Author: Huenemann

Our next event (on Oct 31 at the usual time, 5, Main 207) is our annual Halloween party. Feel free to dress up if you want,dressing up as something philosophical is encouraged. There will be food. Because dressing up is a thing people do on Halloween, and because some people think souls are “spooky,” we will have a discussion about personal and practical identity. We’ll discuss: what makes you you? For example, here are some questions that we may discuss: Do you have a spirit or soul? What does “soul” mean? Are we just a collection of roles or “masks” that we play? Does who we are depend upon memory in some fashion?

ALSO:

Our club and the Effective Altruism club are hosting a walkathon to fundraise for charities on the Quad on November 16th from 3-6 pm! Effective Altruism is a social movement started by some philosophers who advocate for finding the most effective ways at helping the most people in the world and then tries to do that. The form lists possible charities – please take a look at them and choose which one you prefer by November 1st. Also, please let your friends know about it. If you want to, post the attached post below on your social media– it’s intended for Instagram stories, but there will soon be others for other platforms. I’ll discuss more on Tuesday about how donations will work.

Please vote on which charity to support by filling out the form by November 1st.

While laboring under the current semester’s obstacles and challenges, the promise of next term offers a delightful array of new resolutions and potentials. So feast your eyes upon our spring offerings!

Tomorrow (Tuesday) in Old Main 207 at 5 PM we are planning on having a discussion about virtue ethics. Dr. Robison will introduce some interesting new trends in technological and environmental virtue ethics.

From an email I received:

I’m emailing on behalf of The Gadfly, Columbia’s undergraduate philosophy magazine. Each semester, we publish a print issue featuring pieces, which can be fiction, non-fiction, art, music, etc., from students from a variety of institutions and disciplinary backgrounds. This semester, the theme of our issue is “Loop”, and we are looking for pitches for the magazine. I’m reaching out to see if it would be possible for you to forward this opportunity to your students. If they are interested, they can submit a pitch of less than 500 words to this link by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, 10/16. If you have any questions about the application, please feel free to email gadflyinquiry@gmail.com.

“Everything That Rises Must Converge: To be Young, Gifted, and Catholic”

Telia Williams, law professor at Northern Illinois University College of Law

October 11th, 7:00pm, Main 119

Telia Williams got her BA at Yale in English, MA from Brown, then JD at Harvard Law School where she was on law review.  She clerked for Jay Bybee on the 9th circuit.  She has several publications on Flanner O’Connor and the law and is currently working on a book on what Flannery O’Connor can teach lawyers (one might note the reference to an O’Connor collection of short stories in her talk title).