Topics for 2006-2007
- Physical tolerance, human nature, are Jews a race or religion, and perception
- Progression of social tolerance, chaos theory, and discussion of future club activities.
- Are things predetermined, and if so, is it absolute?
- Government, why we fall into the system, etc
- Pros and cons of a collective society
- Life and Death, desensitization
- Flaws of current educational system
Topics for 2005-2006
- We currently have open discussions every week.
Topics for 2004-2005
- What is Philosophy and why do we study it?
- A brief overview of philosophy part 1 Click here
- A brief overview of philosophy part 2 Click here
- A brief overview of philosophy part 3 Click here
- A brief overview of philosophy part 4 Click here
- A brief overview of philosophy part 5 Click here
- A brief overview of philosophy part 6 Click here
- A brief overview of philosophy part 7 Click here
- A brief overview of philosophy part 8 Click here
- A brief overview of philosophy part 9 Click here
Topics for 2003-2004
- Thought and perspectives - How can we improve our thinking?
- Creativity
- Exploration - What drives us to expand our frontiers and discover new places?
- String Theory (video) - The most popular way of looking at time and space.
- Agreements - personal truths
- The Waking Life (video) - This will be watched every year. If you missed it, I recommend renting it.
- Self-determination of social status and classes.
- Censorship - does the news media slant the truth, does the government force them to, how much, and how does it effect us?
- Humor - why is it important and how does it affect us?
- Why does our culture focus on youth?
- Super heroes and Villains - How do they impact society, why are we so entertained by them, and do we have them in real life?
- Death - What is the soul, and what happens when you die?
- Wholeness - The idea that the world's problems should be looked at as a vast series of cause-and-effect rather than individual problems.
- Apathy - Nietzsche and C.S. Lewis both predicted a decline in the passions and intensity of mankind, for good or evil, and how eventually it'll meet in the middle and become apathy.
- Justice - Kant's theory of Justice was discussed by visiting Philosophy Alumnus Julie Hanover.
- Movie: The Waking Life - Stunning compilation and dialog covering many philosophies.
