Sophia Club

02/11/2016

Graham Priest to present on Paraconsistency and Dialetheism at 4:00 today in Breland Room 172. I hope to see you all there!

10/23/2015

10/21/2015

The Philosophy Department door decoration for Pink Week. Please "like" this photo!

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10/01/2015

Hi Sophiates!

Don't forget about our meeting tomorrow (3:30 at The Game)!

We will be discussing the following articles:
http://jetpress.org/v22/walker.htm
http://jetpress.org/v22/agar.htm

See you there!

Objections to uploading may be parsed into substrate issues, dealing with the computer platform of upload and personal identity. This paper argues that the personal identity issues of uploading are no more or less challenging than those of bodily transfer often discussed in the philosophical literat…

02/28/2015

There is hope!

We talk a lot about the need for good jobs in America, but good-paying jobs often require certain skills. Engineering, science and technical degrees are seen as highly prized, and not without merit.

11/22/2014

Humans Need Not Apply: http://youtu.be/7Pq-S557XQU
Thoughts?

Discuss this video: http://www.reddit.com/r/CGPGrey/comments/2dfh5v/humans_need_not_apply/ http://www.CGPGrey.com/ https://twitter.com/cgpgrey # # Robots, Etc...

09/18/2014

Hey everyone! Don't forget about Amy Reed-Sandoval's presentation entitled, "Deportation as Theaters for Inequality" today at 4:00 in Breland 172. I hope to see you all there!

09/11/2014

Hi Sophiates!

Don't forget about Mark Walker's presentation entitled "Externalism, Skepticism, and Skeptical Dogmatism" today in Breland 172 and 4:00 pm. We hope to see you there!

09/05/2014

Hi everyone!

Sophia will kick off this month with a presentation by the NMSU Philosophy department's very own, Mark Walker. His presentation is entitled, "Externalism, Skepticism, and Skeptical Dogmatism," will be held on Thursday, September 11th in Breland 172 at 4:00 pm. I hope to see familiar faces, as it will be an intriguing discussion on the nature of knowledge, epistemic justification, and implications of endorsing skeptical dogmatism. For more information, the abstract for the presentation is below:

"A claimed benefit of epistemic externalism is that it alone can avoid skepticism. Most epistemic externalists, however, allow a residual amount of internalism in terms of a defeasibility condition on justification. The paper argues that an internal defeasibility condition is sufficient for skeptics to cast doubt on many claims to justified belief about perceptual matters. Furthermore, the defeasibility condition also opens the door to a darker form of skepticism, skeptical dogmatism, which maintains that many of our perceptually based beliefs are probably false."

08/29/2014

Hey Sophiates!

Hope you all enjoyed your first full week of classes and didn't have to take too many quizzes on validity. Don't forget about the social at The Game tomorrow at 4:30! Be there or be square!

08/23/2014

Hi everyone!
I'd like to first say congrats to the seniors who graduated last year; we will miss you! For those who are still working on degrees or even just starting them, welcome!

Our first event of the year will be the Southwest Women's Law Center for a discussion on legislation on women's economic fairness this Tuesday August 26th 6:00 - 8:00 pm in Science Hall 109. Anyone with an interest in gender justice, applied ethics, law, politics, or public policy, will find the conversation interesting. Pizza will be served.

Also, Saturday (August 30th), we will be having an event at The Game at 4:30 to talk about new changes to the organization, brain storm future events, and available leadership positions.

If you are new to the group, this will be a great opportunity to introduce yourself to existing members, and decide how much time you'll be able to commit in the future.

I look forward to a productive semester, Aggies!

-Katie Deaven