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.