Welcome

Since 1987 the Apeiron Society of Calgary has been promoting its stated objective—the practice of philosophy—by hosting fortnightly meetings in the Fall (September to December) and Winter (January to April) at which speakers put forth ideas for discussion. 
 
We have returned to in-person talks at the Scandinavian Centre at 7:00 pm.  Please check our Program page.

Anyone interested in becoming a member of Apeiron, or just learning more about the Society, is invited to write to the Board of Directors at [email protected]

Next Event

The Apeiron Society is excited to announce our next session!
 
Duncan Maclean of St Mary’s University will deliver a talk on the question: Should We Simulate Endangered Species?
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If we are pessimistic about our chances to turn around the current biodiversity crisis, we may want to consider simulating critically endangered species. Computers are not yet able to run the programs needed to simulate the endangered species of our world. But given the trajectory of AI and other technological advances, capacity may come to exist in our century. If simulated objects are just as real as a non-simulated objects, and if they are indistinguishable from each other, then we may be able to save critically endangered species by creating sim-plants and sim-animals that live in digital environments. It may be helpful to think of such worlds as digital wildlife preserves. Indeed, the more electronic preserves we create, the more species we could save. So, why not?

Please contact [email protected] to request more information.

News

Many of the Apeiron Society Scrums are from a magazine called Philosophy Now! Find out more by visiting their website.