Weekly Update

Hello everyone. Here is this week's update.

Last week's meeting, although shamefully unattended by those to whom the club owes its foundation, was as productive as any other. Although at the preceding meeting no topic of discussion had been chosen, we still had a few things to talk about.

The president of the club, Richard, will be submitting a paper to one of the conferences mentioned a few posts ago. He will be discussing determinism and some of the problems that those who either advocate or condemn it should consider. I find that area of belief a very interesting and kind of disturbing one, as it almost always leaves me unwillingly (pun intended) accepting something that I can't logically deny. I think there's still a lot to be said about the topic, and I would recommend it for future discussion, even though we've already discussed it at length once before.

Speaking of discussion topics, the topic for this Thursday's meeting is Relativism. Very broad, I know, but I think that we'll have a sort of general presentation of the basics of relativism, and then we can discuss its applications and consequences and such. So if you're a relativist, or you know someone who is a relativist and hate losing all your arguments, come and help us figure out how to defeat them. Because everyone just can't be right.

You may remember that we were researching possible formats for debate. The format that we've decided to try out is the Parliamentary format, which consists of two presentations by each team followed by a series of rebuttals, after which the floor will be opened to general discussion (I think). This Thursday's meeting will not be a debate. Instead it will just be a discussion. I think that our discussions will be meaningful and lively if we all do at least a little bit of preparation before the meetings, even if that amounts to nothing more than just some preliminary thinking about the chosen topic. However, this does not mean that you shouldn't come if you haven't prepared. You can come and just watch, if you really want to.

Looks like that's all for now. The picture at the beginning has nothing to do with the post, in case you've been wondering.