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Philosophy Classes for AY2010/11

philosophyatnus — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:57:39 +0000

Hi fellow majors/minors/interested parties,

Here’s the list of Philosophy modules for the next academic year.

http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/iw/resources/phi/docs/Philosophy%20Dept%20Curriculum%202010%20-%202011.pdf

Cheers. =)

For Freshmen

philosophyatnus — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:39:30 +0000

Hi all,

It was awesome meeting all of you at Matric Fair ’09. And it was great to see those who went to the party too.

Being a decentralized and democratic group, we would very much welcome any suggestions on how you might wish to improve the cub, i.e. perhaps by suggesting activities you might like to participate in, philosophical areas of interest you might wish to delve further into…

Our club secretary, Asuka, has kindly designed a survey just for you guys to fill in. Here’s the link:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkjKQcSGVly9dDlMWkkzNnFjc3lrMWNCa2t5ZVQ5Z3c&hl=en&invite=CJq7z7wM

(for those who haven’t received the link in the email sent earlier to everyone)

Cheers, see ya guys soon.

Latest Updates

philosophyatnus — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:38:33 +0000

Courtesy of deviantart.com

Okay, this blog has been in limbo since… erm, 8th March. (Sorry, sorry!)

Yep, I know we’ve all been busy with school and exams (oh, the Horror), but now, the 3-month break is here!

Some quick updates (and for any newbies [read: freshmen] who might be thinking of joining the humble Philosophers’ Society)…

[Club Happenings]

We’ll be participating in Matriculation Fair 2009, and the dates are 24th, 27-29th July, time being 9AM-5.30PM.

We’re also having a pre-semester party on Wed, 29th July, at AS7/ 01-17, (tentatively) 7PM.

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So, people, do come and join in the fun!

♥♥♥

p.s. you can find us on Facebook (like, what isn’t on there?) too- http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=118733479624&ref=mf. (uh okay, that’s the Party Link- just add ‘Jia Min’ as your friend- that’s me.)

Cheers!

Club Schedule

philosophyatnus — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:52:49 +0000

Hi everyone,

Below is the activity schedule for the rest of the semester:

Date (Fridays, 6pm)	Activity
6/3/2009	Movie Screening of The Fifth Element
13/3/2009	Break
20/3/2009	Planning for Post-Sem/ Pre-Sem Event
27/3/2009	Movie Screening of Let The Right One In
3/4/2009	Study Session
10/4/2009	Study Session

Six more weeks of school to go- we can do it, people!

[REEL HORIZONS] Who Owns What?

philosophyatnus — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:03:08 +0000

(UPDATED 3rd of March at 9:46PM GMT+8: There was apparently a typing error in the poster. I have replaced the image of the old poster with the correct, updated version. Thanks!)

Reel Horizons, the Philosophy Department student initiative that seeks to discuss contemporary philosophical issues, is holding a seminar on Tuesday the 10th of March entitled “Who Owns What?“. Please come and support your professors and your peers in this exciting event!

Over and out.

Asuka

Time For A Change

philosophyatnus — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:40:12 +0000

Hi people, yeah dumped the old format and moved on with a new one.

Have a great break (or what remains of it) and see ya all next week!

This Friday

philosophyatnus — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:38:00 +0000

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Hello everyone,

We’re going to have a very interesting talk by Neil Sinhababu this Friday, 20th Feb. Time and venue will be as follows:

6PM at the Philosophy Dept Resource Room.

Hmm. I guess I might as well say a little more about what he’s going to be speaking about- in his words, “I’m going to present a paper called “Possible Girls”. It’s about how David Lewis’ modal realism allows lonely philosophers in this world to have boyfriends and girlfriends in other possible worlds.”

Hoho. Sounds fun huh?

Ok, see ya all then!

Film Screening

philosophyatnus — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:26:24 +0000

There will be a film screening for the next meeting (13th Feb).

Details are as follows-

Title: as stated on movie poster

Time: 6PM

Venue: Central Library, The Room At The End Of The Corridor (I mean, you just walk past the photocopying room and straight down the corridor. It’s pretty obvious)

Okay, the film will be a stimulus for the discussion topic at the next meeting- I know we need to get started on those soon- and no, that doesn’t mean that next meeting will be next week. (Please stop assuming, someone.)

Chris emailed me about Neil’s talk next week- right, he didn’t say anything about the topic- just that he’ll “leave it up to Neil whether he wants to disclose anything about the material”. Right. It’s gonna be fun.

Oh right, so Charles, are you still presenting your paper next week? (Give me an IM. Or something.)

Back to the film- there’s this site about it you guys can go check out: http://opuszine.com/movie_reviews/review/ikiru.

The film’s great (really).

P.S. The auntie told me the room is on a first-come-first-served basis… so someone probably needs to be there before 6…

P.P.S. Anyone attending the Banter this week? (Okay, don’t answer)

See ya all.

Metaphysics Seminar

philosophyatnus — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:57:01 +0000

An introductory seminar on metaphysics given by Clement Huang, graduate student of the Philosophy Department.

(Okay, I’m going to do my, uh, writing/design stuff here now ;))

Learn more about reality, existence, the universe, and- I can’t remember Doug Adams’ tagline. Drats.

B e i n g is the very essence of who we are. The quintessential and fundamental part of ourselves. The reality of the innate truth.

Take a step back from this busy (mundane), hectic (senseless) world and drop by the Philosophy Dept’s Resource Room [AS3, 5th level] this Friday, 6th Feb, at 6pm.

We’ll see you there.

A(nother) Meeting

philosophyatnus — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:29:17 +0000

This one shall be on this coming Friday, 23rd Jan, same time, same place.

See ya.