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…