Philosophy International

PI will expand activities in two main areas:

Archival Video Series

Production of comprehensive video series on the work of the following has been agreed: Noam Chomsky, Daniel Dennett, Sir Michael Dummett, Ronald Dworkin, Hilary Putnam, John Searle, and the Nobel Laureates, Kenneth Arrow and Amartya Sen.

Introduction to Philosophy

Initial planning has started on the pre-production of a multimedia entry-level introduction to philosophy based on a video/TV series. The project aims to present in a non-technical manner a comprehensive introduction the subject. The intended audience level is first-year college student/interested layman – similar to the audience profile of public broadcast services worldwide.Each program in the series will last approximately one-hour and will exploit computer graphics, diagrams and illustrations as well as enlisting major philosophers. The primary emphasis will be on clear, jargon-free communication. An advisory group of philosophers has been assembled to determine the content and level of the series.

Where the video series are located and how accessible they are will play a major role in how they are used. Feedback from many users of our series indicates that budget-size is the factor that most determines where the series will be located.

Philosophy departments with considerable budgets and video equipment may locate the videos in the department where they can be used for classroom, seminar or small group presentations, or for individual borrowing or viewing on site. In other institutions, the library is the usual location and lecturers may book the videos for class use, while students may view them in the library or borrow them for personal study. Note each series is accompanied by a comprehensive Series Guide (the Strawson Program has a complete transcript), which can be photocopied for student handouts. The guide is also useful fo rplanning in advance the sections of the video to be viewed.

Classroom/Seminar Presentations

How the material is integrated for use in the class will depend upon syllabus and particular course requirements. The suitability of any programme, or programme section, can best be determined by the lecturer by first reading the content of the programme from the guide and then previewing the pertinent areas of the videos. In more advanced courses, where time permits, sections may be viewed and then discussed either immediately afterwards or in a following class. Students may also view the material in their own time, singly or in small groups where facilities permit, and the discussion can then follow under the instructor’s supervision.

Seminars with prominent guest discussants featuring selections from the video series are conspicuous events on the calendar of the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science. Please contact us if you would like to receive invitations and information about these seminars.

Review, Reference and Research

Wherever it is decided to locate the series, these will provide a source of rich and salient discussion and argument on the major areas of philosophy. The way in which philosophical themes interconnect is demonstrated to particular advantage in the setting of face-to-face discussion. And most importantly, for the individual enterprises of review, reference and research, the student may proceed at her own pace.

PI is indebted to the philosophy community worldwide for supporting our series. As a gesture of thanks to our series purchasers we will provide them with special discounts on all our productions. To this end we have formed the PI Club.

Any institution (or individual) that purchases one of our series will be added automatically to our membership list. PI membership is free and members are under no obligation to make further purchases, and no dues, subscriptions or fees are payable. Members will be entitled to special discounts on all future series' purchases.

To claim PI Club discounts, purchasers should check below to insure that their institution is listed, and state "PI Club Member" on any correspondence or purchase orders. The PI Club Members list will be updated as frequently as possible. The most up-to-date list of members and details of the current PI Club discounts are available via email.

PI Club Members (Updated 28 November 2014)

