCRIPTION:We will finish our reading of The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World by Andrea Wulf. Even if you haven’t read any of this book\, it is easy enough reading that you could do the whole thing before the 15th. Then you will understand how extraordinary\, influential\, prolific\, and\, in some ways\, strange Humboldt was. Sort of like the History Study Group itself.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/history-study-group-2/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180131T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180131T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180115T204829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T195231Z
UID:167-1517425200-1517432400@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group (session 2)
DESCRIPTION:We are reading The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. The next meeting will cover chapters 6 and 7. I would like to mention that the people who attend our meetings are definitely not from any sort of\, let us say\, fecal hollow. They’re really more Norwegian-like. You are welcome to join us no matter where you come from.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-session-2-3/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180129T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180129T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180115T204541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T200400Z
UID:166-1517252400-1517259600@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Philosophy Study Group (Session 1)
DESCRIPTION:We are reading The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. The next meeting will cover chapters 6 and 7. I would like to mention that the people who attend our meetings are definitely not from any sort of\, let us say\, fecal hollow. They’re really more Norwegian-like. You are welcome to join us no matter where you come from. \n 
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/philosophy-study-group-session-1-3/
LOCATION:Curran’s Restaurant\, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180127T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180127T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T114647
CREATED:20180103T024232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T034201Z
UID:157-1517047200-1517052600@mnindependentscholars.org
SUMMARY:Minneapolis' Murdered Editors. A Look at Investigative Journalists and the Underworld in the Early 20th Century.
DESCRIPTION:In the early 20th century the Minneapolis underworld was ruled by some pretty ruthless mobsters and gangs who did not look kindly on efforts of campaigning newsmen to clean up the city. This time will be the topic of our speaker\, Beth Johanneck\, who regards herself as an amateur historian. [Ed. Note: Meaning: She is an independent scholar.] \nBeth Johanneck was raised on a small farm in southwestern Minnesota with seven brothers and a sister. They spent their summers working in the fields. She graduated from Wabasso High School and then attended Southwest State University in Marshall\, Minnesota. She has B.S. degree in business administration with a finance concentration and currently works for Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park. She describes herself as an amateur historian. \nShe hosted a blog called Minnesota Country Mouse for seven years which led to a book contract with the History Press. Her first book was the Hidden History of the Minnesota River Valley. She then wrote Twin Cities Prohibition\, also for the History Press. She self-published Minneapolis Underworld at the request of a local organized crime member. This led to an introduction and brief friendship with “Tommy the Bomber” Ogdahl\, former member of The Baldies gang who later became deputy mayor to Charles Stenvig. \nTwin Cities Prohibition was mentioned on MPR as one of the three top food books of 2011\, This ironic honor was bestowed by Minnesota Monthly magazine’s food editor\, Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl. She appeared on an episode of the Travel Channel’s Monumental Mystery series to discuss the Foshay Tower. \nShe is currently working on a fictional history of Henry Sibley\, and book of fiction about a Minnesota farm family during the Great Depression tentatively entitled\, Bittersweet.
URL:https://mnindependentscholars.org/event/minneapolis-murdered-editors-a-look-at-investigative-journalists-and-the-underworld-in-the-early-20th-century/
LOCATION:Washburn Library\, 5244 Lyndale Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN 55419
CATEGORIES:Monthly Forum
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