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Past Events
Multiple DatesTue, May 13A monthly philosophy gathering for high school students, led by Dr. Molly Oshatz (Zephyr Institute)
Wed, May 07Join Zephyr for this evening salon with Leif Wenar (Philosophy, Stanford) on assessing both the promise and the dangers of Effective Altruism.
Wed, Apr 30Join Zephyr for this evening salon with Prof. Jonathan Gienapp (Stanford, History & Stanford Law School) on the relation between originalism and 18th-century constitutional thought.
Wed, Apr 23Stanford students are invited to join Zephyr for this evening dinner seminar with Prof. Lanier Anderson (Stanford, Philosophy) about Montaigne's classic short essay, "Of Practice."
Tue, Mar 11Why young adults are steering clear of marriage and children and what might be done to revive the fortunes of the family
Wed, Feb 05Join Zephyr for this evening seminar with Thomas Slabon (University of South Florida) on the philosophy of law in Plato's "Protagoras".
Thu, Jan 16A Zephyr Seminar with Landon Hobbs (Zephyr) on Aristotle's theory of justice.
Fri, Dec 06Join Zephyr Friday afternoons as we read through Aquinas's Summa I-IIae Q. 1–21.- Multiple DatesFri, Nov 22Join Zephyr Friday afternoons as we read through Aquinas's Summa I-IIae Q. 1–21.
Thu, Oct 17A Zephyr Salon with Lowry Pressly (Stanford) on the right to privacy as a tool for making life meaningful.
Wed, Oct 09A Zephyr Salon with Jacob Abolafia (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) about the history of philosophical debates surrounding incarceration.
Tue, Oct 08A Zephyr seminar with Juan Miguel Matheus (Stanford Constitutional Law Center and National Assembly of Venezuela)
Wed, Sep 25Dive into the arguments for and against the possibility of artificial intelligence ever developing subjective experiences with Stanford's John Etchemendy and Luke Pistol.
Mon, Jul 15A week-long philosophy summer day camp for rising junior and senior high school students and incoming college freshmen with Dr. Molly Oshatz.
Multiple DatesSat, Jun 08All Stanford students are invited to come study in community with Zephyr!
Multiple DatesThu, May 30Join Zephyr for a five-part reading and discussion of Shakespeare's "Coriolanus", led by Ben Gee (PhD Candidate, Department of English).
Multiple DatesWed, May 22Join Zephyr for this exploration of philosophical questions about the nature, purpose, and value of art. We will be reading R. G. Collingwood's "Principles of Art" (1938).
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