NATURALLY ARTIFICIAL

ENJOY PHILOSOPHY MEETS WEEKLY EVERY SUNDAY BETWEEN 11.30 AND 14.30 AT EDUARDO VII PARK, HERE:** https://goo.gl/maps/5e3jKFEweXkNvDdK6

ITS THE GARDEN BETWEEN THE “CARLOS LOPES PAVILLION” AND THE “PRAIA NO PARQUE” RESTAURANT AT EDUARDO VII PARK.

THIS IS A GROUP FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN ENJOYING PHILOSOPHY.

NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE IS REQUIRED.

ONLY ETERNAL CURIOSITY AND THE PLEASURE OF KNOWLEDGE.

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We will learn, debate, enjoy and investigate philosophers and diverse themes from the philosophical perspective. Each reunion is structured as a conversation among all attendees about that day s philosopher softly moderated by the organizer. The conversation will kick-off from the very brief suggested reading providing easy access to all attendees both to the philosopher and the conversation.

Let´s be greek and dive today on…

What we naturally conceive as NATURAL.
When in her seminal 1970 work Sexual Politics, Kate Millett, one of the most brilliant feminist thinkers, invited us to dive into what we meant when we affirm that something is "natural", she was opening one of the deepest cracks in the long history of Power Structures transmission mechanisms.
Millett deconstructed the concept of "natural" gender roles by arguing they are not biological imperatives but rather socially constructed: for thousands of years having women in the kitchen or unable to vote was "the natural thing to do". And therefore those attitudes were perceived not only as justified but rather necessary. The opposite would have been "unnatural". Deconstructing the cathegory of "natural", Millet defended, should become therefore one of the priorities of Feminism.
**But Millets extremely relevant consideration goes far beyond the tra