Socrates Café at SJSU

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Dates for Spring 2008

All sessions to be held on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays of the month from 3 - 4 pm at the Cafe Pomegranate at 221 E. San Fernando Street near 7th Street (right across from SJSU).  Here are the questions for each gathering:

Jan. 29: Is partisanship a good thing or a bad thing?

Feb. 5:  Does love mean not ever having to say you’re sorry?  (If not, what does love mean?)

Feb. 19:  Who’s responsible for stopping climate change?

Mar. 4:  Is someone else’s cheating my problem?

Mar. 18:  Am I just my body?

Apr. 1:  What makes something funny (and can joking be serious)?

Apr. 15:  Can we trust each other?

Apr. 29:  When you ask me to be civil, are you really just telling me to shut up?

May 6:  What’s the point of a college education?


Sponsored by:
SJSU Philosophy Department

SJSU Undergraduate Studies Office

SJSU Center for Community Learning & Leadership

Difficult Dialogues Initiative

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