(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 […]
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. […]
Discounts on The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability!
Alas, The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability won’t be on display at any of the publishers’ booths at the divisional meetings of the American Philosophical Association (APA). Nevertheless, discounts on purchase of the book, which were available to registrants of Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 4, have been reinstated to coincide with the symposium […]
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, […]
The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability-Coming to You on December 14!
The excitement builds as December 14, 2023, the publication date for The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability, approaches! If you haven’t already done so, you can pre-order the book (in various formats) at a discount on its webpage, where you will also find the book’s Table of Contents and advance reviews of it. The […]
Two Additional Endorsements of The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability
The publication of The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability is imminent. How exciting! If you have not yet pre-ordered your copy of the book, you can do so here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/bloomsbury-guide-to-philosophy-of-disability-9781350268913/ We have received two additional endorsements for the book. These endorsements are from Professors Jasbir Puar and Barry Lam. Jasbir Puar: “This fantastic collection […]
Reproducing Eugenic Injustice: Virtual Presentation to Hypatia 40th Anniversary Conference, Sept. 9, 2023
Hello! I’d like to begin by giving a description of what appears on the screen. I’m a white woman with short hair. I’m wearing large plastic glasses and long earrings. Behind me, to my right, there’s a clock on the wall and a window with curtains. Behind me, to my left, there’s a ceiling fan. […]
Publication: When Moral Responsibility Theory Met My Philosophy of Disability
The (penultimate, i.e., uncopyedited) version of my article “When Moral Responsibility Theory Met My Philosophy of Disability” is now on PhilPapers here: https://philpapers.org/rec/TREWMR The article will appear in Mich Ciurria’s special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly on feminist approaches to moral responsibility theory. The abstract for the article appears below: In this article, I aim to demonstrate […]
Say Goodbye to Moral Responsibility Theory As You Know It
My article in Mich CIurria’s forthcoming special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly on Feminist Approaches to Moral Responsibility contributes to growing discussions within philosophy about the ways in which and the extent to which philosophers are culpable with respect to the production and perpetuation of unjust social and political arrangements. A central motivational assumption of […]
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