Philosophy Department Workshops

Contemporary European Philosophy Workshop

This workshop constitutes an ongoing forum for engagement with the modern European tradition of philosophy, including its links with non-European philosophers and cultures. The meetings are primarily devoted to presentations by graduate students from philosophy, divinity, comparative literature, social thought and other departments. Throughout the year, the workshop will also host a series of lectures by visiting philosophers.

Faculty contact: Robert Pippin

Student coordinator: Sheela Kumar

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Contemporary Philosophy Workshop

A bi-weekly forum for graduate students to present current work in Contemporary Philosophy.

Faculty contact: David Finkelstein

Student coordinator: Rachel Goodman

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Formal Philosophy Workshop

This workshop is intended as a venue for graduate students and faculty to discuss issues pertaining to logic, the philosophy of mathematics, formal epistemology, general philosophy of science, and the philosophy of the particular sciences. The emphasis from year to year is tailored to graduate students’ areas of interest. Both qualitative and formal discussions of these topics are welcome.

Faculty contacts: Kevin Davey and Ben Callard

Grad student coordinator: Matt Teichman

Website: http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/formalphilosophy/

Modern Philosophy Workshop

This workshop provides a forum for graduate students and faculty interested in the history of Philosophy from Descartes to Kant. Workshop sessions include presentations from graduate students as well as hosting presentations from prominent Modern Philosophy scholars. Although the workshop topics include the entire Modern period, particular emphasis will be given to Kant, post-Kantian German Idealism, and 20th century appropriations of Kant.

Faculty sponsor: Robert Pippin and Anton Ford

Graduate student coordinator: Charles Todd

Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/blogs/earlymodphil/.

Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop

A weekly forum for the study of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. Sessions are divided among discussion of graduate student work in progress, translation and discussion of a selected text, and talks by outside speakers. See our website for a schedule and more information.

Faculty contact: Gabriel Lear

Student coordinator: Erica Holberg

Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/blogs/agarp/

Philosophy of Mind Workshop

A workshop in contemporary philosophy of mind. It consists of a biweekly reading group supplemented by graduate student presentations and lectures from visiting faculty. More information

Faculty contact: Jason Bridges, David Finkelstein

Student Coordinator: Will Small

Website: http://mindworkshop.blogspot.com

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Semantics and Philosophy of Language Workshop

The subject of meaning in natural language is currently investigated both by philosophers and linguists. While they have different foci, methods, concerns, and goals, both groups can profit from cross-disciplinary discussions and mutual understanding of their different questions, methods and results. The topic of the workshop in 2006-7 is anaphora: the relation between referentially deficient terms (e.g., pronouns) and the context of linguistic information that is used to compute their meanings.

Faculty contacts:contact Josef Stern (Philosophy) and Chris Kennedy (Linguistics)

Student Coordinator: Aidan Gray

Website: http://semantics.uchicago.edu/kennedy/

Wittgenstein Workshop

The Wittgenstein Workshop aims to foster a variety of forms of interdisciplinary research that take their point of departure from a shared interest in Wittgenstein's intellectual achievement. The workshop will seek to provide a forum in which the following three activities can be pursued in conjunction with one another: (1) the careful study of Wittgenstein's contributions to both philosophy and other disciplines, (2) the discussion of current research by graduate students with related interests, and (3) the presentation of work by (and the opportunity for graduate students to come into contact and discussion with) some of the leading contemporary scholars at work in these areas.

Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/blogs/wittgenstein/

Schedule: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/blogs/wittgenstein/schedule/

Faculty contact: James Conant

Student coordinator: Silver Bronzo

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Women in Philosophy Group

Concerned with the practical problems of women in a program and a discipline that relatively few women enter. Open to graduate and undergraduate students.

Student coordinator: Rachel Goodman

website: http://phil-women.uchicago.edu/

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