In comments to a post that Mich put on their Facebook page yesterday, some disagreement ensued about the merits of Agnes Callard’s participation in a symposium on the ethics of capitalism, a symposium to inaugurate the Night Owls series at University of Toronto. Callard initiated the series at University of Chicago; thus, some think it […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Stephanie Jenkins
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-eighth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philosophers and post to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on the third Wednesday of each month. The series is designed to provide a public venue for […]
What is Radical Exclusion, according to Elena Ficara:
Not everywhere you are banned from, you are being excluded from. You can only be excluded from where you belong.
Quotes of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Tremain and Stanley on Fascism and Ableist Analyses of It
As you know by now, I have guest edited a special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly on Foucault and feminist philosophy entitled “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches.” The issue, which was expected to be published at the beginning of the month, has been delayed. I attribute this delay to ableism, primarily. This […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at 8am ET
“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 “… a major contribution to our understanding of the field and the people in it.” — Vanessa Wills “I’ve learned so much about ableism in philosophy […]
Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Hypatia’s Ableist Legacy, co-authored with Nora Berenstain
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]
Special Issue of Análisis Filosófico: “Oppressive Argumentation: Silencing and Oppressive Speech in Argumentation” (deadline: Oct. 31, 2026)
This special issue aims to collect original articles in Spanish and English devoted to the analysis of oppressive discourses within our argumentative practices, with a particular emphasis on those commonly found in Latin American contexts. Informal logic, epistemology, and gender studies will serve as the central—though not exclusive—perspectives guiding this special issue. We may understand […]
Whose Judgement and What Counts as Winning?
As reported by Daily Nous, The Philosopher’s Annual — “The list aims to ‘select the ten best articles published in philosophy each year—an attempt as simple to state as it is admittedly impossible to fulfill’”– has announced its selections. This is the question that I posed to Sergio Tenenbaum (one of the editors/judges in the […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Johnathan Flowers
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-sixth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philosophers and post to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on the third Wednesday of each month. The series is designed to provide a public venue for […]
The Foucault Century Symposium, UPenn/Hybrid, Sept. 24-25, 2026
Description of graphic above: a rectangular image that states The Foucault Century Symposium at top and the dates of the conference and institution below. On the right, there is a drawing of a smiling Foucault holding a book. The Foucault Century 2026 marks the centennial of Michel Foucault’s birth and the 50-year anniversary of the publication of his landmark History […]
