https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFqUVXMs00c&t=130s An online seminar with John Lachs took place on Saturday, November 18, 2017. John Lachs is an educator and the author of numerous books on American philosophy, especially American pragmatism, on Santayana, and the practical implementation of philosophy into life. This online seminar follows the online seminar about his text "The Quality of Life," October 5, 2017, during which we discussed the relationship between various aspects … [Read more...]

During our online seminar on October 5, 2017 (within “The Berlin Forum Seminars Online Project”) we discussed John Lachs's "The Quality of Life (2017)" (READ it from HERE  or  DOWNLOAD PDF from HERE). Lachs (1934-) is one of leading American pragmatists. His interest in practical philosophy can best be seen in his texts devoted to the quality of living in Western societies. In his short essay, he talks about the role of prosperity and medical advances in shaping our contemporary sense of the … [Read more...]

"The Berlin Forum Seminars Online Project" intends to discuss ideas that deal with various aspects of the good life in the contemporary world. Our background is philosophical -- both ancient (Greek stoicism in the first instance) and contemporary (predominantly American pragmatism) -- but we also appreciate the interdisciplinary approaches. We want to use the social media for this purpose. The communicative tools that contemporary social media offer us, facilitate such discussions and promote … [Read more...]