philosophical inquiry type 501 c 3 nonprofit founded 1998 founder s christopher phillips key people christopher phillips founder cecilia chapa phillips co founder website http www.philosopher.org the society for philosophical inquiry spi is a non profit organization devoted to propagating a version of socratic inquiry through the establishment of regular meetings . based on their different settings they are called socrates caf philosophers club these meetings take place all over the world . the purpose of these meetings is to facilitate discussion of philosophy . christopher and cecilia phillips co founded spi in 1998 . the society is funded through a grant from the whitman institute in san francisco . 1 history edit spi is a grassroots nonprofit organization devoted to supporting philosophical inquirers of all ages and walks of life as they become more empathetic and autonomous thinkers who take active part in creating a more deliberative democracy . its members strive to form and facilitate democratic communities of philosophical inquiry . their gatherings which depending on the setting occasion and purpose have such names as socrates caf philosophers club bring together people from a wide array of walks of life and experiences . they take place in venues like parks coffee houses hospices senior centers nursing homes prisons plazas bookstores homeless shelters community centers libraries schools and other public spaces . board members include matthew lipman robert coles roy j. nirschel president of roger williams university and jacob needleman professor of philosophy . see also edit socrates caf lincoln philosophy caf external links edit the society for philosophical inquiry socrates cafe this article about a philosophy related organization is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title society for philosophical inquiry & oldid 719811052 categories philosophical societies in the united statesinquiryphilosophy organization stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 may 2016 at 22 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view