I was relieved that Mich Ciurria controlled the peer-review process for the forthcoming special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly that they guest edited. The reviewer reports that I received, although I did not agree with all the remarks made therein, were instructive and convinced me to expand upon and rearrange claims in the submission in […]
Response to My “Philosophy of Disability: Its Purposes and Places,” Eastern APA, New York, January 16, 2024 (Guest post)
(This post comprises a slightly modified version of a response to my “Philosophy of Disability: Its Purposes and Places” that Julie Maybee delivered at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division conference in New York City on January 16, 2024. ________________________________________________________ Response to Shelley Tremain by Julie Maybee In my remarks today, I would like to […]
Disabled Philosopher and Philosophy of Disability Go to Syracuse
I had a wonderful time in Syracuse. My presentation at Syracuse University went very well and was very well received. I finally got to meet Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson in person and spent lots of time getting to know her better. Verena has expended a great deal of effort to make sure everything about the visit to […]
Philosophy of Disability: Its Purposes and Places. Presentation to the Eastern APA, January 16, 2024
Before I begin, I want to express my sincere gratitude to Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson for the tremendous effort that she has made to organize this symposium. I also want to thank Melinda, Julie, and Catherine for their participation in the symposium, as well as thank everyone else in the room who has come to the session. […]
Videos of the “Feminist Approaches to Logic” Workshop
The recent workshop, “Feminist Approaches to Logic,” organized by Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas at the National University of Mexico, delved into incorporating formal logic into the fight for social justice. Specific talks covered topics such as stereotypical expectations, liberatory logics, feminist arithmetic, and the discoveries of Christine Ladd-Franklin in contemporary modal logic.
Update on the Upcoming Eastern APA, Technology, and Philosophy of Disability
Yesterday, I posted on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY about my computer problems in advance of the Eastern APA, requesting assistance from tech savvy philosophers who would be in New York for the meeting there this week. As I said in the post, computer mishaps have long been among my worst nightmares: writing for a broad audience is […]
CFP: Compositing Man: Worldly-ecologies & Life/Death Affirming Perspectives (deadline: Mar. 15, 2024)
Compositing Man: Worldly-ecologies & Life/Death Affirming PerspectivesGuest Editors: Xalli Zúñiga & Stephanie Rivera BerruzphiloSOPHIA: Journal of Transcontinental Philosophy Feminism The colonial dynamics by which global capitalism asserts its dominance, establishing itself as the Earth’s prevailing economic system, give rise to metabolic rifts that tamper with the relations that make life possible. Through colonization, global capitalism […]
Disabling Bioethics: An Abolitionist Genealogy
Two weeks from today, that is, January 14, I leave for the Eastern APA in New York. I will present in an APA symposium on my work in philosophy of disability on Tuesday, January 16, and then travel to Syracuse on Thursday, January 18, to present at the Central New York Humanities Corridor on Friday, […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews John Henry Reilly
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and fifth 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 […]
Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 4 (#PhiDisSocCh4), Online, Dec. 14-15, 2023-Registration Open!
Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 4 (#PhiDisSocCh4) comprises presentations by disabled philosophers whose cutting-edge research challenges members of the philosophical community to (1) think more critically about the metaphysical and epistemological status of disability; (2) closely examine how philosophy of disability is related to the tradition and discipline of philosophy; and (3) seriously consider how philosophy […]
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