We will discuss Parts I and II of Daniel Dennett's 1991 book Consciousness Explained. Was consciousness really explained two decades ago? Read this book to find out. Start early to have a good chance of grokking this 450-page book, which served as the textbook for an 8-week course taken by one of our members. We promise that you will never think the same way about thinking again.

This meeting will be held at a private home in east-central Denver, near the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Alameda Ave. The address and directions will be emailed several days prior to the event to those who have RSVP'd Yes. You may RSVP on either the HOC Meetup site or DAFT's Meetup site, or both. Space and seating are limited, so an RSVP is required if you're planning to attend. If circumstances should change after you RSVP "Yes" for the event, so that you are unable to attend, please do change your RSVP before the event.

At this meeting we will discuss selected readings from The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever, selected and with introductions by Christopher Hitchens. For this meeting, please read the Introduction and Chapters 1 through 12. These readings include works by Hobbes, Spinoza, J S Mill, Marx, Darwin, and many others.

This meeting will be held at a private home in east-central Denver, near the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Alameda Ave. The address and directions will be emailed several days prior to the event to those who have RSVP'd Yes. You may RSVP on either the HOC Meetup site or DAFT's Meetup site, or both. Space and seating are limited, so an RSVP is required if you're planning to attend. If circumstances should change after you RSVP "Yes" for the event, so that you are unable to attend, please do change your RSVP before the event.

The humanist discussion series continues with Bertrand Russell's classic, Why I am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects. Russell was a british philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, advocate for social reform, and pacifist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950.

This event will take place at a private home in east-central Denver, near the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Alameda Ave. The address and directions will be emailed several days prior to the event to those who have RSVP'd Yes.

For those who have attended the event last December, you will find some similarities and some differences. This year we will have a potluck, an optional Freethought Paperback book exchange, and we'll share quotes from notable 20th Century thinkers. The HumanLight/ Winter Solstice Celebration will be held on Saturday the 20th of December starting at 4:00pm. Registration and RSVP is requested to obtain location information, directions, and pertinent details. Therefore RSVP to Tim Bailey at 303.921.0641. You will be asked to sign up for the potluck, to bring a quote from a notable 20th Century thinker, and to consider participating in the optional book exchange.

Our Humanist discussion series continues. This time we will be discussing Austin Dacey's book, "The Secular Conscience". Dacey, a philosopher and writer who works for the Center For Inquiry in New York, makes the point that matters of belief and conscience should not remain private. A small excerpt from the book can be viewed at: http://www.austindacey.com/writing.html

The choice of material was decided by a vote at our last meeting, so there is already enthusiasm for this book. Unfortunately, it is not available in paperback. There are a couple copies at the Denver Public Library, and if these are checked out, other local libraries have copies.

This event will take place at a private home in east-central Denver, near the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Alameda Ave. The address and directions will be emailed several days prior to the event to those who have RSVP'd Yes.