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Featured Event. I Play Therefore I Am: Video Games & Philosophy

on March 25, 2026, 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Online event

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Registration closes on March 25 at 4:00pm

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What can video games tell us about the human experience? Do video games ruin our minds, or make us smarter? How can we interact with them as art? Get a new perspective on how the largest entertainment medium can change—and even improve—our lives.

Ian Schnee is a teaching professor and director of Undergraduate Studies in the philosophy department at the University of Washington. His interests include logic, the philosophy of film and video games, and pedagogy. He’s a member of the Dean’s Academy Futurists and the research cluster for writing pedagogy with AI. For two years he co-led the Evidence-Based Teaching Program at UW’s Center for Teaching and Learning, and in 2020 won the UW Distinguished Teaching Award.

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Registration required
183 seats remaining
Registration closes on March 25 at 4:00pm

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