Philosophy Club Spring 2012 Semester meets on Thursdays 2-3 in CC-205

phi·los·o·phy (fi-los-uh-fee): The rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, and conduct.

Do you enjoy engaging in conversation with fellow students on a variety of topics, such as morality, politics, science, beauty, art, and discussing questions like “why are we all here?” and “what is justice?”

Philosophy club might be just right for you! Come to our weekly informal gatherings to discuss and debate ideas in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. There is no fee to join, just show up and have fun!!!

Club meetings are held EVERY

Thursday at 2:00 pm, in room # CC 205

“To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it.” - Bertrand Russell

Philosophy Lecture Series

Join us here at LA Valley College for a series of exciting and informative lectures. If you have ever been interested in philosophy, then come for one or for all of the lectures that will be held over the course of the spring semester, 2012. These lectures are free of charge and will put on by the gracious efforts of the instructors in the philosophy department at LA Valley College. All lectures will be held in Campus Center 104 on Tuesdays beginning on February 21^st from 7 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. To request an accommodation for this event or an alternative format for any printed material, contact Christopher Pallotti at 818-947-2468 at least 5 days in advance of the event.

The first lecture--The Greeks and the Good Life--will be on the 21st of February at 7 P.M.

1st Feb 21ST Christopher Pallotti	Ancient Greeks and The Good Life
2nd Feb 28TH Jeff Dievendorf	Greek Stoicism and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
3rd March 6TH Christopher Pallotti	Do Some Non-Human Animals Have the Right to Life?
4th March 13th Jeff Dievendorf	Platonic Influences on Freud's Psychoanalysis.
5th March 20th Nathan Placencia	What is an Identity?
6th March 27TH Harold Ravitch	Logic: The Continuum
7th April 10th Jeff Dievendorf	Psychoanalysis as a Dynamic Theory of Mind
8th April 17th Farrel Broslawsky	Albert Camus: Resistance and Rebellion
9th April 24th Nathan Placencia	Am I who I say I am?: Identity without self-knowledge
10th May 1st Farrel Broslawsky	Herbert Marcuse: The most dangerous man in America