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Cfp: 16th Annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference
The 16th Annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference will be hosted at the University of North Florida (Jacksonville) on March 2, 2013. The conference theme is metaethics. See below for the...
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Should Marriage Be Privatized?
Here is a thoughtful discussion that nicely lays out some consequential reasons on both sides. What do you think?
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Why Vote?
Happy Election Day! Here is an interesting piece on why people vote despite the unlikeliness of their vote making a difference in who wins (though your vote is still very likely to make a difference in...
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Cfp: North Carolina Philosophical Society (w/ undergraduate award)
The North Carolina Philosophical Society announces its third and final call for papers for its 2013 meeting on February 15 & 16, 2013, at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. The...
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Cfp REMINDER: 16th Annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference
The 16th Annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference will be hosted at the University of North Florida (Jacksonville) on March 2, 2013. The conference theme is metaethics. See below for the...
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Online Undergraduate Ethics Conference
The First Annual Online Undergraduate Ethics Conference is a new project sponsored by the Jackson Family Center for Ethics & Values at Coastal Carolina University. The conference, which will take...
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Philosophers and Gun Control
Gun control is a hot topic these days. I thought that we could collect some links to philosophers discussing the issue. The New York Times is running a series of blog posts on the issue. So far they...
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Call for Abstracts: Florida Undergraduate Research Conference
Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC) Please visit the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference website. Abstracts are now being accepted for the 2013 Florida Undergraduate Research...
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Cfp: 2013 University of South Florida Graduate Philosophy Conference
Neo-Kantianism Before and After: The History of Philosophy and the Philosophy of History 6th annual USF Graduate Student Philosophy Conference: Call for Papers Conference Dates: March 29th and 30th,...
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Cfp: Geogia Southern Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS Undergraduate Philosophy Conference Georgia Southern University Pop Culture and Philosophy April 20, 2013 Keynote Speaker: Robert Arp Paper Submission Due Date: March 1, 2013 Proposal:...
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Cfp: Appalachian Regional Student Philosophy Colloquium
Appalachian Regional Student Philosophy Colloquium CALL FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PAPERS The Philosophy Department and the Philosophy Club at East Tennessee State University present 6th Annual...
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16th Annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference Schedule
Here is the conference schedule for the upcoming Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference. The conference will be held at the University of North Florida, in Jacksonville. Meetings will be...
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University of North Florida Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies...
For those interested, the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of North Florida now has a Facebook page. Here it is. Like the page, and you can keep up to date with the...
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The Elenchus and Socrates’ Idea of the Philosophical Life
Pa’ntes A’nthropoi Tou^ Eide’nai Ore’gontai Phy’sei. All men by nature desire to know. –Aristotle, Metaphysics, 1:1 When one begins to take a closer look at Socrates of Athens, (469-399 B.C. ) it...
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Nietzsche’s Conclusion
Zu bald alt, zu spät klug I was a child in the sixties, aged six to sixteen, during a time when existentialism was highly celebrated as pop philosophy. Nothing could be more counter-cultural than the...
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On Simon Blackburn’s “Lust”
Perhaps those who love Shakespeare love him because of his ability to so skillfully portray the many facets of the human condition. He does indeed most always “get it right.” Certainly, his...
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Gun Control and the Right to Bear Arms
“Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.” – Niccolo Machiavelli The question of whether citizens in a democracy should have ready access to firearms suggests a...
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Comparisons and Contrasts of the Contemporary Marriage Relationship among...
Whosoever spends his days without a wife, has no joy nor blessing, or good in his life. Talmud – Yevamot 62B The Orthodox Jewish view of Marriage Any discussion of Orthodox Christians, Jews, and...
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On Rebellion
“I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!”[1] These are the words of Howard Beale in “Network”. The American movie classic is about an aging network broadcaster who rebels against...
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Understanding Being and Time
The newborn just entered into the world, may say to herself, “I am soiled; I am hungry, and decidedly uncomfortable. Surely, my mother knows this. Why then does she not come to feed and change me?”...
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Don’t Worry – Be Happy : The Epicurean View of Death
[1] Eccl 8:15 – Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life,...
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A Neo-Patriarchal Response to Communitarianism
Very occasionally, in the morning when the weather is not too hot, I step out onto my front porch and sit on a broad wooden bench, looking out into my front yard and that of my neighbor’s, enjoying...
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On Global Socioeconomic Justice
When discussing contemporary theories of global socioeconomic justice we should begin with John Rawls, if only for the fact that the two other philosophers whose views I shall be examining, Martha...
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On Plato’s “Symposium”
Apollodorus How appropriate that Plato should frame this work as a tale told second hand. From his pen, we are hearing the story as told by a disciple of Plato named Apollodorus who had heard the...
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Every Blog Has Its Day
The FSPB has had a good run, but it’s been a while since it has been the active place for student discussions “of issues philosophical, religious, moral, political, and scientific” that it once was....
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