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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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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

Meet our guest speakers for Sunday’s conference:

Sanford Diehl is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at NYU. He will begin a position as Assistant Professor in Fall 2023. He received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Harvard University and a

RSVP in bio! We are excited to be hosting the 3rd Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at NYU this Sunday, April 23, in NYU’s Meyer Hall, Room 121 as well as on Zoom. We are honored to have three excellent undergraduate students presentin

Join us this Friday at 4pm in Silver 206 for a screening of Slavoj Zizek’s documentary film, “The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology.” In it, philosopher Slavoj Zizek examines the hidden themes and existential questions asked by worl

Meet our guest speaker for Friday’s event, Professor Lu Teng. Lu Teng is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, NYU Shanghai, and Global Network Assistant Professor, NYU. Prior to this appointment, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Ph