• Aberdeen University, UK
• Academia Sinica, Taiwan
• Albion College, MI, USA
• Amherst College, MA, USA
• Arizona State University, AZ, USA
• Arkansas State University, AK, USA
• Auraria Library, Denver, CO, USA
• Professor David Atkinson
• Dr. A. J. M. Peijnenburg
• Amherst College, MA, USA
• Auburn University, AL, USA
• Australian National University, Australia
• Australian Catholic University, Australia
• Barnard College, Columbia University, NY, USA
• Baylor University, TX, USA
• Berea College, KY, USA
• Bermuda College, Bermuda
• Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
• Bowdoin College, ME, USA
• Brigham Young University, UT, USA
• Brooklyn College, CUNY, USA
• Bryn Mawr College, PA, USA
• Capes/Taxa Academica, Brazil
• Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Christchurch College, Oxford, UK
• Cleveland State University, OH, USA
• College of the Desert, CA, USA
• College of Staten Island, CUNY, USA
• Concordia University, Canada
• Dartmouth College, NH, USA
• Erasmus University, Netherlands
• Flagler College, FL, USA
• Florida State University, FL, USA
• Franklin & Marshall College, PA, USA
• Georgetown University, DC, USA
• Georgia State University, GA, USA
• Glasgow University, UK
• Gustavus Adolphus College, MN, USA
• Harvard College Library, MA, USA
• Harvard University, MA, USA
• Hofstra University, NY, USA
• Hong Kong Baptist University
• Houghton College, NY, USA
• Hunter College, CUNY
• Indiana University, IN, USA
• Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN, USA
• Katholieke Universiteit, Belgium
• Keimyung University, South Korea
• Kent State University, OH, USA
• King's College, University of London, UK
• La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
• Lewis & Clark College, OR, USA
• Lindstad, Tobias. Norway
• Lingnan University, NT, Hong Kong
• Linköping Universitet, Sweden
• Liverpool University, UK
• Louisiana State University, LA, USA
• London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
• Marlboro College, VT, USA
• Marquette University, WI, USA
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA
• Massey University, New Zealand
• Middle East Technical University, Turkey
• Middle Tennessee State University, TN, USA
• Middlesex University, UK
• Millar, Alexis and David. USA
• Ministry of Education Library, Beijing, China
• Minnesota State University at Mankato, MN, USA
• Mission College, CA, USA
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
• North Carolina State University, NC, USA
• Oberlin College, OH, USA
• Ohio State University, OH, USA
• Open University, UK
• Oregon State University, OR, USA
• Oxford University Library, UK
• Oxford University, Corpus Christi College, UK
• Oxford University, St. John's College, UK
• Oxford University, University College, UK
• Palm Beach Atlantic College, FL, USA
• Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA
• Pontificia Universidad Católica, Peru
• Portland State University, OR, USA
• Princeton University, NJ, USA
• Providence College, RI, USA
• Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Rice University, TX, USA
• Riyadh, Sujan. Canada
• RESOMASA, Lima, Peru
• San Francisco State University, CA, USA
• San Jose State University, CA, USA
• Sirard, Lou. USA
• Sociedade Portuguesa de Filosofia, Portugal
• Solano Community College, CA, USA
• Southampton University, UK
• Stanford University, CA, USA
• SUNY at Albany, NY, USA
• Texas A & M University, TX, USA
• Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
• Umeå University, Sweden
• Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
• Universidad de Murcia, Spain
• Universidad de València, Spain
• Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma, Mexico
• Universidad Nacional del Comahu, Argentina
• Universita di Pisa, Italy
• Universita della Calabria, Italy
• Universität Konstanz, Germany
• Universität Regensburg, Germany
• Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
• Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
• University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
• University of Alberta, Canada
• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
• University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA
• University of Birmingham, UK
• University of Brighton, UK
• University of California, Berkeley, USA
• University of California, Irvine, USA
• University of California, Los Angeles, USA
• University of California, San Diego, USA
• University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• University of Chicago, IL, USA
• University of Cincinnati, OH, USA
• University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA
• University of Colorado at Denver, CO, USA
• University of Crete, Greece
• University of Duesseldorf, Germany
• University of Florida, FL, USA
• University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
• University of Helsinki, Finland
• University of Hong Kong
• University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA
• University of Iowa, IA, USA
• University of Kansas, KS, USA
• University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
• University of Kuwait
• University of Lausanne, Switzerland
• University of Liverpool, UK
• University of London Library, UK
• University of Malta, Malta
• University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• University of Michigan, Flint, MI, USA
• University of Minnesota, MN, USA
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA
• University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
• University of New South Wales, Australia
• University of Ottawa, Canada
• University of the Ozarks, AR, USA
• University of Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
• University of Portland, OR, USA
• University of Puget Sound, WA, USA
• University of Queensland, Australia
• University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
• University of Reading, UK
• University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
• University of Southern California, USA
• University of Southern Mississippi, MS, USA
• University of St Andrews
• University of Sussex, UK
• University of Tennessee, TN, USA
• University of Trondheim, Norway
• University of Turku, Finland
• University of Ulster at Coleraine, Northern Ireland
• University of Utah, UT, USA
• University of Vermont, USA
• University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• University of West Florida, FL, USA
• University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
• University of York, UK
• Utah State University, USA
• Wake Forest University, NC, USA
• Washington and Lee University, VA, USA
• Washington University, MO, USA
• Western Illinois University, IL, USA
• Western Michigan University, MI, USA
• Westminster College, UT, USA
• Whitman College, WA, USA
• Wichita State University, KS, USA
• Winterburn, Jon
• Yale University, CT, USA