Purpose
This site has been established to present, in text, audio, and now video formats, papers that members of the Philosophical Club have presented over the years.
History
The PHILOSOPHICAL CLUB OF CLEVELAND is a convivial organization whose members meet monthly for dinner and the reading and discussion of papers on a variety of personal interests, concentrating on the topics of philosophy, sociology, business and economics, arts and humanities, government and science. It was an outgrowth of the Cleveland Council of Sociology (later named the Chamber of Commerce Club), which had a membership of approximately 100. Feeling that large membership inhibited meaningful discussion, several members, under the leadership of Case School professors Chas. H. Benjamin and Chas. S. Howe, instituted the Philosophical Club during the summer of 1902. Membership is constitutionally limited to 30; new candidates are nominated by a member and submit a CV or resume for review by the full membership. Original members of the Philosophical Club were mainly from academia, but current membership includes men and women from a great many vocations and avocations.
Visit
You are welcome to attend a meeting of the Philosophical Club if you are interested in an upcoming topic. The dates and titles of the talks are listed in the Schedule.. Please contact one of our officers if you would like to attend. Officers are listed on the Contact Us link above.
We now meet almost exclusively by Zoom. For the link,
contact steve@bottorff.com or wdj@case.edu
Our meetings open at 7:15 PM Cleveland time then the
featured talk begins at 7:30 . Meetings usually end by 8:30
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Contact us with questions or comments
wdj@case.edu
Steve Bottorff, Treasurer
steve@bottorff.com
Nancy Plosker, Assistant Treasurer
revnjp@aol.com
Paul Gondola, Board Member at Large
pdgandola@gmail.com
Steve Bottorff, Webmaster
steve@bottorff.com