UC Undergraduate Philosophy Discussion Group

We are Meeting Tomorrow

2007-01-30T11:46:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,

We are holding our rescheduled meeting tomorrow in the philosophy seminar room (stuart 209) at 7:00, we will be reading "In Defense of a Dogma". The paper can be found here: http://www.jstor.org/view/00318108/di981203/98p0479c/0

Special Wednesday Philosophy event and Reschedule of Regular Discussion

2007-01-19T21:37:00.000-08:00

First, our normal philosophy group discussion will be rescheduled for 5th week because this next wednesday PRISM is sponsoring a special event for undergraduate philosophy students, details on that below. Finally, we plan to be back on schedule for 6th week.

So for this next Wednesday, Daniel has asked me to send along this message to all of you interested students:

Wed., Jan 24th, 6.00pm, Ida Noyes West Lounge (2nd Floor).

Interested in what kind of jobs are available to philosophy majors upon
graduation? Want to know what steps you should be taking while in school
to improve your chances of getting a job when you graduate? Come hear
what a recent alums are doing with their philosophy degrees (you may be
surprised) as well as what current students are doing to prepare for
graduation. Our panelists will tell you about their experience with
getting a job and how their philosophy degrees have helped or hindered
along the way. Even if you're interested in going to grad school, this
is a good event to attend: one of our panelists is returning to grad
school after working for two years, so he can tell you about the
pros/cons of taking time off and what made him decide to return to
school. We will conclude the evening with a resume workshop, so be sure
to bring yours along if you have one. And, of course, there will be pizza.

Winter Quarter 2nd Meeting

2007-01-11T11:02:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,

We'll be meeting a 6:00 on Wednesday the 24th to talk about "In Defense of a Dogma", a response to Quine's "Two Dogmas of Empiricism". We will again have pizza!

http://www.jstor.org/view/00318108/di981203/98p0479c/0

Reading for First Meeting

2007-01-03T19:45:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,

We'll be reading Quine's "Two Dogmas of Empiricism" which you can find at this website http://www.ditext.com/quine/quine.html

Again, we're meeting Wednesday, January 10th in Stuart 209, and there will be pizza!

Winter Quarter: 1st meeting

2007-01-02T17:29:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!

This quarter we'll be doing 'truth and meeting' as the group's topic, and we'll be meeting every other wednesday at 7:00 in Stuart 209. This quarter we'll have a meeting led by professors Stern and Kremer, so stay tuned for info about that, and the paper for next week.

5th Week Meeting

2006-10-23T23:10:00.000-07:00

For our 5th week meeting, we'll be looking at Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories by Michael Stocker. The link to the essay is below. He has an interesting critique of utilitarianism, so don't miss it. As usual we'll be meeting in Stuart 209 from 7-8. See you all there!

http://www.jstor.org/view/0022362x/di973118/97p0073m/0

Results of 2nd Week Meeting

2006-10-04T18:54:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody and welcome back to a new and fruitful year with the Undergraduate Philosophy Workshop. It was great to see so many old and new faces. In any event, we decided to focus on Ethics this quarter and we'll be reading essays from the oxford Virtue Ethics.

For next meeting, we will be reading "Modern Moral Philosophy" by Elizabeth Anscombe, and we will be meeting in the Stuart seminar room Wednesday at 7:00. Also, we discussed asking Gabriel Lear and Candace Vogler to come talk to us, does anyone have any other ideas? Feel free to post comments if you do.

The link to the paper is:

http://www.philosophy.uncc.edu/mleldrid/cmt/mmp.html

10th Week Organizational Meeting

2006-05-29T18:40:00.000-07:00

Hey 10th week has rolled around and this is your chance to make your thoughts and comments about the group known. Look forward to seeing you all there, and good luck with finals!

Nathana

8th Week: Professor Green to Speak

2006-05-15T09:52:00.000-07:00

Hey Everybody,

Professor Green is going to be speaking to us about miracles tomorrow at 7:15, in Cobb 104 as usual. Garret sent everyone an email with the reading. Hope to see you there!

7th week meeting

2006-05-08T11:41:00.000-07:00

We'll do 6th week's reading, 7:15 in Cobb 104 as usual.

