Philosophy of Disability at philoSOPHIA, Hybrid, Jun. 3

The annual philoSOPHIA conference takes place the first weekend of June, that is, June 1-4. On Saturday June 3, a two-part pre-publication book launch of The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability will take place at the conference. 9:00am-10:20am: I, Kristin Rodier, Johnathan Flowers, and Amandine Catala will present. 1:30pm-2:50pm: Mich Ciurria, Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril, Melinda […]

Calling All Dialogues on Disability Interviewees!

“I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. …  I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “I’ve learned so much from Shelley Lynn Tremain’s Dialogues on Disability through the years (and found out about so much exciting work being done by disabled […]

Lecture Series: Introduction to Indigenous Philosophy of North America, Online, Apr. 13-Jun.7, 2023

How can one become aware of the presuppositions of one’s own thinking without questioning familiar knowledge structures through other perspectives? In this lecture series, we want to break down the narrow meshes of Western thinking together and introduce the basic philosophical principles of the indigenous peoples of North America. From different perspectives, we will present, among […]

Ableism in Philosophy According to ChatGPT

I have copied below the discussion I had with ChatGPT about ableism, philosophy, bioethics, and feminist philosophy. My requests for information are in bold. I found the ChatGPT responses instructive insofar as they seemed merely to rehearse conventional, (neo)liberal definitions of what disability is, what ableism is, what counts as ableist, what bioethics is and […]

CFP: In the Shadow of Eugenic Thinking: Legacies of Eugenics in the UK, Hybrid, May 3, 2023 (deadline: Apr. 14, 2023)

A one-day symposium jointly hosted by the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics and the Centre for Memory Narrative and History, University of Brighton Wednesday 3rd May, 10am-5pm, Online and in-person This symposium will bring together activists, academics, practitioners, educators and artists to explore the legacy of eugenics in the UK. Although overt forms of eugenic thinking […]

A Philosophy of Disability Event

Yesterday afternoon, I made a presentation in an illuminating online event, “Troubling Access: Ableism and New Movements in Philosophy of Disability,” which was organized by Joshua St. Pierre, Canada Research Chair in Critical Disability Studies at the University of Alberta, and Kristin Rodier, along with her collaborators of the J-Series (social justice series) at Athabasca […]

CFP: Caribbean Philosophical Association: Twenty Years of Shifting the Geography of Reason: Continuing the Struggle, Jun. 22-24, 2023, Online (deadline: today!)

During its twenty years of existence, the Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA) has been shifting the geography of reason. It has done so through cultivating discerning praxes of thought that are committed to ascertaining the conditions through which human freedom and oppression are both sustained and usurped.  For our June 2023 gathering, we invite participants to […]

Autistic Experience in the Majority World, Wed. Apr. 26, Online

Autism and neurodiversity are terms that are gaining use in everyday conversation. The recognition of the diversity of neurological being represents a paradigm shift. Discussions about this have traditionally been orchestrated in a few countries in the west. This is a problem because it cuts us off from relevant world history, human context and opportunities. […]

CFP: Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis: Difference, Disability, Diversity, Online, Jul. 6-7, 2023 (deadline: May 15, 2023)

This fourth edition of the Existential Philosophy for Times of Change and Crisis series will examine what difference, disability and diversity mean in light of existential philosophy. While existential philosophy places the focus on the individual and on the precedence of existence over essence, as well as on choice and freedom, it may also have […]