Philosophy Study Group (session 2)
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe are turning to the topic of philosophy of science with an examination of a book considered a classic in this field: The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. First published in Germany in 1934, Popper rewrote it for the English edition in 1959. He later added chapters on quantum mechanics and corroboration as…
Philosophy Study Group (Session 1)
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will continue reading The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper with chapters 3, 4, and 5. If you are interested in joining this discussion, but have not read Part I (chapters 1 and 2), this section of Popper's book has been condensed by Squashed Philosophers. It is not breaking the rules to read…
Philosophy Study Group (session 2)
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will continue reading The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper with chapters 3, 4, and 5. If you are interested in joining this discussion, but have not read Part I (chapters 1 and 2), this section of Popper's book has been condensed by Squashed Philosophers. It is not breaking the rules to read…
Board Meeting
Highland Park Library, 1974 Ford Pkwy, St Paul, MN 55116MISF members welcome!
History Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will continue reading The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf. For this meeting we will cover chapters 9 through 17. Join us to see how Nature was actually invented. (Hint: It was not at 6:00 pm on October 23, 4004 BC.)
Minneapolis’ Murdered Editors. A Look at Investigative Journalists and the Underworld in the Early 20th Century.
Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419In the early 20th century the Minneapolis underworld was ruled by some pretty ruthless mobsters and gangs who did not look kindly on efforts of campaigning newsmen to clean up the city. This time will be the topic of our speaker, Beth Johanneck, who regards herself as an amateur historian. Beth Johanneck was raised on…
Philosophy Study Group (Session 1)
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe are reading The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. The next meeting will cover chapters 6 and 7. I would like to mention that the people who attend our meetings are definitely not from any sort of, let us say, fecal hollow. They're really more Norwegian-like. You are welcome to join us no…
Philosophy Study Group (session 2)
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe are reading The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. The next meeting will cover chapters 6 and 7. I would like to mention that the people who attend our meetings are definitely not from any sort of, let us say, fecal hollow. They're really more Norwegian-like. You are welcome to join us no…
History Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will finish our reading of The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf. Even if you haven't read any of this book, it is easy enough reading that you could do the whole thing before the 15th. Then you will understand how extraordinary, influential, prolific, and, in some ways, strange…
Philosophy Study Group (Session 1)
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will be reading chapter 8 of The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. This chapter goes into the details of his attempts to define what is meant by probability as it is used in science. It is a long chapter and includes some mathematics. Knowing that there are some who would prefer not…
Board Meeting
Highland Park Library, 1974 Ford Pkwy, St Paul, MN 55116MISF members welcome!
Philosophy Study Group (session 2)
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will be reading chapter 8 of The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. This chapter goes into the details of his attempts to define what is meant by probability as it is used in science. It is a long chapter and includes some mathematics. Knowing that there are some who would prefer not…
From Winnipeg to New Orleans: the route of the Jefferson Highway in Minnesota.
Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419Carol Ahlgren is both an architectural historian and historian in the Twin Cities. She received a 2017 Legacy Fellowship from the Minnesota Historical Society to study the highway's history and route through Minnesota.
Philosophy Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will finish our reading of The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. Note that there is only one session this time. And while any topic from the book on philosophy of science will be entertained. we will focus on the last two chapters, which are on quantum theory and corroboration. If thinking about the former…
Board Meeting
Highland Park Library, 1974 Ford Pkwy, St Paul, MN 55116MISF members welcome
History Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe are beginning a new book. Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations (2017) by John Avlon is more than a book about Washington's farewell address. It is a book about the United States in Washington's time and his perception of the problems and needs of the new democracy. The book is available in paperback…
“Minnesota History Whatever” Conference
American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407Another "Whatever" coming your way! Co-sponsored by the American Swedish Institute, the Minnesota Historical Society, and the Minnesota Independent Scholars’ Forum Post on Facebook ideas, suggestions what you’d like to have talked about. Some ideas already: How to write local history (a workshop); underused archival collections, making and marketing history, history as emotional work, museums…
The Weight of Silence: Unwed Mothers at the Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital in Midcentury Minnesota (or, History, My Mother, and Me)
Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419In February 1959, the Minneapolis Morning Tribune published a series of articles about the ailing American family, pointing to the “crisis of the unwed mother” as a factor in the institution’s decline. In October of that year, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch chimed in on the matter with its series on “Girls in…
Philosophy Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisOur new book is Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2017) by Max Tegmark. This book can be purchased new for around $16 in paperback and for about the same price as an ebook and hardback. How AI will affect us individually and socially is one of the great questions for our time.…
Board Meeting
Highland Park Library, 1974 Ford Pkwy, St Paul, MN 55116MISF members welcome
History Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will finish the book Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations by John Avlon. This book goes into the details of Washington's socio-political views and how his life experiences helped to shape them. If you come we promise to help shape some of your historico-discussionary views.
