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The Philosophy Forum is an undergraduate student organization at NYU which hosts philosophical talks, the Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, social events and more. All who are interested are warmly welcome to join.


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Meet our guest speaker for Friday’s event, Professor Sophie Gibert. Professor Gibert is currently a Bersoff Faculty Fellow at NYU and will be an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania next year. She received a Ph.D. in philosophy
We are honored to invite Professor Sophie Gibert to our first speaker event of the semester this Friday, November 22, 5:30-6:30 in the Philosophy Department Room 101. There will be a Q&A session afterwards as well as refreshments. We look forward
🕊️ Introducing Death Café 🕊️ “To philosophize is to learn how to die” - Michel de Montaigne In a world where death is often shrouded in silence, the NYU Philosophy Forum invites you to join us for Death Café—a spac
Join us for our first event of the semester, this Friday at 5 PM in Silver 207 for a screening of the film “Examined Life”, which features interviews with philosophers Cornel West, Avital Ronnell, Peter Singer, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Marth
Join us tomorrow for the first day of our Fourth Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, taking place April 20-21! Both days of the conference will be held in Room 411 of the Silver Center for Arts & Science, with lunch being held in Room 104
Hi all! We’re excited to announce our upcoming event next Friday, April 12: Writing Philosophy is a workshop open to undergraduate students completing term papers/writing assignments in philosophy. Topics include prompt analysis, paper structur
Hi everyone! We’re excited to announce our next event, a talk with Professor of Classics and Hellenic Studies and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy Phillip Mitsis! Professor Mitsis will be discussing the importance of hate in ancient moral ph
Hello everyone! The Philosophy Forum is back with our first event of the semester, this time in collaboration with LS’s very own Tea & Philosophy club. This Friday, 2/16 at 5:30pm, we will be hosting a group discussion on the beginning of L
We will be hosting a philosophy book swap this coming Friday, Oct 20, from 5-6 PM ET. The event will take place in Room 302 of the philosophy building at 5 Washington Place. Bring any philosophy or philosophy-related books you may be interested in tr
Join us for our first event of the semester, a screening of an episode from the hit HBO series "How To with John Wilson" followed by some casual discussion this Friday, Oct 6, from 5-6 PM ET. The event will take place in Room 206 of the Sil
Hent de Vries is Paulette Goddard Professor of the Humanities. He is Professor of German, Religious Studies, Comparative Literature, and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy. In addition, he is currently serving his second term as Director of the summe
Join us this Friday, May 5th from 3-4 PM in 19 University Place, Room 102 for a talk by Professor Hent de Vries titled “Adorno’s Logical Investigations: Metacritique and the Husserlian Legacy.” Theodor Adorno was a philosopher and s