Meeting to be rescheduled

2006-05-01T20:07:00.000-07:00

As the title says, this weeks meeting will not occur on Tuesday because of the housing lottery. Stay tuned for further info about the rescheduling.

6th week meeting

2006-04-30T18:27:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,

Note: we may change the meeting time to Wednesday or Thursday because of the house lottery. Otherwise, plan to meet on Tuesday in Cobb 104 as usual.

This week Garett's going to be leading us in some Nelson Goodman readings about the philosophy of art. Take a look at parts 1,2 and 6 from "Reality Re-made" and all of "Art and Authenticity"

The links to the readings are as follows:

http://libcat.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=O1M644O755381.60206&profile=ucres&uri=full=3100002~!4545323~!8&ri=2&aspect=reserves&menu=search&source=~!horizon

http://libcat.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=O1M644O755381.60206&profile=ucres&uri=full=3100002~!2604745~!9&ri=2&aspect=reserves&menu=search&source=~!horizon

Tentative Future Schedule

2006-04-24T11:12:00.000-07:00


5th Week: The Bernard Williams: http://www.jstor.org/view/01436503/ap030031/03a00020/0

6th Week: Start Philosophy of Art, Nelson Goodman: will be on e-reserve

7th Week: Arthur Danto, will be on e-reserve

8th week: Michael Green

9th week: Ethics: start thinking about subcategories

10t week: unknown but I vote party

Next Meeting

2006-04-24T09:56:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, we'll be meeting in Cobb 104 again this Tuesday. Here's the link to the reading

http://www.jstor.org/view/01436503/ap030031/03a00020/0

Michael Green to Speak

2006-04-15T09:29:00.000-07:00

Thank you Pete for taking the initiative and talking to Professor Green. Apparently he is happy to speak to the group, so we should figure out a date for that, apparently May 2nd is out. Any ideas anyone?

Future Topics/ Readings

2006-04-15T09:23:00.000-07:00

Alright, well we were thinking that future topics should be pretty broad for now so what do you guys think of the following. Also, feel free to mention other possible authors.

Philosophy of Art
1. Hume classical
2. Heideggar/Danto
3. Nelson Goodman contemporary

Philosophy of Science

Personhood/Agency (My personal favorite)

Reading for Next Tuesday

2006-04-15T09:21:00.000-07:00

Alright guys, our reading for next Tuesday is chapter 1 of Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy by Bernard Williams. Kudos to our Fearless Leader, Garett Rose for putting this on e-reserve for us.

Here's the link:

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e-reserves/regenstein/589-4218.pdf

Faculty Visitors

2006-04-11T19:39:00.000-07:00

So which faculty would you guys like to have come?

Michael Green and John Haugeland are the two names currently on the table.

Note: I'm pulling for Professor Green especially since he's leaving next year, but any thoughts you people have are welcome

Next Meeting

2006-04-11T19:23:00.000-07:00

Our next meeting will be held Tuesday, April 18 at 7:15 pm in Cobb 104. We will be discussing chapter 1 of Bernard Williams' Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy, for a contemporary view on the topic of the limits of philosophy. Garrett will be leading our discussion and will be placing the chapter up for discussion on e-reserve. Stay tuned regarding information about that and our meeting place.

First Meeting Place and Time

2006-04-10T07:54:00.000-07:00

The first meeting of the undergraduate philosophy group will take place on Tuesday, April 11, in Cobb 104 at 7:15. We will be discussing Nietzsche's essay "On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense."

First Meeting

2006-04-04T16:46:00.000-07:00

At the first meeting of our Society we will be discussing Nietzsche's essay, "On Truth and Lies in a Non-moral Sense"

Here are some helpful links:

The text:
http://www.publicappeal.org/library/nietzsche/Nietzsche_various/on_truth_and_lies.htm

SEP entry on Nietzsche:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche/

Feel free to include other links in comments.

Organizational Meeting

2006-04-04T16:43:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the great turnout guys! At Monday's organizational meeting we started to hash out the structure of the group and we seem to have decided to meet once a week at 7:15 on Tuesday. We'll be discussing topics in the format of classic reading on the topic, contemporary reading on the topic, and then a free for all discourse on the topic itself.

The first topic will be the limits of philosophy.