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Philosophy Club (UW-Madison)
Previous Discussion Topics

• Fall 2002

  • Tuesday, September 10th

    • Philosophy Club (UW-Madison) is born

    • Proposed Constitution accepted

    • Officers nominated and elected

    • Structure of new club discussed

    • September 11th: Socrates said that one can nobody can knowingly do evil; were the attacks on the U.S. done in a pure act of goodness?

      • The nature of a person

      • The nature of a mind

    • Next Meeting (Tuesday, September 17) topic will begin:

      • September 11th: Socrates said that nobody can knowingly do evil; were the attacks on the U.S. done in a pure act of goodness?

  • Tuesday, September 17th

    • September 11th: Socrates said that nobody can knowingly do evil; were the attacks on the U.S. done in a pure act of goodness?
    • what is evil
    • even if it is true that people cannot knowingly do evil, can people still do evil?
    • Law/Punishment

    • The problem of evil

    • Next Meeting (Tuesday, September 24) topic will begin:

      • The problem of evil

    • Tuesday, September 27

      • The Problem of Evil

      • The worth of logic

    • Next Meeting (Tuesday, October 1) topic will begin:

      • Schroedinger's Cat

        • http://www.galactic-guide.com/articles/8R56.html http://physics.nist.gov/News/Update/960528.html

    • Tuesday, October 1

      • Schroedinger's Cat

      • Paradoxes

      • Potential Philosophy Club Activities

    • Next Meeting (Tuesday, October 8th) topic will begin:

      • Considering Potential Philosophy Club Activities

    • Tuesday, October 8th

      • Briefly Considered Funding Options

      • Debated the worth of logic and the consequences of a contradiction being true.

      • Considered what it means to be conscious

      • Debated as to weather computers were conscious or not.

    • Next Meeting (Tuesday, October 15th) topic will begin:

      • String Theory

        • The Official String Theory Web Site

        • Tuesday, October 15th

    • Metaphysics

      • The nature of light

      • String Theory

      • Predestination

    • Next Meeting (Tuesday, October 22nd) topic will begin

      • Free Will

  • Tuesday, October 22nd

    • Open Funds Grant

    • God and Time

    • Clairvoyance and Free Will

  • Next Meeting (Tuesday, November 5th) topic will begin

    • Intelligent Design (Teology)

  • Tuesday, November 5th

    • Intelligent Design

    • Where to meet in future

  • Next Meeting (Tuesday, November 12th) topic will begin

    • Political Philosophy

  • Tuesday, November 12th

    • Oil Depletion

    • Communism vs. Democracy

    • Socialism

    • What makes a good government good

  • Next Meeting (Tuesday, November 19) topic to begin

    • Natural Rights

  • Tuesday, November 19

    • Natural Rights

    • Worth of a Person

    • Corporate America

  • Tuesday November 27

    • Logic

    • What Makes a Person a Person

    • Perception

    • Empiricism

    • Solipsism

    • Morality

  • Tuesday, December 10

    • Buddhism and different interpretations

    • Hinduism and Yoga

    • Christianity
    • Liberation

    • Meditation: purpose and techniques

    • Meditation