It seems as if the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 2 Conference took place only recently. But almost three months have gone by since the first day of that conference! I am currently editing and correcting the transcript for the videos of that conference which can be found here. Nevertheless, Jonathan Wolff and I have […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, March 16th, at 8 am EDT
“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 “I’ve learned so much from Shelley Lynn Tremain’s Dialogues on Disability through the years (and found out about so much exciting work being done by disabled […]
Peter Singer and the Mystique of Bioethics: An Addendum About Academic Freedom in Philosophy
As I indicated in Part 1, many of the heated discussions in philosophy about academic freedom have revolved around the question of whether universities should extend invitations for speaking engagements to Peter Singer whose claims about infanticide and disabled infants most philosophers find reprehensible. In contrast to the reception of Singer’s work, feminist bioethics and […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Mich Ciurria
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the eighty-third 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 discussion with disabled philosophers […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at 8 a.m. EST
“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 “I’ve learned so much from Shelley Lynn Tremain’s Dialogues on Disability through the years (and found out about so much exciting work being done by disabled […]
Philosophy of Disability at the CPA
It occurred to me that readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, especially readers and listeners of the blog who are members of the Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA), might be interested in knowing what is planned for “Disabling Philosophy in the Canadian Context,” the symposium that I have organized for the upcoming meeting of the CPA […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Adrian Ekizian Barton
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the eighty-second 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 discussion with disabled philosophers […]
Help Fund the Dialogues on Disability Series
From April 2015 to May 2021, I coordinated, edited, and produced the Dialogues on Disability series without any institutional or other financial support. A Patreon account now funds the series, enabling me to continue to create it. You can contribute your support for these vital interviews with disabled philosophers at the Dialogues on Disability Patreon […]
Videos of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 2 (#PhiDisSocCh2) Now Available Online!
The much-awaited videos of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 2 (#PhiDisSocCh2) conference that took place December 7-10, 2021 are now available online! If you were unable to attend the conference, missed some of the sessions, or simply want to experience again the amazing presentations that were given over the four days of the conference, […]
Philosophy of Disability at the Canadian Philosophical Association, May 17-20, 2022, Online
It is with great pleasure that I can now report that the proposal which Alex Bryant, Amandine Catala, Emily R. Douglas, Isaac Jiang, Audrey Yap, and I submitted to the Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA) for a 3-hour symposium entitled “Disabling Philosophy in the Canadian Context” has been accepted for inclusion on the programme of the […]
