I read in The Houston Chronicle this week that our city’s northside has its own kind of cafe-philo. It’s called the Think Factory, it’s run by a local philosophy professor, meets once a week, and gets attendance of about twenty people. Sounds pretty good, but I doubt I’ll be in town long enough to check it out. Their website is here; the Chronicle story is here.
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Interesting… perhaps I’ll have to make a sojourn up north on some Thursday when I don’t have much work (if one ever comes). Although, the whole having-to-raise-your-hand-and-be-recognized thing might cramp my style. Cafe-Philo was much better with everyone screaming at each other and multiple convos going on at once.