Suppose you encounter a page giving you the response:

From the "User login" box at left, click on "University Login". You'll be taken to the university login page where you'll use your university credentials to login, thereby automatically creating an account on this site with the appropriate privileges to have access.

Prolific philosopher of mind and cognitive science  Paul Thagard (U. of Waterloo) offers an alternative to analytic philosophy, so-called natural philosophy, in an essay in Psychology Today. (Thanks to our own Jeremiah W. for the link!)

Good morning, Philosophy Club members!

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 27th at 6:45 pm in EN 101.  Our topic?

"Is it right or wrong to interfere in the affairs of others?"

Hope to see you there!

Nicholas Vela
Club Historian

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 20th at 6:45 pm in EN 101.

This week is Game Night, so come join us for some fun and games!

Nicholas Vela
Club Historian

Good Morning, Philosophy Club Members!

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 6th at 6:45 in EN 101. Our topic will be Pascal's Wager. We hope to see you there!

On a side note, there will be No meeting on March 13th, due to Spring Break. Our meetings will resume March 20th.

Nicholas Vela
Club Historian

Good morning, Philosophy Club members!

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 27th in EN 101 at 6:45 PM  Our topic?

"Death, is it really the end?"

Come by for lively discussion, we hope to see you there!

-Nicholas Vela
Club Historian

To their delight or dismay, students new to philosophy quickly learn that the puzzle is paramount in philosophy. Solutions--always many, usually complicated--matter less than the intriguing, confounding puzzles spawning them.

Engineers seek solutions, puzzles mostly annoy. And for scientists?

3 Quarks Daily has an article, "In Praise of Fallibility: Why Science Needs Philosophy", which argues against dogmatism in science and for the extraordinary, if discomfiting, value of the anomalous in scientific inquiry.

The journal Nature has an article describing attempts to broaden graduate training in the sciences--to put 'philosophy' front and center in attaining the 'PhD'.

Good morning, Philosophy Club members!

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 20th at 6:45PM  in Engingeering 101

Our topic? "Is immortality a possibility? How could it be?"

See you then,

Nicholas Vela
Club Historian

Good morning, Philosophy Club Members! Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 13th in Engineering 101 at 6:45 PM.  Our topic?

"What is love?"

Hope to see you there!

Nicholas Vela,
Club Historian

Call for undergraduate papers extended:

We are extending the due date to FEBRUARY 20th.

(We thank those who have submitted work -- our review process is commencing.) ​

Ephemeris is an undergraduate journal of philosophy that is student-run and dedicated to publishing exceptional undergraduate writing grounded in the distinct value and interest of the philosophical endeavor.

Contributions: Contributions are solicited in all areas of the philosophical discipline. Contributions should take the form of essay, article, or short note. Review articles are welcome. Please include a short abstract describing the thesis of the paper and main conclusions.

ATTENTION - SPECIAL SECTION:
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Ephemeris 2018 wIll include a special section on the topic whether it is justifiable in a democracy to implement public policy motivated by personal conviction with an eye to such topics as whether religious citizens and politicians may vote or legislate their religious convictions, whether the state may subsidize religious schools and related topics. We will publish the three best papers we receive in this field.