'Big Questions' residential course at Burton Manor
This residential course below ran most successfully with 25 participants. Debate and discussion was searching, lively, usually well-informed and occasionally very contentious - which was to be expected with some of the Big Questions.
The review session at the end, and later e-mails, indicated positively favourable response.
There was strong support for future similar events. Watch this space....
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Big Questions…
Residential course at Burton Manor, The Village, Burton, Neston, Cheshire CH64 5SJl
Wed 22 Sep 11.00am > Thu 23 Sept 4.30pm 2010
Based on discussion circle principles, open to all.
Visit: www.burtonmanor.com (map) and www.raymondwilliamsfoundation.org.uk (RWF) for up-date. Themes and sessions will include:
Big Questions - Your Answers including: Euthenasia; What is friendship? Brain/Mind and Free-will; Memorialisation...
C21 Crises and Themes including. 'Climate Change; an up-date; Feminism - continued...; Deficits – Financial and Democratic; Agressive secularism ;
The Future of The Family...
Ideology and Belief and The Self: a Philosophy in Pubs (PiPs) community of enquiry...
& if numbers and demand justify: Book & Film session/s: The Reader; … run as Book Groups, but with late-evening/night showing of film, maybe.
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Challenging, flexible, but with opportunity to relax, network and socialise.
No lectures, but information/notes provided with use, as appropriate, of web/media resources such as, the BBC In our Time & Thinking Allowed; www.opendemocracy.net.
In association with www.oddc.org.uk; RWF; www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk ; the WEA, U3A; café philosophique, scibars, Salons etc.
Facilitators and Chairs from these organizations will guide small (8 > 15 in each) group/circle sessions. Participants will be free to select which sessions to attend from the whole range on offer. Aim: to keep fees as low as possible (lighter lunches, two course dinner) and thereby fill the College, extending and consolidating the informal network of social/political/philosophical/cultural discussion circles taking place in pubs, cafes, bars etc.
Fees: single room £70.00; single en suite £75.00 (shared room rates the same price)
non-resident (all meals except breakfast): £50.00
Any queries or issues contact derektatton@btinternet.com (phone 01538 370067).
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