Nietzsche Reading Group
The Nietzsche Reading Group (NRG) is open to any student interested in the work and thought of Friedrich Nietzsche. The NRG shall meet monthly in the Department of Philosophy conference room (9th floor McIntosh Humanities Building) to discuss his published work, as well as important secondary scholarly work within Nietzsche studies. The group is organized by Joe Gordon; please e-mail him if you have any questions about participation or would like further details.
Tentatively, the meeting and reading schedule is as follows:
Spring 2024
May 1st @ 5:30pm in MHB–915
The Gay Science (Books IV & V)
Translation suggestions: Adrian del Caro (preferred) or Walter Kaufmann
April 10th @ 5:30pm in MHB–915
The Gay Science (Books I, II, & III)
Translation suggestions: Adrian del Caro (preferred) or Walter Kaufmann
March 6th @ 5:30pm in MHB–915
Dawn (Books IV & V)
Translation suggestions: Brittain Smith or R. J. Hollingdale
February 7th @ 5:30pm in MHB–915
Dawn (Books I, II, & III)
Translation suggestions: Brittain Smith or R. J. Hollingdale
Autumn 2023
December 7th @ 5:00pm in MHB–915
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Parts 3–4)
Translation suggestions: Adrian del Caro (preferred) or Walter Kaufmann
November 2nd @ 5:00pm in MHB–915
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Parts 1–2)
Translation suggestions: Adrian del Caro (preferred) or Walter Kaufmann
October 5th @ 5:00pm in MHB–915
‘The Dionysiac worldview‘
Geuss & Speirs translation
September 7th @ 5:00pm in MHB–915
The Birth of Tragedy
Translation suggestions: Geuss & Speirs or Walter Kaufmann
Summer 2023
July 26th @ 5:30pm in MHB–915
Reading: Beyond Good and Evil (rest of book)
Translation suggestions: Adrian del Caro (preferred) or Walter Kaufmann
June 28th @ 5:30pm in MHB–915
Reading: Beyond Good and Evil (Preface, Parts 1–2)
Translation suggestions: Adrian del Caro (preferred) or Walter Kaufmann
Ethics Reading Group
Ethics Reading Party
The SU22 reading party is a series of social events for students interested in normative ethics, metaethics, moral psychology, and related topics. Participants will focus on just one paper at each meeting. Volunteers are invited to lead discussion, and, ideally, to provide a handout with argument reconstructions and discussion questions.
For further details, questions, or adjustments to scheduling of events, please contact organizer Yahui Chen.
- Times: Tentatively, the group will meet on Sundays from 5:30pm–7:00pm beginning May 22nd 2022 and ending July 17th 2022. (The exception will be June 26th; participants will regroup the weekend thereafter.)
- Location: Initially, the first meeting will be held outside of the Library on the south campus quad as a picnic/potluck. Subsequent meetings are tbd—see below. The group may continue to meet outside on the quad or else at the CSULB library or may switch to a digital mode depending on what is best for all.
Summer 2022
Discussion Leader: Yahui Chen
Reading: Richmond Campbell (2007), ‘What is moral judgment?‘ • 5:30pm Sunday 22 May (potluck/picnic on the CSULB south campus quad; contact Yahui for suggestions/rsvp)
Discussion Leader: Yahui Chen
Reading: Bernard Williams (1981), ‘Utilitarianism and moral self-indulgence‘; Judith Jarvis Thomson (1997), ‘The right and the good‘ • 5:30pm Sunday 29 May (will meet at the tables in front of the Library for a potluck; Zoom is feasible as well)
Discussion Leader: Yahui Chen
Reading: Peter Railton (1984), ‘Alienation, consequentialism, and the demands of morality‘ • 5:30pm Sunday 05 June (meeting in front of the Library for a potluck; Zoom link for remote participants)
Discussion Leader: Yahui Chen
Reading: John McDowell (1979), ‘Virtue and reason‘ • 5:30pm Sunday 12 June (meeting will be on Zoom)
Discussion Leader: Yahui Chen
Reading: Christine Korsgaard (1989), ‘Kant’s analysis of obligation: the argument of Foundations I‘ • 5:30pm Sunday 19 June (meeting will be on Zoom)
Discussion Leader: Yahui Chen
Reading: Onora O’Neill (1989), ‘Reason and autonomy in Grundlegung III‘ • 5:30pm Sunday 03 July 26 June (Zoom link)
Discussion Leader: Yahui Chen
Reading: Thomas Hill (1971), ‘Kant on imperfect duty and supererogation‘ • 5:30pm Sunday 10 July 03 July (Zoom link)
Discussion Leader: Yahui Chen
Reading: David Velleman (1999), ‘Love as a moral emotion‘ • 5:30pm Sunday 17 July 10 July (Zoom link)
Philosophy of Mathematics Reading Group
Philosophy of Mathematics Reading Group
The reading group is a social event for any students interested in philosophy of mathematics and related subject matters (e.g., philosophy of geometry, analytic philosophy, etc.). The readings and venue change occasionally. The group is organized by Nathan Lackey; e-mail him for further details and to confirm scheduling of events.
Spring 2016
Guest lector: Patrick DieveneyReading: Patrick Dieveney (2006), ‘Dispensability in the indispensability argument‘ 5:00pm • Monday, 18 April Philosophy Department Seminar Room (MHB–915)
Reading: Alfred North Whitehead (1925), ‘Mathematics as an element in the history of thought‘ (Science and the Modern World, ch. 2) 5:00pm • Monday, 14 March The Nugget (campus)
Reading: Bertrand Russell (1919), ‘The series of natural numbers’ and ‘Definition of number‘ (Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, chs. 1-2) 5:00pm • Friday, 19 February Peet’s Coffee & Tea (Bella Terra 7821 Edinger Avenue, Huntington Beach CA 92647)
Reading: Arend Heyting (1964), ‘The intuitionist foundations of mathematics‘ 4:00pm • Thursday, 4 February The Nugget (campus)
Winter 2016
Reading: Rudolf Carnap (1931), ‘The logical foundations of mathematics‘ 4:00pm • Monday, 18 January O’Malley’s On Main (140 Main Street, Seal Beach CA 90740)
Fall 2015
Reading: Carl Hempel (1956), ‘On the nature of mathematical truth‘ 5:00pm • Thursday, 3 December The Nugget (campus)
Reading: Willard Van Orman Quine (1949), ‘Truth by convention‘ 2:00pm • Saturday, 21 November O’Malley’s On Main (140 Main Street, Seal Beach CA 90740)