(Virtual) After Dinner Conversation
(Virtual) After Dinner Conversation
Limited to 10 Students
March 10th, 17th, & 24th (5-6pm MST)
Google Meet
Workshop Information
Who? Retired Marlboro College philosophy professor, Neal Weiner, will be leading the discussion. His wife, ADC acquisition editor Tina Lee Forsee, will join him.
What? This will be a group discussion—not a lecture—about three After Dinner Conversation short stories. We will be discussing the meaning of the stories—their philosophical and literary themes. Your participation is not required, exactly, but someone’s participation is expected (see “Why?” below).
When? 3 SUNDAY EVENING MEETINGS: March 10th, 17th (St. Patrick’s Day), & 24th from 5-6 PM MST. (That’s 7 PM EST).
Where? Online via Google Meet. We’ll email the link to join a day or so ahead of time. Once you click the link, follow the onscreen prompts. If you have never used Google Meet or any video conferencing app before, you may want to familiarize yourself with how it works first. Mainly you’ll want to make sure your microphone and video are turned on.
Why? Because no one should discuss philosophical fiction alone.
Discussion Stories
March 10th Reading
“In Love And War”: A midnight knock on the door and a request to "hide me." Is there more you would need to know?
March 17th Reading
“Reginald’s Party”: A female interloper crashes an "emotions" wine tasting.
March 24th Reading
To be determined.
NEAL WEINER taught philosophy at Marlboro College from 1970-2007. He was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the University of Chicago and a Danforth Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, where he did his doctoral work on Plato.
Publications:
Truth and Generosity: How Truth Makes Language Possible (2023)
Harmony of the Soul: Mental Health and Moral Virtue Reconsidered
The Interstate Gourmet series, starting with “A Philosophical Guide to Decent Dining on the Highways of New England” and spreading across the country.