The University will host the 40th Annual International Social Philosophy Conference of the North American Society for Social Philosophy on July 13-15. The conference will include papers from scholars from North America and outside focusing on this year’s theme, “Conflict, Crisis, and Catastrophe.” Keynote speakers include Stephen Gardiner from the University of Washington, Amy Reed-Sandoval from […]
Philosophy Department
New Philosophy Discussion Group: “The Wrong of Rudeness”
How civil should one aim to be in our increasingly divisive age? Consider joining several members of the philosophy department who will be meeting to discuss a brand new book on the topic: The Wrong of Rudeness: Learning Modern Civility from Ancient Chinese Philosophy (link). Though the author, Amy Olberding, is a philosopher, she intends the book […]
“Love, Scorn, and the Assertion of Black Humanity,” April 15
The philosophy department will present a lecture, “Love, Scorn, and the Assertion of Black Humanity,” by Ryan Preston-Roedder, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on Friday, April 15, at 3 p.m., in Franz Hall Room 120. The talk is free and open to all. Preston-Roedder specializes in moral and political philosophy, moral psychology, and philosophy […]