The Department of Philosophy is closely associated with the Department of Gender and Social Justice our staff administrates both programs and many of our faculty teach in both areas. For more information on the Gender and Social Justice Department visit their website
Philosophy addresses some of the most fundamental and difficult questions there are, such as:
- What is the nature of the human mind?
- What makes knowledge trustworthy?
- What are the standards of good reasoning?
- What is a just society?
- What is the best way to live?
Philosophy as an academic discipline attempts to answer these questions with a combination of creativity and analytical rigor.
News
"Solidaristic Listening" by Katy Fufler and Janet Jones
See the latest publication from our department's own Katy Fulfer and Janet Jones in Hypatia.
This article discusses how "storytelling in solidaristic communities can foster agency and challenge oppression."
"Speaking of ‘Violence’: Figleaf Use in Sexualized Violence Contexts" by Madeline Kenyon
Our department's Madeleine Kenyon has a new publication Speaking of ‘Violence’: Figleaf Use in Sexualized Violence Contexts.
The article looks at "the concept of a sexualized violence figleaf, a speech mechanism often used in sexualized violence discourse to dismiss or characterize assault as some other kind of thing: a misunderstanding, a change of heart by the victim, a mischaracterization of the perpetrator, or any other number of things which are not rape, or violence."
Congratulations Tasneem Alsayyed
The Philosophy department's own Tasneem Alsayyed just published their essay "Old Epistemic Vices and Islamophobia in Martha Nussbaum's The New Religious Intolerance" in the March edition of Hypatia.