The GPPC

The Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium. Promoting philosophical inquiry since 1980.

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FYI this account is also posting at @thegppc.bsky.social

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This Friday, May 9 the GPPC is co-sponsoring a one day conference "Creative Reason: Kant and Schelling in Dialogue" at Temple U. (9:30-5 in Charles Library, Room 401)

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Temple U. Philosophy Event: Garry Hagberg (Bard College) giving this year's Beardsley Lecture, titled "The Metaphorical Lens."

Friday, April 25, 5:15-7:15pm
Barnes Foundation Museum (2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia)
Followed by reception
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We're delighted to serve as hosts for the 2025 Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium
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Undergraduate Conference this Saturday, April 26.

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The annual GPPC Undergraduate Conference is here! Saturday, April 26 at Temple U. (9:30am-6pm in Gladfelter Hall). Talks by students from St. Joe's, LaSalle, Penn, Delaware, Haverford, Boston U, Swarthmore, Ursinus, Fordham, and Temple. Keynote from Peter Baumann (Swarthmore).

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We're looking forward to University of Pennsylvania Philosopher Quayshawn Spencer's presentation at the Temple University Science, Technology and Society Network, coming up on Monday, April 14, 12-1pm in the Charles Library First Floor Event Space.

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The Penn Dept. of Philosophy is hosting the Inaugural Charles Kahn Memorial Lecture later this week. Rachel Barney, University of Toronto "Protagoras and the Measure of All Things" 3 pm March 28, 2025 Cohen 402 University of Pennsylvania

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Later this week, March 28-30, the GPPC is co-sponsoring a conference at Temple U. on "Constitutional Democracy in Crisis." Co-hosted by the Philosophy Department at Temple and the University of Glasgow School of Law. More information here: https://t.co/aRbbRxHp9P

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We're delighted to welcome Dr. Sally Haslanger, Ford Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at MIT as our 2024-2025 Distinguished Speaker. Dr. Haslanger will present a public lecture "Social Reproduction and the Politics of Care" from 3-5 p.m. in Mazur Hall 821.

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Thurs. February 13 at 7pm: West Chester U. will host a discussion with interdisciplinary scholar of race and ethnic studies Scott Kurashige. Free and open to the public.

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The deadline for submissions to our undergraduate conference is next week!

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Call for Papers!

On April 26, 2025 Temple U. will host the annual GPPC Undergraduate Conference.

Undergrads can submit papers of 2,000-2,500 words on any phil. topic by Feb. 7, 2025 (see flyer for more info). Send papers and any questions to [email protected].

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Call for Papers!

On April 26, 2025 Temple U. will host the annual GPPC Undergraduate Conference.

Undergrads can submit papers of 2,000-2,500 words on any phil. topic by Feb. 7, 2025 (see flyer for more info). Send papers and any questions to [email protected].

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Reminder: starts tomorrow!

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More info on the annual meeting of the Int'l Merleau-Ponty Circle, Oct. 24-26 at Villanova (see poster).

Note! On Thurs. Oct 24, 8:15 pm, the conference features an artistic performance, sponsored by the GPPC, free and open to the public (advanced registration is required).

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Next Tuesday, September 24 Sean Carroll (Johns Hopkins) will deliver the David Norton Memorial Lecture at the University of Delaware.

The talk begins at 7pm in Gore Recital Hall, Roselle Center for the Arts on the UD campus. It is free and open to the public.

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More info on the annual meeting of the Int'l Merleau-Ponty Circle, Oct. 24-26 at Villanova (see poster).

Note! On Thurs. Oct 24, 8:15 pm, the conference features an artistic performance, sponsored by the GPPC, free and open to the public (advanced registration is required).

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Reading groups:
Philosophy of Religion (St. Joseph’s)
Asian and Comparative Philosophy (Zoom)
History and Philosophy of Science (Penn)
Work in Progress in Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, and Philosophy of Mind (ad hoc, Swarthmore/Temple)
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The GPPC 2024-25 program is posted!

https://t.co/SH8edxmfKc

3 Philadelphia-area philosophy events are set for the fall and several are being finalized for the spring (some details on fall events threaded below).

Also, we have up-to-date info on our reading groups.

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September 20, Temporalities of Resistance: A Workshop in Phenomenology (Villanova).

October 18-19, Kant’s and Schelling’s Philosophy of Nature (Temple).

October 24-26, Art, Politics, and Imagination - 48th Annual Meeting of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle (Villanova).

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Debating Death's Badness
April 16th, 2024

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On April 26-27 the University of Delaware will be hosting the 34th annual GPPC Undergraduate Conference. See poster for more details.