Department Activities

• June 9, 2010:  Philosophy Society Field Trip to see the Oakland A's

• May 27, 2010:  End of Year BBQ/Potluck Celebration

• May 18, 2010:  Discussion co-sponsored by The Diversity Center, "Hate Speech: What It Is and What It Does"

• April 28, 2010:  Discussion, "The Philosophical Significance of Video Games"

• March 2, 2010:  Information Session, "Thinking About Law School?"

• January 14, 2010:  Discussion, "The Current Relevance of the Social Contract: War, Healthcare, Education""

• November 19, 2009:  Discussion, "Gangsta Rap &: Kant"

• October 30, 2009:  Discussion, "Are Ghosts Real?"

• October 14, 2009:  Viewing and Discussion of the movie, Fight Club

• June 4, 2009:  End of Year BBQ/Potluck Celebration

• May 21, 2009:  Discussion, "The Religion and Spirituality of Zombies".

• May 7, 2009:  Discussion, "Octomom"

• April 23, 2009:  Viewing and Discussion of the movie, Waking Life

• February 5, 2009:  Discussion, "Godel, Minds, and Machines"
• January 15, 2009:  Discussion, "The Case of Surreptitious DNA Gathering

• November 19, 2008:  Viewing and Discussion of the movie, Memento

• October 29, 2008:  Viewing and discussion of, "Monty Python's Flying Circus".  Skits on "International Philosophy", "The Argument Clinic", "The Witch Trial" from Holy Grail, and finishing with "The Philosophers' Drinking Song".
• October 6, 2008:  Discussion, "ROCK BAND, GUITAR HERO and Musical Performance"

• November 2, 2007: Field Trip to Stanford University to see a lecture by Jurgen Habermas, "'And to Define America, Her Althetic Democracy': Richard Rorty Philosopher and Language Shaper"

• October 24, 2007: Discussion, "Aesthetics (The Philosophy of Art)"

• October 10, 2007: Discussion, "Racism"

• June 1, 2007: Discussion, "The Globalization of Communication"

• May 24, 2007: End of the Year Potluck Celebration!

• May 2, 2007: Discussion, "What Offends You?"

• March 14, 2007: Discussion, "Hurricane Katrina: What Are Our Duties to Help Others?"

• December 1, 2006: Discussion, "Karma"

Philosophy Society Lectures

• February 24, 2009:  Edward MacKinnon (Professor Emeritus, Philosophy) "The Emergence of a Physical Mathematics"

• March 3, 2008:  Amod Lele (Colorado College), "Why Shantideva's Theory of Nonattachment Matters"

• February 29, 2008:  Christopher Moreman (St. Francis Xavier University, NS), "Dharma of the Living Dead: A Meditation on the Meaning of the Hollywood Zombie"

• February 25, 2008:  Lee Gilmore (Holy Names, Oakland), "Burners, Preachers, & Flying Spaghetti Monsters:  Religious Convergence & DIY Spirituality"

• February 20, 2008:  Luis Gonzalez-Reimann (UC, Berkeley), "Hinduism:  The Birth of a South Asian Religion"

• April 28, 2006: Russell Abrams (CSU East Bay), "A New Approach to Abortion,"

• Wednesday, April 12, 2006: Barbara Hall, "The Dilemma of the Non-Voluntary Role Model,"

• April 7, 2006: Wayne Yuen (Ohlone College), "The Bloody Connection between Vampires and Vegetarianism,"

• Monday, February 13, 2006: Lee McBride, "W.E.B. DuBois and Democracy,"

• Wednesday, February 18, 2006: Scott Stroud (Temple University), "Orientational Meliorism in John Dewey and Dogen,"

• November 18, 2005: Maxine Freed (DeAnza and Montery Peninsula Colleges), "Key Aspects of Buddhist Ethics,"

• May 27, 2005: Dr. Wendy R. White (Philosophy, DeAnza College), "Willful Ignorance: The Blissful Addiction."

• October 29, 2004: Dr. Maxine Craig (Sociology) and Dr. Rita Liberti (KPE), "Learning to Lose Curves: Examining Discourse on Women's Fitness"

• November 19, 2004: Dr. Russell Abrams (Philosophy), "Preferential Hiring"

• January 28, 2004: Dr. Terrence Kelly (Philosophy), "Native American Sovereignty: The Case of the Makah Whaling"

Hosted conferences

• Critical Theory Roundtable, Oct. 26-28, 2001
• Terror and Justice Conference, May 10, 2002
• Judy, or What is it Like to Be a Robot? Oct. 29, 2002