Practical Philosophy Meetup - Montréal 🇨🇦 ⚜️

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**🏛️ WHAT'S PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY ABOUT?** Practical Philosophy is a weekly meet-up that brings critical thinkers together for an opportunity to dive deep on a topic, practice communicating, and building a community. All with no ‘official’ philosophy knowledge required! 😎 Practical Philosophy is based on the idea that philosophy should be accessible to all, and not something reserved only for academics. Each week we choose a topic, and the goal is to use the conversation to develop our critical thinking and communication as we explore that topic. The goal is to help develop our Critical Thinking, Communication, and Community 🙌 **📓 HOW DOES IT WORK?** Each week, we pick one topic and discuss it. The topic for the week is shared, generally in the [Whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/E9YpzKJsdVKGi6Im5eWWYg), along with jump-off points to get the conversation going. When groups get bigger than 7-8 people, it’s important that we break into smaller groups. This way we are able to maintain a conversational flow as opposed to having our meetups feel like a discourse or lecture. **General Meeting Agenda** Each Practical Philosophy meet-up follows this general timeline: * **Arrival (first 15 minutes or so):** People arrive, chat, and get to know each other before the official start. * **Introduction (about 10 minutes):** The organizer explains Practical Philosophy, introduces this week’s topic, and reads the guidelines so everyone knows what to expect. * **Small-group discussion (the bulk of the meetup):** If there are more than 8–10 people, we split into small groups. Introduce yourselves, share your first thoughts on the topic, then open up the discussion. The jump-off questions are there to help guide the conversation if needed, but there’s no obligation to answer them. * **Wrap-up (last 15 minutes):** Everyone comes back together, and each group gives a short one-minute summary of their conclusions. The organizer closes the meeting and we take a group photo.

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