2022 Program
The 2022 Philosophy Summer Camp is scheduled for Tuesday, August 2nd to Saturday, August 6th, from 8 am to 12 pm. The last day is reserved for a pizza party and student presentations, where parents can come see how students have grown as philosophers. Applications are due on July 1st. Come join us!
Location: Cherry Hall 309 (campus map, parking information)
Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday (Parents Day!) | ||
08:00 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | |
08:30 |
Welcome and Orientation | Intro to Logic 1: Arguments | Intro to Logic 2: Fallacies | Intro to Logic 3: Paradoxes | Presentation Preparation (by students) | |
09:30 |
Warm-up: Philippa Foot on Doing vs. Allowing | Warm-up: L. A. Paul on Transformative Experience | Warm-up: Jennifer Saul on Lying vs. Misleading | Warm-up: Sarte on Existentialism | Presentation Preparation (by students) | |
10:30 |
Consequentialism vs Deontology | Plato on Relativism about Truth | Free Speech and Speech Acts | Nihilism vs Existentialism | Student Presentations (parents welcome!) | |
11:30 |
Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Pizza party |
Each session will be 50 minutes, followed by a 10 minute break. Breakfast will be available by 8 am. On Saturday, parents of participants are welcome (and strongly encouraged!) to attend.
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