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Department Activities


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Recent Philosophy Society Meetings

  • May 23, 2008:  End of the Year Potluck Celebration

  • May 7, 2008:  Discussion, "Philosophy & the Olympics"

  • April 17, 2008:  Discussion, "Philosophy of Fiction"

  • January 28, 2008: Discussion, "Global Ethics"

  • November 28, 2007: Discussion, "Philosophy of Mind"

  • November 8, 2007: Film, "WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?"

  • 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

  • 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"

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