Breeze and Bicycles
Peter Ahumada
Wed Jan 31, 02-04:00pm, 1-242
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Imagine tunnels under Paris or New York where cyclists ride with a strong wind at their back. Imagine lovely gardens above. Feasible? You bet. But first we need to develop a transportation science (from economics) which supplants transportation engineering. Come to look at an alternative way of thinking. A different way of moving will follow.
Contact: Peter Ahumada, 864-2007, ahumada@mit.edu
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Deep Thought over High Tea
Peter Ahumada
Thu Jan 25, 03:30-05:30pm, 2-349
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Philosophy has three big questions. Their answers are: 1) I exist. 2) You might exist. 3) Reality might not exist (but it is a pretty cool idea). How hard is that? If you ever thought philosophers prefer an irrational muddle to a good answer, come chat about existential matters over fine tea. Topics include the philosophy of Gian-Carlo Rota.
Contact: Peter Ahumada, 864-2007, ahumada@mit.edu
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Philosophy of Perceptions
Peter Ahumada
Mon, Wed, Jan 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31, 04-05:00pm, 2-136
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Three of the most important philosophers of perception are Rene Descartes, Bishop Berkeley, and MIT's beloved Gian-Carlo Rota. In a brief but serious class, we will explore Rota's philosophy of founding and synthesize it with Cartesian skepticism and Berkeley's world of perceptions. The scientific world will emerge as a mere consistency of one's perceptions. Readings include the Meditations and the Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous.
Contact: Peter Ahumada, 864-2007, ahumada@mit.edu
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