Philosophy Department | Department Events

UNC Greensboro

poster for the flat earthers event with an illustration of planet earth, flattened

Why Are There Flat Earthers?

The planet Earth is a sphere. (Technically, it’s an ‘oblate spheroid’.) So why, since 2016, do an increasing number of people believe that it is flat – something known to be false for over two thousand years?

public republic poster illustration

Public Republic 2023

Public Republic is an annual, all-day, public reading of the entirety of Plato’s Republic. Additional info can be seen here: 

Ethics Bowl 2023

Info: https://tinyurl.com/EthicsBowl2023info Sign up form: https://forms.office.com/r/tVddfArFBt