By Mich Ciurria Recently, news broke that the philosophy department at Bowling Green University has become a toxic environment due to infighting amongst faculty, following the controversial hiring of a new professor and the receipt of a $1.6 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation. This infusion, notes the Chronicle of Higher Education, “could have […]
Artificial Intelligence: Limitations, Foundations, and New Directions, CUNY Graduate Center Online, Apr. 24, 2021
The 24th annual CUNY Graduate Student Philosophy Conference Artificial Intelligence: Limitations, Foundations, and New Directions Saturday, April 24 Keynote Speakers: Regina Rini (York University) & Jesse Prinz (CUNY) Conference will be hosted on Zoom. Contact cunyphilosophyconference24@gmail.com for link. Schedule: (Times are listed in Eastern Standard Time) 11:00-12:45: Session 1 Anuj Puri (University of St. Andrews): The Evolutionary […]
Democracy and Hope From Disregard and Anger: Some Thoughts From Melvin Lee Rogers
The guest post below was originally posted to Melvin Lee Rogers’s Facebook page. It has been posted on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY with permission from Melvin Lee Rogers. ______________________________________________________________ Democracy and Hope From Disregard and Anger: Some Thoughts From Melvin Lee Rogers A long post and I don’t know if it all is clear, but I want […]
Oxford Symposium on Comparative Political Philosophy, Oxford, Jul. 10-12, 2019
The 1st Oxford Symposium on Comparative Political Philosophy will be held at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford on 10-12 July. The program is here: Day 1 (10/7) 10:30-11:00 Registration + Welcome speech 11:00-1:00 Keynote speaker’s speech Angle, Stephen (Wesleyan University), “Do institutions have authority over us? Reflections on the history of Confucian renzhi 人治versus fazhi 法治 debates” 1:00-2:00 Lunch 2:00-4:00 Section […]
CFA: 2nd Annual Political Epistemology Conference, Amsterdam, Dec. 13-14, 2019 (deadline: Sept. 1, 2019)
Keynote speakers: Alessandra Tanesini (Cardiff), Hélène Landemore (Yale), and Lisa Herzog (TU Munich). Dates: December 13-14, 2019. Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 September 2019. CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION Political epistemology is an emerging interdisciplinary area of research in which scholars come together to think about questions at the intersection of epistemology, political philosophy, and the social […]
CFA: Feminist-Pragmatist Colloquium: Looking Back to Move Forward, St. John Fisher College, NY, Nov. 14-17, 2019 (deadline: Jun. 15, 2019)
DATES: Thursday, November 14 – Sunday, November 17, 2019 LOCATION: St. John Fisher College (Rochester, New York) with excursions to historic Mt. Hope Cemetery, Susan B. Anthony House, the Women’s Rights National Historical Park (Seneca Falls), sites of interest related to Frederick Douglass, and more. We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for […]
CFP: The Philosophical Dimensions of Urban Transportation (deadline: Mar. 31, 2019)
Essays in Philosophy is accepting submissions for a special issue called The Philosophical Dimensions of Urban Transportation. Volume 21, Number 2Issue Date: July 2019Submission Deadline: March 31, 2019General Editor: Ramona Ilea (Pacific University)Issue Editor: Shane Epting (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Geographers, urban planners, and interdisciplinary scholars have made numerous contributions toward understanding urban transportation. Until […]
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