List of Reading Groups - Fall 2025
Feminist Philosophy Reading Group
Time and Place: Thursdays, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, CL 1008A
Organizer: Ali Erani (ale176@pitt.edu).
Description: The Feminist Philosophy RG alternates between readings in general feminist philosophy in the fall and special focus on feminist philosophy of science in the spring. This fall we will be reading Faux Feminism by Serene Khader.
Kant Reading Group: Kant’s Reason (Schafer)
Time and Place: TBD
Organizers: Hassan Saleemi (mhs83@pitt.edu) and James McCord (jamesmccord@pitt.edu)
Description: We read one monograph on Kant’s philosophy every semester, usually one recently published, and discuss it with the author. This semester, we are reading Karl Schafer’s book Kant’s Reason.
Perception Reading Group
Time and Place: Last Friday of every month, 10:30 AM - Noon, CL 1008A
Organizers: Anil Gupta (agupta@pitt.edu) and Matt Soteriou
Description: The topic for the first meetings will be temporal experience. Please email Anil Gupta to join.
Meeting Time: Wednesdays, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Zoom
Organizer: Caitlin Mace (cbm49@pitt.edu)
Description: The focus of this reading group is on topics related to the various sciences of the mind and brain. Readings are selected based on the interests and suggestions of anyone attending, although certain themes may emerge and guide a series of the readings. Formal training in a mind or brain science is not required, but it is certainly welcome!
Phenomenology of Spirit Reading Group TBD
Time and Place:
Organizer: Rajiv Hurhangee (rajivhurhangee@pitt.edu)
Description: We are doing a slow, close reading of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit. Reading is not done ahead of time but aloud together, section-by-section or even sentence-by-sentence. We aim to understand the text, both on its own terms and in its historical/dialectical context.
Intention Reading Group
Time and Place: TBD
Organizers: Ali Erani (ale176@pitt.edu), Long Nguyen (long.nguyen@pitt.edu)
Description: We are reading Life and Action by Michael Thompson.
Philosophy of Logic RG: The Adoption Problem
Organizer: Alexander Johnstone (alj100@pitt.edu)
Description: We read papers relating to Kripke's Adoption Problem, and its historical antecedents in Kant, Frege, and Wittgenstein. We have been meeting once or twice per term for a number of years.
Other Regular Reading Groups
The Feminist Reading Group
History and Philosophy of Aesthetics (HPA)
Pleasure Reading Group
Law and Language Reading Group
Words Workshop