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Learning Beyond the Classroom

Philosophy students are encouraged to attend lectures in the department's ongoing colloquium series, join with other majors, minors, and interested students for discussion, movie nights, and other activities in the Philosophy club, and enjoy the open conversations of the Platonic Society. The Philosophy department sponsors an open house each semester where students can gather to meet one another and talk about their interests.

The Philosophy Club

The Philosophy Club is a wholly student-run organization dedicated to the informal discussion of philosophical topics (and the informal consumption of snacks). Meetings are held once a month on Thursdays, 5-6 pm, in MBSC Room 222.

Co-Presidents 2017 - 2018: Amanda Byers and Josh Gebbie

The Platonic Society: On hiatus during Dr. Kim's travels! Returns Spring 2018!

The Platonic Society sponsors faculty-led philosophical discussions; for more information please contact Dr. Halla Kim


Philosophy Talks

The Philosophy department holds a regular lecture series with visiting philosophers.

Previous Philosophy Talks

  • 7 March 2016: "A Sentimentalist Theory of Practical Reasons" Michael Slote, University of Miami
  • 19 March 2015: "Are There No Fictional Truths? Probability, Seriality, and Fictional Objectivity" Roy Cook, University of Minnesota
  • 13 March 2015: "Reductionisms in Hermeneutics" Vittorio Höslem, University of Notre Dame
  • 23 February 2015: "A Semiotic Interpretation of Jeong Yagyong's Philosophy of Yijing" In Bang, Kyungpook National University in Korea
  • 22 January 2015: "The Evolutionary Argument against Naturalism: When Not to Believe Your Very Best Theories" Troy Cross, Reed College
  • 12 September 2014: "Doxasticism: Belief and the Information-responsiveness of Mind" Robert Audi, University of Notre Dame
  • 7 April 2014: "Religion Through the Lens of Philosophy" Howard Wettstein, Professor of Philosophy, University of California - Riverside
  • 4 June 2013: "Content with Attitude: Expressivism and the Language of Thought" Derek Shiller, Princeton University
  • 20 - 22 May 2013: International Conference on the Work of Saul Kripke, Mammel Hall, UNO's Aksarben Campus. Saul Kripke Keynote Address
  • 1 February 2013: "What Bowties Teach Us about Biological Explanation and HIV", Nicholaos J. Jones, Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • 31 January 2013: "Hermeneutics and Causation in Huayan Buddhism," Nicholaos J. Jones, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • 15 October 2012: "How Many Headaches is Your Life Worth?" Paul Kelleher, Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 14 September 2012: "Could There Be a Complete Explanation of Everything?" Tim O'Connor, Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University Bloomington
  • 14 September 2012: Philosophy Seminar: Tim O'Connor, Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University Bloomington
  • 13 March 2012: "Talking to Our Selves: Reflection, Skepticism, and Agency," John Doris, Professor, Philosophy and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis
  • 27 February 2012: Critical Reasoning Series, Cathal Woodsm Associate Professor of Philosophy, Virginia Wesleyan College - "IQ vs RQ: What is Rationality? Thoughts on Stanovich's Tri-Process Theory"
  • 24 February 2012: Philosophy Colloquium, Cathal Woods, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Virginia Wesleyan College - "Traditional" Citizenship and the "Modern" Polis in Aristotle's Politics
  • 27 January 2012: Philosophy Colloquium, Lisa Shabel, Associate Professor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University
  • 21 October 2011: Colloquium, Robert Audi, Professor of Philosophy, Notre Dame University - "Prospects for a Naturalistic Intuitionism"
  • 21 October 2011: Colloquium, Chaehyun Chong, Professor of Philosophy, Sogang University, South Korea - "The Mojing: On the Conception of Rationality in Ancient China"
  • 20 October 2011: Colloquium, Chaehyun Chong, Professor of Philosophy, Sogang University, South Korea - "The Mojing: On the Conception of Rationality in Ancient China"
  • 23 September 2011: Colloquium, Jeffrey Brower, Professor of Philosophy, Purdue University - "Aquinas on Human Personhood and Death"
  • 23 September 2011: Faculty/Majors Workshop: Jeffrey Brower, Professor of Philosophy, Purdue University - "Aristotelean Eudurantism: A New Solution to the Problem of Temporary Intrinsics"
  • 4 March 2011: Ryan Nichols (Cal State Fullerton & University of Notre Dame) "The Origins of the Problem of Evil & The Cognitive Science of Religion"
  • 25 January 2011: Saul Kripke (CUNY, Graduate Center) "The First Person"

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1. It allows you to become connected to UNO. Our campus is full of resources, but the responsibility is on the student to seek them out. Being involved helps you to do that.

2. It helps build community. Since you're leaving your family and sometimes your friends behind, getting involved helps your discover new friends with similar interests.

3. It allows you to discover your passions and strengths. These will follow you all through life. It allows you to discover what you don't like, too.

4. It's a résumé builder: freshman year is not too soon to begin thinking about positioning yourself for future employment.

5. Sometimes, busier students do better in all areas. This will vary a lot by the student, of course, but more free time does not always equal better grades. Being involved will require some organization and time management on your part—and that's a good thing.

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