UIC Philosophy Discussion Group
Welcome to the UIC Philosophy Discussion Group's webpage. We are a student organization at the University of Illinois at Chicago that started in 2004 for the purpose of providing a setting for UIC students to independently discuss philosophiccal issues. This semester (fall 2005) the group will be discussing articles written by faculty members. We meet every Wednesday at 2 PM. Each topic lasts for two weeks. During the first meeting we discus the article. During the second meeting the professor meets with the group and fields questions that arose during the previous week's discussion. Everyone is welcome. If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me at sbycho1@uic.edu.

September 14th: First Meeting (BSB 117) Philosophical questions raised by recent research involving mediums.
Readings: Appendix E to The Afterlife Experiments by Gary Schwartz.
"Who's Afraid of Life After Death?" by professor Grossman.
"Some Thoughts in Supersi" by Professor Grossman.
September 21st: (BSB 117) Discussion with   professor Grossman. 
September 28th: (BSB 117)
The role the scientific theory of  mechanism plays in John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
Readings: "The status of Mechanism in Locke's Essay." by Professor Downing.
Various excerpts from Locke's Essay.
October 5th: (BSB 177) Discussion with   professor Downing.
October 12th: (BSB 117)
Magnitudes and the Greek mathematical tradition in Kant's philosophy of mathematics.
Readings: "Kant's Philosophy of Mathematics and the Greek Mathematical Tradition" by professor Sutherland.
October 19th: (UH 14th floor seminar room)
Discussion with  professor Sutherland.
October 26th: (BSB 117)
Hegel's critique of Kant's catagorical imperative
Reading: "Empty Formalism of Kant's Catagorical Imperative: Hegel's Critique Revisited" by professor Sedgwick.
November 2nd: (BSB 177)
Discussion with professor Sedgwick.
November 9th: (BSB 117)
The problem of intentional identity: How does one formalize false statements, given by multiple people, that involve the same non-existent object?
Reading: "Intrasubjective Intentional Identity" by professor Edelberg
November 16th: (BSB 177)
Discussion with professor Edelberg
November 23rd: (BSB 117)
The conflict between liberalism and feminism. How Rawls's "political liberalism" provides a partial reconciliation between these two views.
Readings: "Radical Liberals, Reasonable Feminists: Reason, Power, and Objectivity in MacKinnon and Rawls" by professor Laden.
November 30th: (BSB 177)
Discussion with professor Laden.
Articles:
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