This time, with correct ZOOM link and password - Reminder - Invitation to participate in the Part II of the 2023 Karl-Popper Meet 'n Greet on Sunday, June 4 2023

[Margaretha Hendrickx]

To my great consternation, the ZOOM password embedded in my earlier emails turned out to be incorrect.  Below is the corrected link and password, tested on multiple laptops:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81157718836?pwd=UHZOL0Z2OGhmN3VCOGs2dFB6MHBQUT09
Meeting ID: 811 5771 8836
Passcode: 841168.

~Margaretha

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You are cordially invited to join and participate in Part II of the 2023 transcontinental Meet-‘n-Greet, celebrating the philosophy of Karl Popper. 

It will take place on Sunday, June 4th starting at 10:00am BST (London, UK, time zone), the first Sunday of June.  It is a free event, and everyone is welcome. The entire event will be recorded. If you would like to opt-out, turn off your camera and change your ZOOM name. The ZOOM room will open at 9:30am BST.    To join the Zoom meeting, click here.  

To convert BST time into your time zone, consult www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html.  Keep in mind that BST is different from GMT and UTC.  BST (British Summer Time) is one hour ahead of UTC/GMT. GMT denotes the winter time in the UK.  In Winter GMT time is identical to UTS time.  The timeanddate website contains additional information if needed.

Below is the final program.  All times are BST. The latest version of the program can be found HERE.

Note that the session dedicated to remembering Ian Jarvie has been moved up by one hour. It is now at 11am BST (6am Toronto time).

-10am: Welcome and general introductions

-11am: Remembering and celebrating Ian Jarvie (1937-2023) who passed away only a couple of days ago, on Tuesday May 16 2023.

-noon: A conversation with Alex Naraniecki about how he decided to do a Ph.D on Popper's philosophy

-1pm: Remembering and celebrating Joseph Agassi (1927-2023), together with his friends, colleagues, students and other people touched by him and his writings.

-3pm: A conversation with Denis & Ray Noble about their latest book, Understanding Living Systems that will become available in July 2023. It is a critique of neo-Darwinism and gene-centric reasoning.  The Noble brothers will also comment on Popper's Medawar's speech and his so-called active Darwinism.  The conversation is hosted by Sadia Naeem.

-6pm: A conversation with Jeremy Shearmur about his book, The Political Thought of Karl Popper, hosted by Luc Castelein (admin of the Karl Popper Facebook page). 
-8pm: Remembering Frank Lovell and Craig J. Bolton, together with their friends from the Critical Rationalism Facebook group.

-9pm:  A conversation about Sheldon Richmond's latest latest book, Restoring our Humanity. Six Essays, hosted by Elyse Hargreaves. Sheldon did his graduate work under the supervision of Joseph Agassi.

-9:45pm: Closing comments

Feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested in attending this event.  RSVP'ing is encouraged, but not necessary. 

The event is organized by the friends of ourkarlpopper.net, and the latest details can be found on its website in the drop down menu in the right-hand corner.   We have a Facebook page as well.  If you would like to join the associated Google group, Karl Popper with Everyone, click HERE and submit a request to join.

My very best, Margaretha H.

On behalf of the organizing team (Rafe Champion, Luc Castelein, Elyse Hargreaves, Margaretha Hendrickx)

https://ourkarlpopper.net/2023-transcontinental-meet-n-greet-part-2/

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If you feed them stones instead of bread, the young people will revolt, 

even if in so doing they mistake a baker for a stone-thrower.

(Karl Popper, Objective Knowledge, 1979)