Aperto Animo journal

The student-run undergraduate philosophy journal Aperto Animo welcomes submissions to its 2024-2025 issue. This is an excellent opportunity for undergrads to get published and share their ideas. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis until June 20th, 2024.

Though expressly a philosophy journal, Aperto Animo also publishes academic writing on theology, political science, and multidisciplinary subjects. A strict focus on philosophy is not required.

Consult the submission form linked below for more information.

https://forms.gle/2MkYpBvwaaJXHM3y8

A plug for a couple of philosophy classes next fall

Two classes scheduled for fall have lower enrollments right now, and I’m sure more students are interested in them.

The first is Mike Ashfield’s PHIL 3550 “Philosophy and the Public Square”, which will be focusing on hot-button issues, especially those being discussed in relation to the upcoming U.S. presidential election. This is a great opportunity to engage constructively with other students on relevant, topical issues. The class meets MWF, 1:30-2:20.

The second is Charlie Huenemann’s PHIL 4900 Philosophy Seminar, which will focus on Existentialism. Along with reading some classic texts (Kafka, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Sartre, Camus, etc), we will also consider more recent cognitive science and philosophical research into how selves are constructed. There are some pre-reqs for this class, but if you are close to meeting them, or if you are an experienced philosophy student but just haven’t yet taken PHIL 3010 and 3020, and want to take this class, just send a note to Huenemann.