The GPPC

On Friday, March 27 Rachana Kamtekar (Cornell) will deliver the annual Charles Kahn Memorial Lecture at Penn, titled “Plato’s Neuropsychology: How Plato’s Late Dialogues Conceive of Soul and Virtue.” 3-6pm Claudia Cohen Hall, Room 402. #philsky

Living with Artificial Agents

On Friday, March 13 Peter Railton will deliver the semiannual Norton Lecture, exploring the moral challenges raised by artificial intelligence in a talk titled “Living with Artificial Agents.” 4:15-6pm Gore Hall, Room 103, University of Delaware, Free and open to the public. #philsky

We will be hosting a public debate at The University of Delaware on whether biological sex is binary. Debating on Friday, March 6th at 4:15pm in the Gore Recital Hall will be the authors of two recent books - Tomás Bogardus (Pepperdine Philosophy) and Agustín Fuentes (Princeton Anthropology).

2025-2026 Program Midwifery, Liberation, and the Captive Maternal This public panel discussion, part of the 2025 Feminist Decolonial Politics Workshop at Villanova University, brings Joy James’ theoretical wor…

This spring the GPPC is co-sponsoring several symposia, conferences, workshops, and talks.

Please see our website for details!

thegppc.wordpress.com/2025-2026-pr...

Call for Abstracts (deadline March 2) for upcoming U. Delaware workshop on “Ethics, Epistemology, and Engineering” (April 24-26).

The workshop aims to foster dialogue between philosophical theory and engineering practice.

Contact eeeworkshop2026@udel.edu for more info.
#philsky #philsci

Reminder -- deadline at the end of January.

The Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium Undergraduate Conference Call for Papers On April 18, 2026 the University of Delaware will host the 36th annual GPPC Undergraduate Conference. Undergraduates are invited to submit papers of less than 2000 words on any topic of philosophical interest. The deadline for paper submission is January 31, 2026. Notices of acceptance will be sent by March 1, 2026. Papers should be prepared as a PDF document to be reviewed anonymously. Please include a cover page with your name, university affiliation, and the paper title. Do not include any identifying information in the body of your paper, except for the title. Please send your papers & questions to: thegppc@gmail.com

Call for Papers!

On April 18, 2026, the University of Delaware will host the annual GPPC Undergraduate Conference. Papers (less than 2000 words) may be submitted on any topic of philosophical interest. The deadline for submission is 1/31/26. See additional information on the flyer.

Why Philosophy Matters Now: A day of events celebrating 125 years of the APA and 50 years of the APA at UD. Friday, Nov. 21, at the University of Delaware.

Join us on Friday, November 21 for a day of events celebrating the APA's 125th anniversary and 50 years of the APA at the @udelaware.bsky.social! Pre-registration is encouraged but not required. bit.ly/491r2RY

Shelly Kagan, "Death and the Meaning of Life." Fall 2025 David Norton Memorial Lecture, Friday, October 17, 4 p.m., Gore Hall, Room 103. Free & open to the public. Reception to follow.

Happening Friday: APA member Shelly Kagan of Yale University to give the fall 2025 Norton Lecture at @udelaware.bsky.social. events.udel.edu/event/death-...

Sept. 19-20: Retirement conference in honor of Gary Hatfield at UPenn. Speakers include Aleksandra Igdalova, Rolf-Peter Horstmann, Ben Baker, Peter Schwartz, Louise Daoust, and Uljana Feest. For those interested in attending, RSVP here:
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#philsky

4th Annual Penn-Georgetown Digital Ethics Workshop We invite submissions for the 4th Annual Penn-Georgetown Digital Ethics Workshop, to be held at the University on Pennsylvania on April 3rd-4th, 2026. Submissions in any area of digital ethics, broadl...

We are excited to announce the 4th Annual Penn-Georgetown Digital Ethics Workshop, organized by Brian Berkey and myself. The conference will take place April 3-4, 2026, at Penn.

