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Meet others in your area interested in a progressive, humanistic, and science-based naturalism. We'll explore the personal, social and existential implications of understanding ourselves as completely natural, physical beings.

Our next MeetupNaturalizing the self: what happens to free will?

Nov 10 Tue 7:00 PM
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Hi folks,

Thanks to those who attended a good discussion on meditation. We also touched on the issue of free will, which deserves more attention. Atheists and humanists for the most part haven't faced up to the questions about human agency raised by holding a naturalistic worldview. Given that science-based naturalism suggests we are fully physical beings, subject to cause and effect, what happens to free will? Read more

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      “Been a skeptic/humanist for a long time now, looking to meet others with similar ideas, particularly on morality and ethics. Out in Brookline, so not terrifically easy to get to Cambridge, but will try my best.”
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      Andrew D. Thibedeau
      “I have a longstanding interest in naturalist philosophy, specifically as it relates to questions of ethics. I am 28, an attorney, and presently a Fellow at the Council for Responsible Genetics”
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      Barbara
      “I have not classified myself as any sort of "-ist", but I seem to think and act along "natural" lines; the group sounds interesting.”
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