Philosofarian brings philosophy into everyday life. We host conversations, free classes, and weekly gatherings in Astoria where anyone can think with others.
About Gad and Seth Tichenor
In 2012, we loaded up a car and took a road trip with one question: Do people actually want to talk about philosophy? We traveled through California, Oregon, Utah, and Montana, staying with strangers via Couchsurfing, eavesdropping in bars, and starting conversations in grocery store lines. Everywhere we went, people insisted they were thoughtful, but nobody else in the
06/04/2026
It’s Toga and Tickets time! Drop by Scoundrels philosophy club tonight at Bridge and Tunnel if you wanna claim your place on Saturday.
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Have an awesome discussion with thoughtful people. Tonight we discuss, “How do we know how well someone knows us?”
04/21/2026
We asked why do we hold onto zombie ideas?
Asha's head almost exploded when I told her psychopathy is a zombie concept. Jim said capitalism is a zombie idea, then found out the group really wanted to explore that
We covered bixonomania making it into Nature, cognito hazards, McChrystal's Robert E Lee portrait, Marx's exploitation and alienation, and Jane saying zombie ideas come from hope.
This is my zombie face.
Why Do We Hold On to Zombie Ideas? — Philosofarian Why hold onto disproven ideas? Scoundrels at Bridge and Tunnel, Astoria, OR explores capitalism as zombie idea, hope underground, not wanting to feel stupid. Bixonomania in Nature, McChrystal's Lee portrait, heuristics in a world we can't comprehend. Cognito hazards and wisdom in a post-truth, post-
04/09/2026
Tonight in Astoria, Wit & Wisdom asks: What is Home?
What turns a place into home? A dwelling, a memory, a relationship, a longing, a way of being in the world?
Join us tonight at Fort George for a public philosophy talk on one of the most familiar and difficult words in human life.
Doors open at 6pm
Talk begins at 7pm
Fort George Brewery, Lovell Showroom
04/08/2026
Last week at Scoundrels, we asked what is community?
Jan wanted us to say our names first. Tim prepped a rant. Jim is here because of the fish people and he's not apologizing for calling it philosophy club. Cameron brought Galileo, who kept his mouth shut and kept his community.
We covered shared myth, rockfish living 150 years, the Catholic Church, squirrels planning ahead, and whether a cult still counts.
This is my kissy-fishy face.
What Is Community? — Philosofarian A Scoundrels philosophy discussion on community — what defines it, who decides, and whether rockfish qualify. Featuring Tocqueville, Parfit, and a rant about shared myth.
03/27/2026
Last night at Scoundrels, we asked how accurate language can be.
We talked about Latin being useful precisely because it's dead, the Tower of Babel and "pre-brew," David dismissing truth, Jim triggering Seth's second book, and a factory floor where nobody shares a language but everybody speaks Factory,
Also: Wittgenstein changed his mind, crows have three sounds, and Thom is a budding philosophy pirate.
This is Seth's how-to-do-things-with-words-face.
How Accurate can Language Be? — Philosofarian Can language ever be fully accurate? A public philosophy discussion from Astoria, Oregon explores truth, formal vs. natural language, and what words can't touch.