Workshop: “Philosophy as an Adventure”

March 4, 2017

The Central Municipal Library of Dnipro

I conducted this workshop to show that philosophy is not only important but also an interesting subject area. The workshop participants and I analyzed fascinating philosophical thought experiments. We considered the trolley problem (Philippa Foot’s and Judith Thomson’s ideas), the brain in a vat (Hilary Putnam’s version), Mary’s room (Frank Jackson’s thoughts), the experience machine (Robert Nozick’s thought experiment), and the bunker (from the After the Dark movie). This workshop was part of the Spring Philosophical School of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University.