Outreach

Overview

Philosophical activity contributes to a flourishing life by helping us to develop a sense of ourselves and the world around us through reflection on our beliefs and values. Our aim is to promote philosophy in various parts of the community through seminars, consultations, and targeted outreach initiatives.

The best way to understand and appreciate philosophical inquiry is to engage in it. As we see it, philosophy is a contact sport. Ludwig Wittgenstein put it this way: "Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity." The UNC-Chapel Hill Philosophy Department is therefore engaged in an outreach effort to promote the presence of philosophical activity in the Triangle community.

The Chapel Hill Philosophy Outreach Program is supported by the Philosophy Department, The Parr Center for Ethics, the Squire Family Foundation, the American Philosophical Association, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

We are very appreciative of the grant awarded to our Outreach Program in 2008 by the American Philosophical Association.