UNO Philosophy Club
2015 - 2016 Officers
President: Franklin Fehrman (ffehrman@uno.edu)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Clarence Mark Phillips
We meet every Wednesday at 12:00 during the Fall and Spring semester.
President: Franklin Fehrman (ffehrman@uno.edu)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Clarence Mark Phillips
We meet every Wednesday at 12:00 during the Fall and Spring semester.
Thank you for visiting the UNO Philosophy Club's webpage! The UNO Philosophy Club meets weekly during Fall and Spring semesters, Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., in front of Earl K. Long Library (Lakeside) underneath the closest mammoth oak tree. Look for our sign!
The meetings are organized in a discussion format. Typically, one member (or guest speaker) will give a presentation on a topic of their choice, then the floor will be open for discussion. Besides supplying some structure for our meetings, this format permits maxim participation by those in attendance. It also encourages club members to investigate areas of interest and to defend their analysis and/or claims to others.
Philosophy is an excellent way to focus on making thinking more clear and effective. This can be much easier -- and more fun -- within the context of Philosophy Club. Everyone in attendance is similarly afflicted with a curiosity about the nature of truth (or is it Truth?). Essentially, we get together to discuss what we think about the human activity of thinking.
With such a broad starting point, it's no wonder that in the past year the UNO Philosophy Club has had such diverse topics as . . .
Additionally, the UNO Philosophy Club has had a number of very stimulating guest lecturers. Some recent talks have been:
One very inspiring event is the yearly Darwin Day lecture series organized by the UNO Philosophy Department's own Dr. Mark Phillips. Some very influential thinkers have graced our very own campus in the past, thanks to his efforts! These include Daniel Dennett (2007), Victor Stenger, author of God: The Failed Hypothesis (2011), and Robert Trivers, evolutionary biologist and author of The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life (2012).
Besides our weekly meetings, the UNO Philosophy Club is very active in a number of other contexts -- cookouts, sailing trips, toga parties -- though interestingly enough, no matter the libations, we always find ourselves discussing our shared passion of Philosophy.
Exciting events are always being planned. Interesting things like a beginning-of-the-semester champagne brunch, Trivia Nights (with the opportunity to win money if we do well), Audubon Zoo and other "field" trips. With a field like Philosophy, the possibilities are limitless!