Our Team

Vicky Chen

Vicky Chen
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Winston Tingle

Winston Tingle
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Aleks Bojanic

Aleks Bojanic
VP Coordinator
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Sophie Daum

Sophie Daum
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Arman Amir

Arman Amir
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Elle Savage

Elle Savage
VP Marketing
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Sam Tahmasebi

Sam Tahmasebi
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Elle Cunnings

Elle Cunnings
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Isabelle Whittall

Isabelle Whittall
VP Academic
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Bora Barut

Bora Barut
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Philosophy Students Association

We are the UBC Philosophy Students Association! The purpose of our club is to provide a place for the philosophically inclined to discourse on life's biggest questions.

Add our events to your calendar using this link

Study with Us every Saturday 2pm-6pm in NEST #2521 - students of any program are welcome!

PHIL Cafe

"Do we have free will?"

"Does death make life meaningless?"

"Is morality objective?"

"Do animals deserve moral consideration?"

Discuss these questions at our weekly PHIL Cafe discussion groups. No experience required. Moderate, participate, or just listen in! Questions will be posted every week on our Instagram and newsletter. Follow us or join the mailing list to keep up to date on all events!

Time: Fridays 12pm-1pm

Location: NEST #2504

The Dialectic

Every month we invite a faculty member from the Philosophy Department to present us with a topic they are researching.

Our November Dialectic...

Rasa, Self, and Love in Bhoja with Dr. Dominic McIver Lopes

Rasa, or aesthetic emotion, is a central concern of South Asian philosophy. Bhoja, writing in the eleventh century, crafted a unique and intriguing theory of rasa as fundamentally the artistic expression of love. Love, for Bhoja, is a capacity for sensitive attention that grounds self-making and self-awareness. The reason we have to engage with works of art is that they equip us to be who we are.

Dr. Dominic McIver Lopes is University Killam Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. A member of the UBC aesthetics group, he has worked on pictorial representation; the aesthetic and epistemic value of pictures, including scientific images; theories of art and its value; the ontology of art; computer art and new art forms; aesthetic value; and the history of aesthetics in Europe and Asia.

We are thrilled to have Dr. Lopes join us! We hope to see you all there!

 

Some Past Dialectic topics:

"Why Be Rational?" with Dr. Christopher Stephens

"The Problem of God in David Hume" with Dr. Anders Kraal

"The Episteme of Sex" with Dr. Willow Verkerk

Pub Nights!

Our monthly Pub Nights at Koerner's Pub on campus are a great way to meet fellow student interested in philosophical topics and questions! An RSVP link is posted in advance of every pub night - reserve your spot(s) by filling out the form!

November Pub Night!

Time: Friday, November 22nd @ 6pm

Location: Koerner's Pub on UBC Campus

RSVP HERE!

Contact Us

Our Team

Vicky Chen

Vicky Chen
Co-President
Email

Winston Tingle

Winston Tingle
Co-President
Email

Aleks Bojanic

Aleks Bojanic
VP Coordinator
Email

Sophie Daum

Sophie Daum
VP Coordinator
Email

Arman Amir

Arman Amir
VP Coordinator
Email

Elle Savage

Elle Savage
VP Marketing
Email

Sam Tahmasebi

Sam Tahmasebi
VP Marketing
Email

Elle Cunnings

Elle Cunnings
Treasurer
Email

Isabelle Whittall

Isabelle Whittall
VP Academic
Email

Bora Barut

Bora Barut
VP Academic
Email