Atheists/Humanists/Agnostics (AHA)

The AHA Group is a place to discuss issues of interest unencumbered by expectations of traditional theistic ideas. Our intent is to focus on the reality of life here and now.

Our purposes are to:
• increase our understanding through reading, discussion, & debate,
• communicate earnestly and compassionately,
• contribute positively to each other, our families, and society,
• celebrate life and the world in which we find ourselves.
We welcome any and all people, who are willing to engage in reading, discussion, and debate, within these parameters.

We are currently meeting on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month from 12:15p.m. to 2:00 p.m., usually in Room 113.

For more information or to be added to the AHA email list, please contact Maryanne Burgos at .

Philosophical Journeys: An Introduction to Philosophy

Many members of AHA are also regularly attending an ongoing series of Philosophy lectures and discussions led by Gordon Ziniewicz on 2nd and 4th Sundays from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

This series seeks to develop the habit of reflection by means of a give-and-take encounter with some of the great ideas of Western and Eastern philosophy. Beginning with the ancient Greeks, we will examine some of the major issues that have occupied human beings then and ever since: questions about the universe we live in, the meaning of our individual lives, the ways we live together, the things we make, the things we hold dear, and the dreams we dream.

Each session will begin with an explanatory lecture by Gordon Ziniewicz. It will be most helpful for attendees to have thoroughly prepared for each session by reading the essay and supplementary works posted on http://www.americanphilosophy.com/intrphil.html. Each lecture will be followed by lively discussion and debate.

Gordon Ziniewicz has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Boston College. He has previously taught classes in, among others, Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophical Anthropology, and Ethics.

Links of Interest
HUUmanists
American Humanist Association
Council for Secular Humanism
Freedom from Religion Foundation - Atheism and Agnosticism
Washington Ethical Society