CSUN Student Philosophy Societyhttp://csunphilosophy.com The Student Philosophy Society at California State University, Northridge Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:52:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en2010 Student Research Symposium

This Friday, Feb. 11th, CSUN will be holding its annual Student Research and Creative Works Symposium:

The CSUN Student Research and Creative Works Symposium takes place each fall semester. The purpose of the symposium is to highlight student achievement and to inform the campus community of the excellent quality and diversity of research and creative activity

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]]>http://csunphilosophy.com/2010-student-research-symposium The Passions: The Myth and Nature of Human Emotions

Time for the second Student Philosophy Society meeting of the Spring 2010 semester!  This time, Alberto Mendoza, will be giving a presentation on Robert C. Solomon’s book, The Passions: The Myth and Nature of Human Emotion.  Following the presentation, as usual, we will have a discussion on the topic.  The delicious—not to mention free—food and

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]]>http://csunphilosophy.com/philosophy-of-emotions Heidegger’s distinction between World and the Intraworldly

It’s the beginning of the Spring 2010 semester and the Student Philosophy Society is back in full swing.  This semester, CSUN Philosophy major Alberto Mendoza continues to serve as the SPS President and already has many exciting ideas for future meetings.  You’ll definitely want to check back here often so you don’t miss out on

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]]>http://csunphilosophy.com/heidegger-on-world-and-the-intraworldly Final Meeting for Fall ’09 The final meeting for the Fall ’09 semester will be held on Tuesday, December, 1st 2009.  Think of this meeting as more of an open forum with some food and drinks bring provided.  As such, there won’t be any formal topic set in advance and we’ll discuss whatever topic(s) participants might bring up.

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]]>http://csunphilosophy.com/final-meeting-for-fall-2009 Man as Possibility-to-Himself This week, CSUN Philosophy student, Alvin Mayorga, will present his paper titled, Ekstinction by virtue of the System phenomenon itself.

This will be a discussion on the role of Existential-Phenomenology in the twenty-first century and the importance of understanding the interconnection between freedom, action, and responsibility

As always, feel free to bring your philosophically-interested friends!

Topic: Man as Possibility-to-HimselfDate: Tuesday,

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]]>http://csunphilosophy.com/man-as-possibility-to-himself The 12th Southern California Philosophy Conference For those interested, the 12th Southern California Philosophy Conference will take place this Saturday.  Hosted by the Claremont Colleges’ departments of philosophy, the conference will take place at Pitzer College.  Admission is FREE!

Also of note, our very own Dr. Tim Black will be presenting on epistemology in a talk titled, How To Do Epistemology.

Additionally, Dr.

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]]>http://csunphilosophy.com/12th-southern-california-philosophy-conference Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence This week the topic is David Benatar’s book, Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence.  CSUN Philosophy student, Alberto Mendoza, will give us a presentation of this book and lead a discussion about it.

In Better Never to Have Been, Benatar argues that coming into existence is a serious harm, regardless of

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]]>http://csunphilosophy.com/better-never-to-have-been-the-harm-of-coming-into-existence Worlds and Individuals, Possible and Otherwise For this week’s meeting, our very own Dr. Takashi Yagisawa will give a presentation on some of the topics within in his upcoming book, Worlds and Individuals, Possible and Otherwise.  This description of his book will give a clear idea of what to expect during his presentation:

Modal realism says that non-actual possible worlds and individuals

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