If you work on digital technology ethics, broadly construed, please consider submitting an abstract.

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) #philsky

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
#philsky

We're delighted to serve as hosts for the 2025 Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium @thegppc.bsky.social Undergraduate Conference this Saturday, April 26.

Temple University's Philosophy department presents The 2025 GPPC Undergraduate Conference. Featuring talks by students from Penn, Temple, St. Joseph's, Haverford, University of Delaware and many more! With a keynote by Peter Baumann (Swarthmore College). Saturday April 26th, Gladfelter Rooms 21 and 24, 9:30 am - 6:30 pm.

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). #philsky

Poster text: Science, Technology and Society Network presents Guest Speaker Quayshawn Spencer (Penn). Quayshawn Spencer is the Robert S. Blank Presidential Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Spencer specialize in philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, and philosophy of race, including metaphysical problems in race theory, such as whether any folk racial classification divides people into real biological groups. The STS network at Temple University is a diverse group of faculty, staff, and graduate students with interests in the social, historical, and philosophical dimensions of science, technology, and medicine. We meet monthly in hybrid form, Charles Library and Zoom. We welcome all to join! Sign up to our listserv to receive emails about upcoming seminars. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY NETWORK presents Guest Speaker Quayshawn Spencer(Penn) Visit us: sites.temple.edu/stsnetwork/ With support from Klein College of Media and Communication and Charles Library

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.

Next Week!

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

#philsky

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: sites.temple.edu/crisis/sched...

The Spring 2025 Norton Lecture
LA Paul (Yale)
"Transformative Changes of Self"
Gore 116
4pm, Friday April 18th

From Temple U Philosophy: We're delighted to welcome Dr. Sally Haslanger, Ford Prof. 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.

On Thursday, March 13th at 5pm in Memorial 127, @udelphilosophy.bsky.social and @udposcir.bsky.social will host a debate:

Do We Have a Duty to Vote?

Jason Brennan (Georgetown University)
vs.
Julia Maskivkir (Rollins College)

On Thursday February 13 at 7pm, West Chester University will host a discussion with interdisciplinary scholar of race and ethnic studies Scott Kurashige. Topics will include the philosophies of James and Grace Lee Boggs as well as the history and philosophies of Asian-American political organizing throughout the Twentieth and Twenty-first centuries. The colloquium will be held in Sykes Theater on the WCU campus and is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the WCU Philosophy Department, Political Science Department, Honors College, Institute of Race and Ethnic Studies, and the GPPC. Please contact Dean Johnson (DJohnson4@wcupa.edu) with questions.

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. #philsky

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

Here is the text on the attached photo of a flyer for this conference: THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA PHILOSOPHY CONSORTIUM UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS! On April 26, 2025 Temple University will host the Annual GPPC Undergraduate Conference featuring Peter Baumann (Swarthmore) as the keynote speaker. Undergraduates are invited to submit papers between 2,000-2,500 words on any topic of philosophical interest. The deadline for paper submission is February 7, 2025. Notices of acceptance will be sent by March 7, 2025. Papers should be prepared as a PDF document to be reviewed anonymously. Please include a cover page with your name, university affiliation, and the paper title. Do not include any identifying information in the body of your paper, except for the title. Please send your Submissions & questions to templephilosophy.gppc@gmail.com

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 templephilosophy.gppc@gmail.com. #philsky

Reminder: starts tomorrow!

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.

The image is of a flyer for the upcoming meeting of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle at Villanova on October 24-26. More information and links are available on the program section of the GPPC website: https://thegppc.wordpress.com/2023-2024-program/

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

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).

Fall events:
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).

2024-2025 Program Temporalities of Resistance: A Workshop in Phenomenology While the topic of resistance has often been approached from political and psychoanalytical perspectives, this workshop will adopt a phenomenol...

The GPPC 2024-25 program is posted!
thegppc.wordpress.com/2023-2024-pr...
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, the site has up-to-date info on our reading discussion groups.