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The Southern Utah University Philosophy Program is pleased to announce our 2018 Undergraduate Philosophy Conference! The conference will be held on Saturday, March 3rd Dr. Jovana Davidovic (University of Iowa) will provide our keynote address, “Liability to Defensive Harm, Forfeiture and Reciprocity Theory of Rights.” We invite high quality papers from undergraduate students in all areas of philosophy, but special preference will be given to papers addressing the theme of “Rights.” Papers should be between 2000-3000 words, should include an abstract of about 200 words, and should be prepared for blind review (please include full contact and affiliation information in your submission email only). Accepted authors will be eligible to receive a travel stipend courtesy of the Grace A. Tanner Center for Human Values. Please submit your papers as a word or .pdf file to SUUPhilosophy@gmail.com by December 31st 2017.

Here is a pdf of the courses we’ll be offering in the spring. See what’s on the menu!

PHIL Spr 2018 (1)

Some students may have heard I (Huenemann) have been developing a new course, “Philosophy and Pop Culture”, that I was hoping to offer in the spring, on the topic of video games. Alas, it looks like the course will not go through the approval process before enrollment for Spring 2018 begins. So now I’m hoping to offer it sometime next year.

Meanwhile, I will be offering a Special Topics course (PHIL 4900-002) on “How to be a philosopher”. We will be reading different ways of “doing philosophy” – from some hardcore analytic approaches, to more historical approaches, to more artistic/cultural/creative approaches. Each student will be experimenting with their own approach to philosophy – on whatever topic interests them, in the style and approach they find most interesting. Students will be sharing and explaining their approaches to others, and to some extent I’ll tailor the readings to match the interests of the students. It should be fun, so watch for it!

Sherlock Holmes, that is. Professor Brian McCuskey of English will present his “last lecture” (not really the last) on Wednesday, 9/27, at 3:30 p.m. in the Caine Performance Hall. Promises to be funny and mind-bending, in equal measures.

Whether you are a believer or not, there can be no question that the Bible has had a huge impact on intellectual history – and continues to exert its influence today, in one way or another. Hence it behooves us to know it. Chasen Robbins has established a weekly bible study group – and all are welcome! Details: