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 The Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA) is a non-profit organization with two primary aims. The first is to promote education in the philosophical ideas, practices and traditions of America and of other world cultures. The second is to sponsor conferences, seminars and symposia and otherwise to provide a forum for the exchange of philosophical ideas among scholars of America and other countries and cultures, all for the purpose of educating philosophers and teachers of philosophy from diverse cultural and philosophical traditions and furthering international philosophical communication.
SOPHIA has sponsored regional events with the goal of engaging both professional scholars and Americans outside of academia, offering philosophical insights where philosophers can be of service, and generating ideas for scholars to consider from their wider communities.
Recent Updates
Photos are now available of our 2011 symposium on "Disability, Civic Responsibility, and Community Friendship." Click here to see the photos from the event.
Plus, we have video as well as a published conference report for the "Neuroscience and Pragmatism" symposium we sponsored in Washington, D.C. in June of 2011.
Upcoming
We have organized a panel for the December 2011 meeting of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association:
“Defending Philosophy in the Academy,” the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association, in a room and at a time To Be Announced.
Chair: Dr. John Lachs of Vanderbilt University
Presenters/Presentations:
1. Kenneth Stikkers of Southern Illinois University Carbondale
“Defending Philosophy, Defending Humanity”
2. George Lucas of the U.S. Naval Academy
“Philosophy, Military Forces, and National Security: the Philosophical Education of
Warriors in a Democracy”
3. Bertha Manninen of Arizona State University
“Glenn Beck vs. WK Clifford: Philosophy and the Ethics of Belief”
4. Tuomas Manninen of Arizona State University
"Philosophy and Science - (Not so) Strange Bedfellows: Stories from a Science and Religion Class"
5. SOPHIA business meeting and description of 2012 events
Visit the "Events" page to learn about SOPHIA's 2010 and 2011 activities. On that page, you will also find information about our 2009 symposia.
Past Events Recently Held and Related Awards
 Our recent symposium was in Washington, D.C. and took place on June 10th, 2011. The symposium was titled
"Neuroscience and Pragmatism: Productive Prospects."
It was hosted at The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, 901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 200,
Arlington, VA 22203. The organizer for the event was Dr. John Robert Shook. Click on the bolded title link here above or click here to visit the program's page. You can also click here or click on the photo on the right to see the full video of the event.
 On February 25 and 26 of 2011, we hosted our first symposium for the year in Oxford, MS. The symposium was titled "Disability, Civic Responsibility, and Community Frienship." Click here or on this title to visit the Web site for this event for more information.
 Also, we are happy to announce that the Mississippi Humanities Council awarded SOPHIA a $5,000 grant to support our first symposium that took place in 2011, titled "Disability, Civic Responsibility, and Community Friendship," which was held in Oxford, MS. Also, the American Philosophical Association awarded SOPHIA $4,000 to support our two events in 2011. More information on these developments will be posted soon on the "Events" page and on the "Grants" page.
Photos and Video
We typically have photos taken of each of the events we organize. Here are just a few of the pages with photos that you can visit from here. We also link to photo pages from the specific Web pages on this site that promote the particular events we organize and support.
NEW: We now have photos ready to share from the 2011 symposium we organized on the subject of ethics and disability. Click here to see a photo collage of these shots.
Click here to watch the full video of our 2011 "Neuroscience and Pragmatism" symposium.
Click here to see photos and to learn about the SOPHIA Symposium that took place at the University of Oregon in October of 2009, titled "Responding Ethically to Climate Change in the Willamette Valley."
Click here for photos of the SOPHIA Symposium on "Ethics at the End of Life," held in 2009 in Oxford, MS.
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