If you are a reader/follower/scholar/fan of Michel Foucault, you no doubt know that 2024 is the 40th anniversary of Foucault’s death on June 25, 1984. Even if you are not a reader/follower/scholar/fan of Foucault but you are connected on social media in certain ways or at least spend a certain amount of your time there, […]
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 […]
Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5, Online, Dec. 11-13, 2024
Yes, the fifth incarnation of the much-anticipated Philosophy, Disability and Social Change conference is coming soon! Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5 will take place online December 11-13, 2024 and will comprise formal presentations, community-building, roundtable discussions, and pathbreaking insights. As with the previous editions of the conference, Jonathan Wolff and I are the co-organizers […]
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 […]
CFP: Structural Injustice (deadline: Aug. 30, 2024)
FQP/PPI – Philosophy and Public Issues Call for submissions of articles on the topic of Structural Injustice The journal FQP/PPI Philosophy and Public Issues is launching a call for submissions of articles on the topic of ‘structural injustice’ with the aim of contributing to the current academic debates on this topic. Structure has long been a popular concept […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Cal Nelson
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twelfth 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 and Theory of Disability in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Disability Studies-Updated
As I indicated in an earlier post, I am the Area Editor for Philosophy and Theory of Disability of The Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Disability Studies that Oxford University Press is developing for its Digital Reference Publications. I am very happy to report that the formation of the area is well underway and that many […]
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 […]
Responsibility and the Exclusion of Neurodivergent People, Other-than-human Animals, and Youths from the “Moral Community”
The following is my presentation for the 41st meeting of the International Social Philosophy Conference. I will be contributing to a panel on blame, equity, and moral community, focusing on the work of P. F. Strawson. Strawson is famous for arguing that moral responsibility is a matter of being able to participate in a “moral community” […]
The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability – Do You Have A Copy?
The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability was published in all formats 7 months ago this week! Thank you for making the book a success! More than six hundred copies of the book have been sold already! If you teach courses in philosophy/theory of disability, or if you want to incorporate cutting-edge philosophy of disability […]
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