Spring 2010

1. Richard Rorty Reading Group. We'll be focusing on Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. Weekly meetings for one or two hours. Contact Andrew Chapman.

2. Wittgenstein Reading Group. We'll focus mainly on the first part of the Philosophical Investigations, after a quick overview of Wittgenstein's main arguments from the Tractatus. Weekly meetings for one or two hours. Contact Andrew Chapman.

3. Neuroethics Reading Group. Readings and discussions will be centered on the ethical implications of recent developments in neuroimaging and psychopharmacology. Contact Jonathan Dang.

Fall 2009

1. Consciousness Reading Group. Our basic plan is to read and discuss the essays in Alter and Walter (eds.), Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge (OUP, 2007). Every other Tuesday, from 3:00- 5:00 p.m. Contact Rob Rupert or Brad Monton.

2. Language and Modality Reading Group. Kripke's Naming and Necessity, Putnam's "The Meaning of 'Meaning'," a posteriori necessities, a priori contingencies, and their critics. Maybe a bit of conceivability vs. possibility stuff at the end. Contact Chad Vance.

3. The Do/Allow and Intend/Foresee Distinctions in Ethics. Contact Chad Vance.

4. Human Rights Reading Group. We will start with Are Women Human?: And Other International Dialogues by Catharine A. MacKinnon. Contact April Shaw.

5. W.D. Ross Reading Group. We'll read The Right and the Good as well as some of Ross' fans and critics. Contact Barrett Emerick.

6. Truthmakers and Modality Reading Group. Contact Michaela McSweeney.

7. Virtue Ethics Reading Group. Fridays. Contact Spencer Case.

8. Greek Reading Group. Aristotle's Posterior Analytics in the original Greek. Contact Mitzi Lee.

Summer 2009

1. Applied Ethics Reading Group. David Boonin's manuscript on applied ethics issues having to do with race. Contact Barrett Emerick.

2. Ethics Reading Group. Ben Bradley's Well-Being and Death (OUP, 2009). 3:00 p.m. Thursdays, Hellems 269. Contact David Boonin.


Spring 2009

1. Greek Reading Group. Aristotle's Topics in the original Greek. 2:00-3:00 p.m. Fridays. Contact Dominic Bailey.

2. Latin Reading Group. Latin philosophical texts. 1:00-2:00 p.m. Fridays. Contact Bob Pasnau.

3. David Boonin Reading Group. In preparation of the Kayden Author-Meets-Critics Symposium to be held on David Boonin's The Problem of Punishment on April 4, 2009, we'll be reading it. Mondays at 3:30-5:00. Contact Chris Heathwood.

4. German Reading Group. The Transcendental Aesthetic from Kant's first Critique. Contact Janella Baxter.


Fall 2008

1. Greek Reading Group. This term we'll be reading Aristotle's Topics. 2:00 p.m. Fridays. Contact Dominic Bailey or Mitzi Lee.

2. Metaethics Reading Group. We'll be reading Terence Cuneo's The Normative Web: An Argument for Moral Realism (Oxford University Press, 2007). Contact Chris Heathwood.

3. Latin Reading Group. A reading group on medieval Latin philosophical texts. One hour a week. Reading to be announced. Time to be announced. The only prerequisite is one year of college Latin. Contact Bob Pasnau.

4. Human Rights Reading Group. Meetings tentatively scheduled for Friday afternoons. The next book that we will be reading is the 2007 edition of James Nickel's book Making Sense of Human Rights. Contact April Shaw.


Spring 2008

1. Free Will and Ethics Group. We're interested in the metaphysics of free will (esp. as it relates to issues in the philosophy of mind), freedom & moral responsibility, intentional agency & personal identity, the metaphysical foundations of ethics, & normative & applied ethical issues in relation to all the other stuff. We'll read & talk about classical, recent, & contemporary papers, parts of books, or books in these areas, & chat a little bit about the weather too. We'll meet weekly on Fridays from 1-3 pm in the Barnes Room (HLMS 196). Contact Robert Hanna or Kristin Demetriou.

2. Nietzsche Reading Group. We're meeting every other Monday night, starting at 5 in Hellems 269 on January 14th. We'll be reviewing the first chap of Ecce Homo and going through the second chapter. We're using Kaufmann's combined edition of Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo. Contact Sheralee Brindell.

3. Greek Reading Group. This term we'll be going through Aristotle's De Generatione et Corruptione. Time and place TBD. Contact Dominic Bailey.

4. Infinity Reading Group. We are going to study puzzles involving infinite quantities and infinite value and infinitesimals and stuff having to do with infinity. Time and place TBD. Contact Christian Lee or Mike Huemer.

5. Human Rights Group. Fridays at 2:00 at Buchanan's. Contact April Shaw.


Fall 2007

1. Medieval Latin Philosophical Texts Group: contact Robert Pasnau.

2. Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy Group: contact Robert Pasnau.

3. Cognition, Content, & Consciousness Group: T he deepest thinking, funnest, longest running (2 years this Fall), & most thoroughly Canadian reading group in the department. Currently discussing Mark Rowlands's Body Language (MIT, 2006). Time & place TBA. Interested people, whether faculty, graduate students, or undergraduates, should contact Bob Hanna.

4. Greek Group: Meeting Wednesdays from 4-5 in Hellems 197, starting 9/12. Reading Aristotle, Physics V 1, in Greek. It's a translation/discussion group: contact Mitzi Lee.

5. Economics Applied to Ethics Group: Meeting Thursday nights at 6pm, and the first meeting will be September 6. Basically, the goal is to become conversant with various economic principles and theories, and to see how these can sharpen and even inform our positions in (normative, and occasionally applied) ethics. The first reading is: "A Positive Account of Property Rights" by David Friedman [Social Philosophy & Policy, volume 11, number 2 (Summer 1994)]. We will meet bi-weekly, Thursdays at 6:00pm.  The first meeting is Sept. 6.  Please let Dan Demetriou know if you're interested.

6. Human Rights Group: Mondays at 2:00 at Buchanan's. Contact April Shaw if you're interested.