Resources and Opportunities

This international student-run organization promotes the past and present work of underrepresented groups in philosophy. We offer you an environment free from stereotypes, epistemic injustice, racist and sexist ideology, as well as a platform to discuss the work of philosophers from underrepresented groups and literature on the philosophy of race, sex, gender, class, disability and other pressing concerns. We hope to help in opening philosophical dialogue around these considerations, by engaging in public philosophy and outreach on our campus and in our community at large.

We provide a philosophically diverse society on campus and support you in achieving academic excellence. We cultivate a supportive environment.

The Dead Arts Society of True Philosophers nurtures an intimate space for people of all backgrounds to come together and share their deepest questions, passions, and inspirations. It is a space where everyone is encouraged to be fully themselves and share their innermost being with a loving and supportive community of peers. All members are invited to bring in any artwork whether their own or another’s work that is meaningful to you. There is no restriction on what mediums of art are allowed as long as the artwork is appropriate and does not take too long to share with the group. We are not an art club focused on improving craft. As such, we do not judge or critique one another’s artwork. There is no pressure whatsoever regarding what you bring, all is welcome as long as it is an honest and authentic reflection of who you are. Together, we stir our deepest passions, loves, and sources of inspirations whilst helping each other search deeply within ourselves as to what it is this life is truly about. All artists, true philosophers, lovers, and seekers welcome! Together we ascend past all our chains and bounds in order to awaken again.

For more information, email aabolhassani@sfsu.edu

We bring together students interested in learning about artificial intelligence, impart that knowledge and share research. For more information and to join, please email Eeshan Kumar with your name, year and major.

We sometimes offer formal reading circles for credit, such as a reading circle on Chinese philosophy. You can also form your own informal reading circles on select topics such as Marx, philosophy of math and Heidegger.

Focus on a specific philosophical topic for a semester with guidance from a professor.

Gain hands-on experience and 1 – 3 units with the process of publishing philosophy.

Apply your philosophical skills to community service projects such as bioethics consultation, law and public policy internships, coaching high school students for Ethics Bowl, urban environmental ethics development and even museum work.

Achieve credit for the material covered in Philosophy 205: “Formal Logic I” by passing a challenge exam.

Contact:  arezooi@sfsu.edu

Take one UC Berkeley course per semester.

Join our intercollegiate team and debate in competition, earn credits, coach undergraduates or high school students, and volunteer for mock competitions. Rather than adversarial debate, Ethics Bowl is focused on using respectful deliberation to apply ethics to real life problems.

Email: sfsu.ethicsbowl@gmail.com

Work with experienced graduate students to learn to best prepare for your university studies. Learn about work expectations, helpful research sources and all aspects of graduate life. Please note that this is not a tutoring service, although graduate mentors may advise you on helpful resources and approaches to philosophy.

Email: phlsphr@sfsu.edu

Roughly once a semester we host “Ask a Philosopher,” when you will ask a panel of professional philosophers any questions (related to philosophy) that you want. Questions can be general — “How did you get interested in philosophy?” “What is philosophy, anyway” — or discipline specific — “What is metaontology?” “Why did the debate shift from talking about morality of affluence to global justice?” — or just a prelude to vigorous discussion — “Characterize the analytic/continental divide” “Do mathematical objects exist?” In short, it is a wide-open evening that will be whatever you make of it.

The Philosophy Lounge is the center of life in our department, and key to our success in creating a warm, welcoming environment for you. Several clubs hold meetings there, instructors hold tutorials, and Philosophy students in all our majors and minors treat it as a place to hang out between classes and discuss philosophy. Our yearly Welcome Party is held in the lounge, as well as other notable celebrations. Gather here during finals with your study group.

This event series brings cutting-edge and impactful philosophical reflection to our campus community. It is generously funded by donations from Elaine Plaisance and Kenny and May Chin.