Minnesota Muslims-Up Close
Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419Muslims have been part of Minnesota since the 19th Century so why are we just noticing them now? Examine the diversity and the unity of the Muslim experience in the Land of a Thousand Lakes. The speaker, Tamim Saidi, has been active in describing Islam and the Muslim's culture and way of life. This is…
Philosophy Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will read chapters 3 and 4 of Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark. For this meeting we are going to try something different. In keeping with the spirit of the book, rather than having an intelligent conversation, we are going to attempt to SIMULATE an intelligent conversation. Come and…
Board Meeting
Highland Park Library, 1974 Ford Pkwy, St Paul, MN 55116MISF Members welcome!
History Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will be starting the book God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible (2005) by Adam Nicolson. This book is available new in paperback or as an ebook for around $12 - $13, although it seems it can be found for as little as $5. For the 16th we will read the first six chapters. We expect a…
Philosophy Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in Minneapolis(Note the Thursday meeting this time.) We are still working on our book, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark. We will continue our examination of the promise and threat of artificial intelligence by reading chapters 5 and 6. Read carefully. Humanity could depend on you.
Annual Virginia Hansen Poetry Day
Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419The annual Virginia Hansen poetry day at MISF will begin with a brief introduction on the use of metaphor by poet and teaching artist, Evelyn Klein. It will be followed by readings of featured poets, Joe Amato, Emilio DeGracia, and Lee Landau. They will read from their recent publications. An open reading and book signing…
Philosophy Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will finish our book Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark. The last chapters include analyses of goals and consciousness and their relation to artificial intelligence. So, how many rights are we going to give artificial intelligence – or maybe vice-versa? I suggest that you set a goal to consciously…
Board Meeting
Merriam Park Library, M1831 Marshall Ave, St Paul, MN 55104 (Meeting Room B in basement)MISF Members Welcome!
History Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will have our concluding session on God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicolson. This will be considered the making of the discussion of the making of the King James Bible by the MISF History Study Group event. This sounds important. You should come.
Connections and Corrections: Women in the Criminal Justice System and their Families
Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419This presentation is a review of a qualitative study of eighteen women who were in a women’s residential correctional facility. Bowen family systems theory was used as the theoretical base for designing interviews of the women. Bowen family systems theory views the family as an emotional unit and uses systems theory to describe its complex…
Philosophy Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe are starting a new book, Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery (2013), by Rupert Sheldrake. This book was originally published in Great Britain in 2012 under the title, The Science Delusion. For the 11th we'll read through chapter 3. It can be had for under $15 in paperback and for about $12 as an ebook. Sheldrake…
Women of Mystery and History
Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404Docent Bob Brusic will lead a tour of a dozen or so paintings featuring women, either as subject or artist, in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The tour will begin on the museum's first floor at 7 pm and will last about an hour.
History Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will start reading Midnight's Furies: the Deadly Legacy of India's Partition (2015) by Nisid Hajari. This book, selected as one of the books of the year by NPR, is available in paperback for less than $15 (Amazon has it listed for $6.50) and as an ebook for $10. We will discuss the first half of the…
Philosophy Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will discuss chapters 4 – 8 of the book, Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery by Rupert Sheldrake. Sheldrake had no defenders in our first session on this book, but we still had a good discussion. Imagine what might happen if someone agrees with him.
Board Meeting
Highland Park Library, 1974 Ford Pkwy, St Paul, MN 55116MISF Members Welcome!
History Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will conclude our book Midnight's Furies: the Deadly Legacy of India's Partition (2015) by Nisid Hajari. We assure you that there will be no partitioning done at this meeting ...unless, of course, it's really necessary.
Annual MISF Picnic in the Park
Cherokee Park Picnic Shelter, Chippewa and Winona St., St. PaulWe meet at Cherokee Park along the Mississippi River at the small shelter. Bring a dish to share. Help us celebrate summer by socializing and getting to know fellow MISF members in a more informal setting and in adventures in eating!
Philosophy Study Group
Curran's Restaurant, 42nd and Nicollet in MinneapolisWe will conclude our discussion of Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery by Rupert Sheldrake. Sheldrake is known for his theory of morphic resonance, which some consider a pseudo-science in spite of Sheldrake's first-rate scientific credentials. Here's the good news. Morphic will be there. See if you can resonate with him (her? It?).