07/16/2021
I studied philosophy and engineering at university: Here's my verdict on 'job relevant' education
With the job market changing so fast, the skills that have helped me excel as an engineer are not what you might imagine, writes Rosemary Barnes.
11/15/2018
Nazareth College is hosting the 53rd Annual Meeting of the North American Heidegger Circle in Rochester, NY, May 16-19, 2019. Here is the Call for Papers. Feel free to share.
03/30/2017
https://philosophyisagreatmajor.com/
Don't trust Forbes? Jack Russell Weinstein also thinks you should be a philosophy major.
Philosophy is a Great Major
Get a job. Choose your career. Be prepared for the unexpected.
03/28/2017
http://bit.ly/2mpEbfS
Forbes Magazine thinks you should be a philosophy major.
A Case For Majoring In Philosophy
When looking for a college major that will give students a return on investment, philosophy might be your best bet.
03/21/2017
All are invited to a conference on philosophy and film.
This Friday March 24th in GAC 233.
12:30 pm David Jennings (UC Merced) "Platonic Love in Her"
1:30 pm Ian Blaustein (Emerson) "The Conversation is about Epistemic Limitations"
2:30 pm Ben Roth (Harvard) "Fate and Freedom in Forking Path Films"
3:30 pm Erin Seeba (BU) "Alienation in Jacques Tati's Playtime"
4:30 pm Panel Discussion on film in undergraduate research
03/10/2017
Wishing everyone a spring break filled with activity of the soul in accord with virtue.
03/07/2017
http://bit.ly/2kWzuGf
If you could create a new universe, should you do it?
What are the ethics of creating new life in a simulated universe?
The morality of intelligence in laboratory-made worlds.
03/02/2017
http://bit.ly/2lsmfPv
Do female scientists hold themselves to a higher ethical standard?
Being ethical may be 'double-edged sword' for female scientists
Valuing competitiveness over caution, lingering sexism and 'gender blindness' hold back women in physics, study says
02/28/2017
https://hiphination.org/
A new philosophical podcast. Several episodes are already available for download.
Hi-Phi Nation
A show about philosophy that turns stories into ideas.
02/22/2017
http://bit.ly/2kPCTXs
Kate Soper’s Philosophy-Opera
“Ipsa Dixit” is a tour de force in which the ideas of Aristotle, Wittgenstein, Lydia Davis, and others assume sound and form.
02/16/2017
Reading Hannah Arendt today
http://bit.ly/2k0XYOV
How a 66-year-old work of political theory can help explain our times
Hannah Arendt's "The Origins of Totalitarianism" examines how movements find support in masses of lonely, economically disrupted people, cynical of existing institutions and yearning for identity.