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Over July and August, we’ll explore a “narrow
path” of discovery charted by some of history’s most revolutionary
thinkers:
The first five sessions will introduce key concepts from
Socrates, via the writings of Plato, including his
famous Cave allegory; Johannes Kepler, the first
astrophysicist; Pierre de Fermat, who showed the
scientific value of intention; the genius Gottfried
Leibniz, who gave us the language of causes; and Carl
Gauss, who redefined the relationship we have to our
senses. Each of these thinkers contributed essential concepts to make
the modern world possible.
The sixth class will bring together what we've discussed, to apply
that thinking to some modern questions of the relationship between
what is called AI (or Machine Learning) and human
intelligence, and for general group discussion of the topics
covered.
Dates and times will be set via a survey
sent to everyone who registers.
Those who sign up will be directed to a page where you’ll
have the option to support this initiative. Your participation—and
your backing—make this kind of work possible.
For more information on the series, check out this video of
my talk at the recent Schiller Institute conference where I discussed
the rationale and overview of the project:
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