The Workshop is Superdeep‘s work-in-progress research…—you guessed it—…workshop. It’s a forum for DKU’s philosophical community to discuss & refine philosophical ideas & projects (essays, presentations, signature work projects, etc.). Meetings generally feature a presenter’s brief presentation followed by general Q&A. Snacks and refreshments are served.  Everyone (faculty, students, staff, guests…) is welcome to attend; no prior knowledge of philosophy required.
The workshop usually meets Thu ~6pm in IB 2026.

If you are interested in presenting or in otherwise getting involved in the Workshop, follow this link; for other feedback, follow this one; for more info on Superdeep generally this one.

Workshops this academic year include: (click titles for details)

• • Superdeep #32: “Video Game Translation, Localization, & Writing” (Jason Toh, Singapore) | Nov 28
  • Superdeep #31: “How to Define Moral Intuition?” (Meichen Liu) | Nov 21
  • Superdeep #30: “Hope & Despair in a Worsening Climate” (Kyle Fruh & Emily McWilliams) | Nov 14
  • Superdeep #29: “One Face of Intention” (Nathan Hauthaler) | Nov 7
  • Superdeep #28: “Progressive Confucianism: How and Why?” (Li Yong, Wuhan) | Aug 29

AY 2324

• • Superdeep #27: “What’s Wrong With Illegal Immigration?” (Jeesoo Nam, USC) | May 2
  • Superdeep #26: “Expert Disagreement in Psychiatric Classification: the Case of Gaming Disorder” (Wang Yafeng, CASIP) | Apr 18
  • Superdeep #25: “On Polyamory & its Viability” (Yixuan Cao) | Apr 5
  • Superdeep #24: “Personal Identity & Selfhood” (Nicolas Voeltzel) | Mar 21
  • Superdeep #23: “Gender Orientation” (Nathan Hauthaler) | Feb 22
  • Superdeep #22: “Wild Experiment: Feeling Science & Secularism After Darwin” (Donovan Schaefer, UPenn) | Jan 11
  • Superdeep #21: “Behind the Text: The Absent Subjectivity of AI” (Siyu Wang) | Dec 7, ’23
  • Superdeep #20: “DKU Philosophy ’23” (DKU Philosophers) | Nov 23, ’23
  • Superdeep #19: “Defying Displacement: The Case of Philadelphia Chinatown” (Caroline Aung) | Oct 24, ’23

Past meetings include:

• • Superdeep #18: “Connecting Dots on Vanishing Voices: A Computational Philosophical Inquiry” (Nielsen & Tao) | Mar 23,  ’23
  • Superdeep #17: “Lucid Dreams Elucidated” (Mo, Wang, & Hauthaler) | Feb 23, 2023
  • Superdeep #16: “ChatGPT and We” (with Tim Fitz (turnitin) & Daniel Lim) | Feb 1, 2023
  • Superdeep #15: “Relational Egalitarianism & Economic Liberty” (Jiyuan Sun) | Dec 1, 2022
  • Superdeep #14: ”Knowing One’s Dreams” (Weifan Mo) | Nov 17, 2022
  • Superdeep #13: ”The Question ‘Why?’ & Descriptions of Action” (DongKun Lyu) | Nov 3, 2022
  • Superdeep #12: “Anscombe on Basic Action: Doubts about Doubts” (Nathan Hauthaler) | Oct 10, 2022
  • Superdeep #11: “Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought” (Rasoul Namazi) | Sept 22, 2022
  • Superdeep #10: “The Acquisition of Practical Knowledge” (Jiyuan Sun) | Mar 30, 2022
  • Superdeep #9: “Benjamin’s Aura & NFT” (Tian Leiyuan) | Mar 11, 2022
  • Superdeep #8: “Ukraine, Russia, & the Use of Force in International Law” (Nathan Hauthaler) | Mar 8, 2022
  • Superdeep #7: “Discrimination & the Metaverse” (Wei Yi) | Mar 4, 2022
  • Superdeep #6: “Seized by Eros: Desire, Voyeurism, & Inquiry in Herodotus’ Gyges Tale” (Lindsay Mahon Rathnam) | Feb 11
  • Superdeep #5: Un prophète (Audiard 2009) | Screening & conversation with Moritz Hauthaler | Dec 7, 2021
  • Superdeep #4: “Dreams in Philosophy & in Film” (Weifan Mo) | Nov 25, 2021
  • Superdeep #3: “Tongqi Marriage & Epistemic Injustice (Yao Jingying) | Nov 16, 2021
  • Superdeep #2: “Causal Foundations of Knowledge” (Yutong Lu) | Nov 4, 2021
  • Superdeep #1: “Reactive Luck” (Nathan Hauthaler) | Oct 13, 2021