The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love
The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love encourages and facilitates the philosophical study of sexuality, gender, love, friendship, marriage, and related topics. It sponsors lectures, workshops, and conferences, and publishes an annual newsletter to supplement scholarly material posted on this web site. Written work by members of the Society addresses a wide range of topics and questions related to sex and love, including conceptual problems, political and ethical matters, the history of the philosophy of sex, and feminist theory.
SPSL at the Pacific APA, Westin Seattle, April 4-7, 2012
We have a great session coming up at the Pacific APA! Wednesday April 4, 7-10pm.
Topic: A discussion of Elizabeth Emens, "Monogamy’s Law: Compulsory Monogamy and Polyamorous Existence"
- Author: Elizabeth Emens (Columbia University)
- Discussant: Elizabeth Brake (University of Calgary and Arizona State University)
- Discussant: Jacob Hale (California State University–Northridge)
- Discussant: Laurie Shrage (Florida International University)
For more details, and other items, see the Events and Announcements page.
Members' Page
A list of members with links and contact information is available here.
Membership
Membership in the Society is free. To become a member, send one of the officers listed below an email message. Let us know whether you would like your name listed on the members' page, and what contact information and links you'd like included there.
History of the Society
Click here.
Directors
The society is directed by:
- Patricia Marino, Co-president, University of Waterloo Email Homepage
- Helga Varden, Co-president, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Email Homepage