Welcome, we are WWU's Philosophy Club

Are you intereted in philosophy? Do often find yourself asking the 'deep' questions? Come join us every Wednesday at 5:30 PM for pizza and philosophizing at Rudy's Pizza.

About the Club

WWU’s Philosophy Club has been a tradition since 1992 (about twenty years!) and it’s been awesome the whole time. On Wednesday evenings, students (and sometimes faculty) hang out and talk philosophy over pizza and drinks. As is tradition, we meet at Rudy’s Pizza in downtown Bellingham at 5:30. In addition to our weekly meeting, we hold various events throughout the year (see 'Events' below) - most notably, each year our top students organize our nationally recognized Northwest Student Philosophy Conference.

Events

[x] Wednesday, October 10, Arntzen 100 @ 4:15 - Ned Markosian "Do you know that you are not a brain in a vat?"
[x] Wednesday, November 7th, Bond Hall 227 @ 4pm - Leonard Randall "Kant on the love of honor and duty to preserve one's honor."

[x] We invite you to a presentation by WWU philosophers Andrew Law, Frances Howard-Snyder, and Dan Howard-Snyder, moderated by Doug Bunnell, Senior Pastor of First Pres Bellingham, onThursday, May 2nd, 5-6:15pm, Bond Hall 109 (handicap accessible), "A good God doesn't need bad arguments for His existence: theistic responses to William Lane Craig's moral argument for the existence of God."

[ ] Northwest Student Philosophy Conference! Memorial Day weekend, AW 203. See below for complete schedule.

Northwest Student Philosophy Conference

The Northwest Student Philosophy Conference (NWSPC) is organized by undergraduate students and aims to showcase the philosophical research of undergraduate, graduate and professional philosophers. In the last several years, we have been privileged to host Carrie Jenkins and Jonathan Ichikawa (2012) Kris McDaniel (2011), Ben Bradley (2010), Kit Fine (2009), Michael Rea (2009), Dean Zimmerman (2008) and Jonathan Schaffer (2007) as keynote and guest speakers.

This year, our conference takes place Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27. We are pleased to announce that Meghan Sullivan from the University of Notre Dame will be delivering the keynote address.

Schedule:

Friday, May 24th
Informal gathering at the Hog! Philosophy Clubbers/Speakers/Conference Participants will meet at The Copper Hog (on State Street) at 6:00pm to eat, drink, and kick things off.  

Saturday, May 25th – AW 203
9:30am          breakfast items and coffee
10:00             Alumnus kick-off presentation, Joe Fraley: “Vagueness is Hard”  
10:40             Q&A, short break
11:05              Jonathan Lopez: "Anchors on Neurath’s Boat: Non-Foundational Epistemic Entitlements"
11:40             comments by Anthony Nault, Q&A
12:10pm       break for lunch – Pizza and Sandwiches (vegetarian options available)
1:10                Guest Speaker - TBA
1:45               comments by Emily Beszhak, Q&A
6:00               dinner, location TBA

Sunday, May 26th – AW 203             
9:30am         breakfast items and coffee
10:00             Anthony C. Adrian: “The Truth about Quantifier Variance”
10:35             comments by Thomas Hall, Q&A, short break
11:05              Walter Reid: “Does Nietzsche’s Reply to Pessimism Succeed?”
11:40              comments by John Rosenbaum, Q&A
12:10pm        break for lunch - Pizza and Sandwiches (vegetarian options available)
1:10                 KEYNOTE: Meghan Sullivan: “Against Time-Bias”
2:00                Q&A

See photos of the 2011 Conference >>

Contact our Board

President: Thomas Hall
Vice President: Anthony Nault
Budget Authority: Andrew Law
Three Marketeers: James Dunn, Scott Potter, Davis Smith
Website Designer: Io Blair-Freese